February 24, 2020

PRE-LENT PREPARATION:
Are Sundays a Day Off During Lent? – Patti Maguire Armstrong at Catholic News & Inspiration
In Praise of – Real – Fasting – Helen Freeh at The Catholic Thing
These 40 Days: Gearing Up for a Life-Changing Lent – Patti Maguire Armstrong at NC Register

MORNING ISSUE:
Jean Vanier & Total Depravity – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
The Pandemic Is Coming – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament Via Adorecast – Team Catholify
The ‘Ponderous Chain’ of Jean Vanier – Sherry Antonetti at National Catholic Register
Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged, A Lesson for Our Time in Light of Jean Vanier Revelations – ACSB
Pope to US bishops: No, ‘Synodality’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Democracy’ – John L. Allen, Jr., at Crux
Another Diocesan Bankruptcy: A Moral Choice? – Bob Kurland, Ph.D., at The American Catholic
How the New Pharisees Attack the Latin Mass – Brian Williams at Liturgy Guy
Letter from Rome: Jean Vanier – Christopher R. Altieri at The Catholic World Report
An Addiction Healed Thru Consecration To Jesus Thru Mary, Then Temptation – Catholic Stand
The Apple Shape: You’re Stylish to the Core (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
What If He Is? – Anita Moore, O.P., Esq., at V for Victory!
My 3 Best Time-Savers to Fundraise More Quickly – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
Can a Catholic be a Socialist? No, Nor a Liberal – Christopher J. Malloy, Ph.D., at Theological Flint
The Necessity of Faith in the Eucharist – Maurice Williams at Catholic Stand
Francis Rules Whereas Paul VI Reigned; Does Vatican Need a Ruler or a King? – A. Gagliarducci
Learning to Surrender – Meredith Lindemon at Catholic Stand
University of Notre Dame Plays Host to Transgender Ideology – Alexandra DeSanctis at NRO
Dwyane Wade’s Selective Essentialism; Justifying Transgender Dysphoria – Mere Orthodoxy
Concerns about Travel & the Coronaviris – Steve Ray at Footprints of God Pilgrimages
The Chair of Peter: Furniture Matters. . . – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
From Equality Indexes to SOGI Laws; The LGBTQ Movement Marches On – Break Point
How Vulnerable is Xi Jinping Over Coronavirus? – Rowan Callick at Mercatornet
Ash Wednesday Readings Explained – John Bergsma, Ph.D., at The Sacred Page
The Equal Rights Amendment is a Scam – Jane Clark Scharl at Crisis Magazine
Computer-Programming Teen Carlo Acutis to Be Beatified – C. Mares at CNA via Catholic Herald
Communist China’s ‘War on Terror’ Uproots Families, Leaked Data Show – Dave Kang at AP

Querida Amazonia Post Factum:
Pp. Francis Thanks Cardinal Müller for Remarks Published in Register – Ed Pentin at NC Register
The Topophiliac Heresy & Biblical Teaching – Fr. John Hunwicke at Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual. . .
Progressives & the Problem of Being More Francis Than the Pope – C. Olson at The C. World Rprt
“Querida Amazonia”, When Francis Finally Acts As Pope – Pietro De Marco at Settimo Cielo
In ‘Querida Amazonia,’ Does ‘Mission’ of Aparecida Live Again? – Fr. R.J. de Souza at NC Register

Podcast(s):
Why Organ & Not Piano? New Episode of Square Notes – J. Donelson-Nowicka at New Lit Mov
The Second Secularization – Mark Bauerlein at First Things

Quick Link(s):
Did You Know? There’s a Catholic Patron Saint for Pierogies – Billy Ryan at uCatholic
Rise in Cases of Coronavirus in Italy – Suzy Hodges at Vatican News
Too Many Children Harm the Earth – Correct? – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith
Guide to Lent: Living the Penitential Season Well – Claire Dwyer at National Catholic Register