FRIDAY EDITION

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  Why Cardinal Becciu’s Resignation Wasn’t Surprising – Edward Pentin at NC Register
2.  Father Altman: On Fire Or Fired? – David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info
3.  Holy Smoke! The Crisis We Face – Fr. Hugh Somerville-Knapman, O.S.B., at Dominus Mihi Adjtr
4.  ‘c’atholic Pelosi with Sister Simone Trashes National Catholic Prayer Breakfast & AG Barr – Z
5.  A New Era Begins in the Diocese of Savannah – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern Orders
6.  On Restoring a Truer Vision of the Biblical Jesus – Msgr. Charles E. Pope at Community in. . .
7.  The Prince of This World – Maurice Williams at Catholic Stand
8.  Massimo Faggioli Hearts The Han Reich – Dale Price at Dyspeptic Mutterings
9.  Anti-Catholic Bigotry At Texas A&M, & More! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
10.  What I Learned from Amy Coney Barrett – Laura Wolk at First Things

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
Dems Say: The Only Good Catholic is a Lapsed Catholic – Sh. Schaetzel at Complete Christianity
Naïve, Corrupt—or Both? The Vatican-Sino Pact – Elizabeth Yore at Crisis Magazine
China Rewriting The Bible: Jesus Actually “Killed” Woman Taken in Adultery – Bitter Winter
Has China Virus Caused Us to Become Complacent in Our Faith? – Nicholas Lee at Ignitum Today
Vatican Cardinal Angelo Becciu Resigns from Office & ‘Rights’ of Cardinals – Cthlc News Agency
Catholic Gifting: Pillar & Pearl (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
Archbishop John Myers, Retired Newark Archbishop, Dead at 79 – CNA via The Cth World Report
Advice to Rookie Fundraisers – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
Ember Days – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
Red China: Unregistered Catholics Told to Obey Party or Face Consequences – Wang Yong at BW
Cardinals & Political Leaders Address Conf., Highlighting Forgotten Persecuted Christians – Reg

LITURGY & RUBRICS:
Recovering the Traditions of the Requiem: Crosses & Candlesticks

THEATER/FILM/STREAMING/TV:
Mel Gibson Working On Sequel to ‘The Passion of the Christ,’ Says Jim Caviezel – Edward Pentin
Catholic Response to the Black Liberal Ideology – David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info

LITERATURE & BOOK REVIEW(S):
Chronicle of a Dream Offers Both a History & Spiritual ‘Autobiography’ – J. Baresel at The CWR
Book Review: New “Red Book” for Use at the Traditional Latin Mass? – Fr. Z’s Blog

POLITICS:
Experts Push Back on Criticism of Amy Coney Barrett’s Covenant Agreement – Cth News Agency
‘A Different Kind of Lawyer’: Amy Coney Barrett on Christian Vocation – Joseph Sunde at Pwrblg
Integralism As Liberal Despair – Richard Greenhorn at Statistician to the Stars!
Mexico Investigating Alleged ICE Hysterectomies of Detainees – CNA via NC Register

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
Waiting for the “Spring” in Church Life – Stephen P. White at Ethics & Public Policy Center
Help Me Explain Why My Son Should Learn a Foreign Language – Mary Kay Clark, Ph.D., at Seton
Charismatic Catholic Parishes Have Lots Of Vocations, More – The Best In Catholic Blogging
Black Catholic Leader says BLM Organization ‘Ill-Equipped to Lead’ – CNA via NC Register
Christians Coerced into Removing Crosses from Churches – Zhao Mingzhe at Bitter Winter
Iraqi Christians, Bearing Witness – Stephen M. Rasche at Plough Quarterly

OTHER NEWS LINK(S):
Cancel Culture College Administrators Put on Notice – Andrea Picciotti-Bayer at NC Register
Uyghur Detention Centers in Xinjiang Expanding, Researchers Find – Catholic News Agency

THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  The Next Frontier in the Sexual Revolution – Scott Yenor at First Things
2.  Why Isn’t Biden Running Harder? – J.T. Young at Issues & Insights
3.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Canonizing Cain – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative
4.  Joe Rogan World vs. NPR World – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
5.  Charismatic Christians Are Normies – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
6.  Rare World War II Maps Reveal Japan’s Pearl Harbor Strategy – N Kagan & S Hyslop at Nat Geo
7.  Justice In Breonna Taylor Case – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
8.  Politico’s Pretentious, Error-Filled Hit Against Amy Coney Barrett – Sohrab Ahmari at N.Y. Post
9.  Red China Is Paying a High Price for Provoking India – Brahma Chellaney at Project Syndicate
10.  Amy Coney Barrett, SCOTUS, & the Thelma & Louise Election – Jn Zmirak PhD at The Stream

Civilization Watch:
These Five Guns Changed History (& Warfare) Forever – Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest
Bougainville: A New Captain at the Helm – Leanne Jorari at The Interpreter
Lebanon, Both Free & Hostage – Habib C. Malik at Providence Magazine
Militarized Labor Training & Indoctrination: Xinjiang Schemes Exported to Tibet – Bitter Winter
Colonialism & Cultural Erasure in Xinjiang – Michael Clarke at The Interpreter

The West:
The Atlantic Botches Basic Facts on American Families & Two-Parent Households – T. Justice
Germany’s Road to Socialism – Rainer Zitelmann at The National Interest
The Crisis of Education – Mark Blitz at the American Mind
Five Questions for Matthew Yglesias on Why America Needs More People – J. Pethokoukis at AEI
The Danger of Relying on Immigration for Population Growth – Marcus Roberts at Mercatornet

The Anglosphere:
These Are The Civil War’s Best & Worst Generals – The National Interest
Kyle Rittenhouse Did No Wrong – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
Pros & Cons For Three Top Contenders To Replace Ginsburg On Court – Mollie Hemingway
Pouring on the Gasoline – Steven F. Hayward at City Journal

God-Fearers:
Nearly 550 Protestant Venues Shut Down in Jiangsu Province – Lu An at Bitter Winter