29 March AD 2024

SATVRDAY EDITION

SSPX Scandal: Michael Gonzalez’s Story – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
Book Review: “Impossible” Marriages Redeemed – Rob Marco at Catholic Stand
Closet CheckList Spotlight: Eyes On Sunglasses – Meghan Ashley Styling
Three More US Bishops Announce Return of Public Masses – CNA via NC Register
Our Body is Not a Burden or a Barrier: It’s a Bridge – Scott W. Hahn, Ph.D., at St. Paul Center
You’re Not St. Thérèse – & That’s a Good Thing – Mary Boneno at Ignitum Today
3 Common Questions about Fundraising Answered – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
Thank God, Governor Cuomo – Fr. John A. Perricone at Crisis Magazine
Guilt by Association: All Are Punished for the Faith of One – An Xin at Bitter Winter
Summorum Under Threat? Rome Sends Survey to Bishops on Summorum Pontificum – RCæli
Opinion: Prudent to Extend Lock-Down, Keep Churches Closed – Russell Shaw at The CWR
Is Homeschooling Dodgy? Catholics Respond to Harvard Prof – Ma. Farrow at CNA via Newsman
The Virus: Nature’s Revenge, or God’s Punishment for Hubris? – Jn. Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Stream
Lessons in Quarantine from The Desert Fathers – Masha Goepel at Catholic Stand
When Plague Hit Milan in 16 Century, They Closed Churches, Built Outdoor Altars – V. Traverso
Coming to Know Our Lady in the Litany of Loreto – Maria Elser at Ignitum Today
Caught on Video: Italian Police Disrupt Divine Mercy Sunday Mass – Ed Pentin at NC Register
Opinion: It’s Time to Pursue a Re-Opening of the Mass – Fr. Thomas M. Garrett, O.P., at The CWR
Archbishop Fisher of Sydney Presses for Church Closures to be Reversed – The Catholic Weekly
It’s Unethical to Use Fetal Tissue in COVID-19 Research – Christopher O. Tollefsen, Ph.D., at PD
Around the World, Nuns on ‘Front Lines’ of Pandemic – Elise Ann Allen at Crux
Italian Cardinal Calls for Restoration of Public Masses. . . – Courtney Mares at CNA via CH
Brooklyn Parishes Used as Hospitals in 1918 Pandemic – Ed Wilkinson at CNS via Crux

EASTER:
Why So Many People Don’t Want to Believe in the Resurrection – David A. Smither at NC Register
The Body of Christ After the Resurrection – Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D., at Magis Center
An Especially Beautiful Byzantine Chant for Easter – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Mvmnt
Why Should You Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet? – Marge Fenelon at National Catholic Register

POLITICS:
How the Trump Campaign is Trying to Appeal to Catholic Voters – The Economist

CHINESE CORONA VIRUS:
Quarantine & Renewal of the Domestic Church – Fr. Justin A. Freeman at NC Register
Unemployed Due to Chinese Corona Virus? There’s a Saint for That – CNA via The CWR

Tweet(s):
I’m Horrified by Church Militant’s Devastating Exposé of SSPX Sex Abuse – Damian Thompson

Pic(s)/Meme(s):
The Best in Catholic Memes: March – Nick Jones at Clarifying Catholicism

Announcement(s):
Pope Francis Designates Savannah Cathedral as Minor Basilica – Associated Press via Crux

THE SAMIZDAT HERALD:
‘My 15-Year-Old Transgender Son is Going Through Menopause’ – Michael Cook at Mercatornet
Fruits of Moral Collapse in Germany: Mass Suicides at End of WWII – Tim Rice at City Journal
Coronavirus Is Highlighting The Rift In Islam – Lawrence Pintak at Religion Unplugged
Here’s 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Phyllis Schlafly – Anne Schlafly Cori at The Federalist
The Covid-19 Nursing Home Nightmare
– Howard Gleckman at Mercatornet
Did the Soviet Union have Open Borders? – Yekaterina Sinelschikova at Russia Beyond
African Migration to Red China May Never be the Same Again – Roberto Castillo at African. . .
Generations of Keynesian Policies Made Us Vulnerable to Virus Econ Crisis – Mk. Hornshaw
Virus, Communist China Kept It Secret for Six Fatal Days – Massimo Introvigne at Bitter Winter
Reopening The Nation Is Now Necessary To Save Lives – Greg Schmedes at The Federalist
For Uyghurs, “Poverty Alleviation” Means Cultural Genocide – Ruth Ingram at Bitter Winter
John Hawkwood: Florentine Hero & Faithful Englishman – William Caferro at Medievalists.net
Get Out! It’s Time for Americans to Go Outside Again – Henry Grabar at Slate
For the Sake of Its Health, Let’s Get This Country Moving! – David Deavel at The Imaginative. . .
Proposals to Ban Homeschooling Are an Attack on Pluralism – Fred Bauer at National Review
Hong Kong Autonomy Eroded Under Cover of Pandemic
– Samuel Wade at China Digital Times