28 March AD 2024

SATVRDAY EDITION

Agnostic Converts On the Spot While Pope Blesses World Amid Pandemic – ChurchPOP
A Coronavirus Great Awakening? – Robert Nicholson at The Wall Street Journal via Open Politics
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
Dan Burke, Former President & COO of EWTN News, Has Good News – Fr. Matthew Mary Tweet
Wherein a Seriously Annoyed Fr. Z Rants about Nurses Anointing – Updated – Fr. Z’s Blog
Answering the Most Common Objection to the Deuterocanonical Books – T. Horn at Cth Answers
Before & After: St. Catherine of Siena in Trumbull, Connecticut – Liturgical Arts Journal
When Non-Believers Wed – Byron & Francine Pirola at The Catholic Weekly
Action Item! Bishops & Priests – Exorcise & Bless! – Fr. Z’s Blog
God’s Gift of the Periodic Table – Robert Kurland, Ph.D., at Catholic Stand
As Her Lungs Failed, Therese Wrote: “I Am Not Dying, I Am Entering Into Life!” – Rorate Cæli
Love in the Time of Coronavirus: Spiritual Communion – Suellen Brewster at Catholic Stand
Be England Thy Dowry, Rededication Today – Christopher Ortega at Crisis Magazine
Mass Appeal: The Floral Midi Easter Dress (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
The History of the Scapular – Fr. William Saunders at Catholic Exchange
The Future of Catholicism & Your Lenten Appeal – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
How to Make a Consecration to St. Joseph – John Clark at National Catholic Register
True Freedom – Brother Joseph Selinger, O.P., at Ignitum Today
15 Years After They Starved My Sister to Death, We Must Never Forget Terri Schiavo – Life News
Ave Maria, Gratificata – Fr. John Hunwicke at Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment
Death by Emigration: Two Years After ISIS, Catholics Are Still Fleeing Iraq – X. Bisits at NCRgstr

THE SAMIZDAT HERALD:
Netflix’s ‘Self-Made’ Showcases Capitalism’s Inherent Ability To Uplift Minorities – The Federalist

LENT:
Making Your Quarantine Lenten – Joe Heschmeyer, J.D., at Shameless Popery

POLITICS:
Coronavirus Aid Bill Passes Senate, Blocks Loans to Planned Parenthood – CNA via Newsman
DOJ: Sex Discrimination Laws Don’t Cover Transgender Athletes – CNA via NC Register

CHINESE CORONA VIRUS:
Watching Mass at Home? Here’s 4 Amazing Ways to Improve Your Spiritual Experience – ChPOP
Memento Mori in a Time of Pandemic – Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report
Mass at a Distance: Devotional Aids – Joseph Shaw at The Chairman’s Blog
Illinois Religious Order Funds Hotel Initiative To Protect Homeless – P. West at CNA via Newsman

Pic(s):
Startling Visuals from Special “Urbi et Orbi” Ceremony in Rome Against the Pandemic – Fr. Z

Announcement(s):
Fr. Carron Re-Elected as President of Communion & Liberation – CNA via Newsman

Other Link(s):
Pope Francis’ Homily at Extraordinary ‘Urbi et Orbi’ Blessing – National Catholic Register