MORNING ISSUE:
1. Prayer Request for Msgr. Charles Pope Who Has the China Virus – Deacon Greg Kandra
2. Urgent Prayer Request for a Dying Priest: Fr. Charles Briggs – Fr. Z’s Blog
3. 3 Monastic Practices that Will Improve Your Work Life – Kerri Christopher at CWiN
4. Is the Vatican in a Complete Meltdown in Terms of Catholic Doctrine & Identity? – Fr McDonald
5. Big Tech Hearing: Amazon Slammed For Empowering Hate Towards Catholics – Tim. Nerozzi
6. Turn To Tradition, A Response To George Weigel – Fr. Richard G. Cipolla at Rorate Cæli
7. The Strange Case of the Anti-Pope Venerated as a Saint – G. DiPippo at New Liturgical Mvmnt
8. How Catholic Bishops Have Betrayed the Dying – Mary Wakefield at The Spectator
9. Can Anyone Settle This Extraordinary Form Mass Controversy about the Bells? – Fr. McDonald
10. Flannery O’Connor Was Not a Racist – Lorraine V. Murray at The Catholic Thing
Too Afraid to Ask for Donations? Try This – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
If I Hear God’s Orchestra Play Sibelius’s 5th Symphony, I Know I’m in Heaven – Rob. R. Reilly, Ph.D.
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
The Quasi-Secular Character of Pontifical Academy for Life’s Paper – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D.
The Importance of Funerals, Closure, & Healing – Kat Larson at Ignitum Today
This is a Hard Saying — Who Can Listen To It? – Anna Abbott at National Catholic Register
The Gift of Wisdom – Carol Monaco at Catholic Stand
The Supreme Vocation Of Women – Charlie McKinney at Catholic Spiritual Direction
Aprons: Style at Home (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
The True Spirit of Vatican II – Douglas Bushman at The Catholic World Report
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
Communist China’s Population Control Atrocities Can Backfire – William Huang at Mercatornet
How The Hagia Sophia Decision Impacts Turkey, Minorities & Now, Syria – Claire Sadar
The Vatican & Red China: Lessons From John Paul II & Communist Cuba – Paul G. Kengor, Ph.D.
Archbishop: Mass Burials Common as Nigerian Christians Face Daily Violence – Bronwen Dachs
Congressional Hearing Highlights Case of Missing Chinese Catholic Bishop – CNA via The CWR
FOR GOD & COUNTRY:
Benedictine Oblate Uses Gifts as Liturgical Artist to Heal Wounds of Racism – Gina Christian
ANARCHY & CHAOS:
Poland: Jesus Monument Desecrated with Rainbow Flag & Anarchist Symbol Mask– ChurchPOP
Rural Alberta Parish Destroyed by Fire – Andrew Ehrkamp at Grandin Media
Vatican II & Religious Freedom: Rupture or Authentic Development? – Carl E. Olson at The CWR
LITURGY & RUBRICS:
St. Peter Chrysologus, the Doctor of Short Homilies – Kevin Di Camillo at National Cthlc Register
PODCAST(S):
Marian Consecration for Children – Carrie Gress, Ph.D., & Christine Mooney-Flynn at The CMP
POLITICS:
Judicial Nominees Must Explicitly Acknowledge That Roe Was Wrongly Decided – Sen. J. Hawley
Towards a Catholic Foreign Policy – William S. Smith, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine
BONUS NEWS LINKS:
Get Out of Your Sphere of Complacent Piety – Gene Van Son at Catholic Stand
Syrian Government to Build Replica of Hagia Sophia – Catholic News Agency
Like Father, Like Illegitimate Son: Henry II & Longespée on Monastic Patronage – J. Turner, Ph.D.
Chinese Infiltration of Vatican Networks Was No Surprise, Says Fr. Cervellera – Edward Pentin
Will Catholic Foster Care Be Next? – Russell Shaw at The Catholic World Report
D.C. Catholic Food Pantry: Months of Long Lines with No End in Sight – Carol Zimmerman at CNS
ANNOUNCEMENT(S):
Vocations Magazine 2020 – The Catholic Weekly
OTHER LINK(S):
Margaret Sanger Wasn’t Just a Racist — She Also Targeted Disabled People – Lauretta Brown