16 April AD 2024

SATVRDAY EDITION

MORNING ISSUE:
The Ultimate Solution for Communion in Time of the Coronavirus – Fr. Z’s Blog
Elizabeth Wurtzel Made a Mess of Her Life, & Ended Up Dying as She Lived – David Mills
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
Violation of Anonymity of Penitents Seeking Confession – Fr. Z’s Blog
Painting of the Day: Breaking Home Ties by Norman Rockwell – Tony Esolen via Magdalen Col.
Why Does This Church Have A Stone Paratrooper Hanging From It? – Billy Ryan at uCatholic
Pentecost: Seeing Red for All the Right Reasons (Catholic Mode Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
R.R. Reno Does the Right Thing – Jennifer Fitz at Sticking the Corners
Pakistani Imam Turns From Islam To Follow Christ – Kevin Zeller at Mission Network News
God Bless Texas (& Us All) During the Covid-19 Quarantine – Stacy A. Trasancos, Ph.D.
5 College Priest-Chaplains on Catholics & Campus Life – Jim Graves at NC Register
What Is A Civilization Worth? – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
Loving the Lord in the Midst of Distractions – Marissa Standage at Ignitum Today
Maximilian Kolbe A Saint in Auschwitz – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand
Hong Kong Catholics are Right to Fear Beijing’s Henchmen – Michael Sainsbury at UCA News
Our Place in Heaven – Fr. Nicholas Blackwell, O. Carm., at Catholic Stand
“Lost in Translation”: The Sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus (Part I) – Gregory DiPippo at NLM
How To Get Donors – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
Galileo, the Catholic Church, & the Impact on Science – John Clark at Magis Center
In Search of the Promised Land: Saint Brendan’s Voyage – Andrea Maraschi at Medievalist.net
Sydney Churches Open – But Why Did It Take So Long? – Kevin Donnelly, Ph.D., at The C. Weekly
Covid-19 Relief & Saving Catholic Schools – Mary Rice Hasson & Theresa Farnan at Public Dscrs
“Existential Inertia” vs. Almighty God – Dennis Bonnette, Ph.D., at Strange Notions
Catholic Church Suffering Violence in Ethiopia, Eritrea – Crux

LITERATURE & BOOK REVIEW(S):
The Moral Journey of the Philosophic Nature in Plato’s “Republic” – Andrew Seeley, Ph.D., at TIC

CHINESE CORONA VIRUS:
What St. Paul Did During His Two Years of “Sheltering-in-Place” – Susan Klemond at NC Register

OBITUARY(IES):
RIP, Peter V. Sampo, Ph.D., Founder of Magdalen College – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D.

OTHER LINK(S):
Is It Sinful to Accept Donations from a Masonic Lodge? – E. Christian Brugger, Ph.D., at NC Rgstr

THE SAMIZDAT HERALD:
The Age of Decadence – Ross Douthat at The New York Times
Wokeness & Child Sexualization – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
Silicon Valley’s Latest Fad is Dopamine Fasting, Not as Crazy as It Sounds – A. Trevor Sutton
The NHS: The god That Failed – Fr. Ben Johnson at Transatlantic Blog
The Troubling Ideals at the Heart of Abortion Rights – Erika Bachiochi at The Atlantic
A Rorschach Epidemic
– Christopher F. Rufo at City Journal
Identity As Ideology – Theodore Dalrymple at First Things
Revisiting the “Armenian Question” – Mark L. Movsesian at Law & Liberty