19 April AD 2024

MONDAY EDITION

Do You Really Believe? – One Mad Mom
Police Disperse Catholics at Sunday Mass in Italy – CNA via Newsman
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament Via Adorecast – Team Catholify
If Diocese Cancelled Mass, but Father Says Mass Anyway, Can We Attend? Can Govt Ban It? – Z
Three Forgotten Miraculous Apparitions of St. Joseph – Joseph Sciambra at Sons of St. Joseph
Bad Reasoning About Hard Choices – J. Budziszewski, Ph.D., at The Underground Thomist
God & Hell – Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, O.F.M. Cap., at The Catholic Thing
Be Catholic, Totally Catholic, & Be Not Afraid – Sherry Antonetti at National Catholic Register
Francis’s Day Off, Walks in Empty Rome to Venerate Famous Plague Crucifix of 1522 – Fr Zs Blog
A Comprehensive List of Changes to Mass Schedules or Obligation in U.S. Dioceses – OSV News
The Empirical Case Against “Conversion-Therapy” Bans – Paul Dirks at Public Discourse
Dear Bishops: Take Advantage of a God-given Teaching Moment – P. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at NLM
Texas Bishop Offers Prayers of Gratitude for Rural Life, What Farms Provide – CNS via Crux
America, the Northern Kingdom – Casey Chalk at Crisis Magazine
The False Victim Complex vs. True Redemptive Suffering – Mel. J. Juneau at Catholic Stand
Europe’s Duty To Kill; Pro-Life Midwife Blacklisted – Sohrab Ahmari at First Things
Drawing Abortion Lines – Tom Collingwood at Catholic Stand
The Foster Care System Is A Disaster. That’s Why You Should Join It – H. Fiene at The Federalist
Do Catholics Worship Saints? – Hunter Weitzel at Clarifying Catholicism
Christian Rohingya Refugees Attacked, Kidnapped in Bangladesh – Morning Star News
Okay, It’s Time to Bloom: Transitioning Your Wardrobe from Winter to Summer (Fashion) – MAS
The Plight of Christians In South-West Syria – Middle East Institute
Three Myths about Fundraising to Avoid – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

Numerous Crosses Removed in Shandong’s Linyi City – Li Mingxuan at Bitter Winter

New Sacrament Formation Program Released in American Sign Language – Adoremus
Appreciation for God’s Mercy – Menny Thoughts at Convert’s Quest

European Ct of Human Rts Declines to Hear Cases of Pro-Life Midwives – CNA via The CWR

COVID-19, CHINESE VIRUS:
The Least Among Us, to Whom We Owe the Most: Our Elderly – John Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Strm
Appreciate the Silver-Linings of Semi-Isolation During Chinese Virus Pandemic – Sohrab Ahmari
Vatican Backtracks on Holy Week Chinese Virus Statement; Situation Still ‘Being Studied’ – Crux
Fr. Trejo of Washington State is First Known Priest Diagnosed with Virus – JD Flynn at NC Reg
Virtual Mass & Chinese Virus; Where is “It from bit*” When Needed? – R Kurland, PhD, at TACthlc

Chinese Virus Quarantine: How Catholics in Italy are Helping the Poor – CNA via Newsman
COVID-19: Vatican Holy Week Celebrations Without Public Participation – Vatican News
Chinese Doctors Travel to Italy to Lend a Much-Needed Hand – Cerith Gardiner at Aleteia

Pic(s):
Beautiful But Empty: Photos of Rome on Lockdown – Kathleen N. Hattrup at Aleteia

Resource(s):
Free Resources To Help You Live A Quarantined Lent – Becky Roach at Catholic Link
Chinese Virus Chart(s) & Map(s) – nCoV2019
Magnificat Accompanies Catholics Who Cannot Attend Mass – Our Sunday Visitor