MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1. If what Cardinal Pell believes is True, then the Mafia is Written All Over This – Fr. A. McDonald
2. Excavation of Ancient Church Reveals Breathtaking 1,600-year-old Floor Mosaic – J.P. Mauro
3. Cardinal Zen Comes to Rome to Meet the Pope, Who Has No Time for Him – Marco Tosatti
4. When the Dogma Lives Loudly – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., at First Things
5. Mammon’s Grip on the Catholic Church – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at Crisis Magazine
6. Boycott Peter’s Pence Collection This Weekend, October 4 – Complicit Clergy
7. Is Judge Barrett too Catholic for Pope Francis? – Glenn K. Beaton at The Aspen Beat
8. All the No’s of Pp Francis to Progressives, the Last & Toughest Is on the End of Life – Magister
9. L.A.: Fr. Adrian San Juan Mourned after Sudden Passing: Died Doing what He Loved – CNA
10. The Ten Commandments of Secular Progressivism – Fr. Richard Heilman at Roman Cth Man
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland (link repaired)
Cursed Objects. . . How to Properly Dispose Of – Msgr. Stephen Rossetti at Catholic Exorcism
How Counterfeit Churches Devalue Christianity – Nate Guyear at Catholic Stand
The Nominee: Judge Amy Coney Barrett – Elena Maria Vidal at Ignitum Today
Healing from Homosexuality with A.J. Benjamin – Joseph Sciambra at Sons of St. Joseph
On the Sacredness of Food – Jacquelyn Lee at Public Discourse
The Devil Wants a Civil War – R.C. VanLandingham at Crisis Magazine
Cardinal Woelki Issues Stark Warning about ‘Synodal Way’ – Catholic News Agency
Fall Trends: Mad for Plaid, Reinventing a Classic (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
Preaching & the Election: How Not to Get in Trouble but Still Be Effective – Janet E. Smith at Reg
LITURGY & RUBRICS:
Black or White? Two Design Ideas
What Does the Sacred Music Review Mean for Westminster Cathedral Choir? – G. Clarke at CH
POLITICS:
Matthew Franck: The Future of Roe vs. Wade is Up for Grabs – Respect Life Radio
America isn’t America without Black People – Ralph Ellison at The Catholic Thing
BONUS NEWS LINKS:
Suffering & the Problem with Evil – Msgr. Charles E. Pope at Community in Mission
Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Lord’s Prayer in Everyday Life – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand
Seafarers Charity Apostleship of the Sea is Renamed Stella Maris – CNA via NC Register
OTHER NEWS LINK(S):
Pope Appoints U.S. Archbishop Charles Brown Nuncio to the Philippines – CNS via Crux
∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1. Tens of Thousands of Christians Converged on DC & Trashed the City – Michael Brown, Ph.D.
2. Wokeness Comes For Richard Dawkins – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
3. Something is Rotten in the State of Victoria – Andrew Mullins at Mercatornet
4. People Of Praise: A Benedict Option – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
5. The Problem with ‘Canonizing’ Ginsburg while Ignoring Her many Victims – Joseph Pearce
6. Japan is Facing a Demographics Disaster, What Will New PM Suga Do about It? – Milton Ezrati
7. Why Left-Wing Feminists Hate Amy Coney Barrett – Alexandra DeSanctis at National Review
8. Democrats Are Trying To Engineer An Electoral Crisis In America – Kevin Portteus at the Fdrlst
9. Dems Overlook Ilhan Omar’s Ignorance & Hate ‘cuz She’s a Black Muslim Immigrant – J. Tobin
10. Project Veritas Uncovers Ballot Harvesting Fraud in Minnesota – Miranda Devine at N.Y. Post
Civilization Watch:
Iran: From the Great Civilization to Islamic Civilization – Saeid Golkar & Asha Sawhney at MEI
Trump Move on Jerusalem Embassy Led to Peace – Debra Saunders at RealClearPolitics
Detention Facilities in Xinjiang: There are More, Not Less – Ruth Ingram at Bitter Winter
China’s Fear: U.S. Troops Deployed to Taiwan (But It Likely Won’t Happen) – Kris Osborn at TNI
Can Trump’s ‘Transactional’ Diplomacy Get More Wins in the Middle East? – Seth Frantzman
Beijing Tightens Control Over Hong Kong Broadcast Media – John Chan at China Digital Times
The Anglosphere:
Prof. Kendi, This Is Not How to Be an Antiracist – Michael Brown, Ph.D., at The Stream
The False Link between Amy Coney Barrett & The Handmaid’s Tale, Explained – Constance Grady
Amy Coney Barrett: A New Feminist Icon – Erika Bachioci at Politico
Trump’s Long Week – Matthew Walther at The Week
Common-Good Constitutionalism & the Ius Constitutionale Commune in Latin America – I & I
Religio:
Nearly 120 Church of Almighty God Members Arrested – Wan Zixin at Bitter Winter
