FRIDAY EDITION

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  Bishop Barron at His Best & a Lament of a Growing Rift – Msgr. Charles E. Pope at CiM
2.  Is Carlo Acutis Body Incorrupt? – Kathleen N. Hattrup at Aleteia
3.  An Ugly Shrine Basilica for the Beautiful Little Flower – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Sthrn Orders
4.  The Rich Pope in a Church That Is Ever Poorer – Marco Tosatti at STILVM CVRIÆ
5.  “Growing Hostility” Towards CatholicsJacob Jarvis at Newsweek
6.  Who was Carlo Acutis? A CNA Explainer – Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report
7.  Beautiful Vestments Created by St. Thérèse of Lisieux – Kathy Schiffer at NC Register
8.  A New Sculpture at Clear Creek Abbey – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
9.  The Incomparable Codex Vaticanus – Peter Darcy at Catholic Stand
10.  Christianity: White Supremacists At Prayer? – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

How to Write Better Catholic Appeal Letters – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
The True Meaning of Vatican II – Fr. Regis Scanlon, O.F.M. Cap., at Homiletic & Pastoral Review
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland (link repaired)
Q & A with Ratzinger Prize Winner Dr. Tracey Rowland – Peter Rosengren at The Catholic Weekly
Longing for Eternal Love – Anja Renkes at Ignitum Today
Sister Mary of the Rosary, O.P.: The Little Flower of Alabama – Paige Courtney Barnes at NC Rgstr
Whither the WASP? – Charles Coulombe at Crisis Magazine
12 of the most Striking Insights from Therese’s Autobiography – Maria P. Daud & Katherine Ruddy
Russia’s Catholic Church Warns against Proposed Curbs on Clergy – Jonathan Luxmoore at OSV
Gosnell’s Victims & the Story behind “American Antigone” – Matthew Archbold at Crtv Mnrty Rprt
Fall Trends: Mad for Plaid, Reinventing a Classic (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
The Islamic Takeover of Europe – Fr. Mario Alexis Portella at The European Conservative

VATICAN FINANCIAL SCANDAL:
Mincione Used Former Vatican Fund to Invest in Mafia-Linked Bond Managed by Torzi – CNA
European Financial-Crime Evaluators Make On-Site Visit to Vatican – C. Wooden via The Pilot

LITURGY & RUBRICS:
Byzantine Music of the Italo-Albanian Tradition – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

SCRIPTURE:
Creation Ex Nihilo is in the Bible
– Dave Armstrong at National Catholic Register

LITERATURE & BOOK REVIEW(S):
How Atheist Richard Dawkins’ Recent Book Misleads Young Adults – Nathan Farrar at H&PR
Poetry: “Dante, Dante!” – Dappled Things
The Trump I Know: Off the Shelf with Joe Knopp & Daryl Lefever – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

POLITICS:
Anti-Religious Crusaders Are Feeling Bold These Days
– John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at NC Register

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
French Soldiers tell how St. Thérèse Helped & Protected Them in World War I – Jos. Pronechen
Ecclesia Supplet: Making Invalid Sacraments Valid – Cathy Caridi, J.C.L., at Canon Law Made. . .
Amy Coney Barrett: Handmaid of the Lord, Not the State – Fr. Ben Johnson at Powerblog
Aquinas Contra Sedition & Factional Tyranny – Edward Feser, Ph.D.

OTHER NEWS LINK(S):
The Little Flower’s Lisieux – Mary Hansen at National Catholic Register

THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  Why I’m Leaving California – Ben Shapiro at The Daily Signal
2.  Christianity: White Supremacists At Prayer? – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
3.  Who Are the Proud Boys? – Anastasia Beaverhausen at The Stream
4.  The Explosive Story of How Shrapnel Got Its Name – The National Interest
5.  Whither the WASP? – Charles Coulombe at Crisis Magazine
6.  Smart Locks—CCP’s New Tool to Control Population – Tang Wanming at Bitter Winter
7.  The Islamic Takeover of Europe – Fr. Mario Alexis Portella at The European Conservative
8.  Drudge Report, a Trump Ally in 2016, Stops Boosting Him for 2020 – Tiffany Hsu at N.Y. Times
9.  Trans Totalitarianism & Your Children – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
10.  One Planet, One Child: A New Ghastly Push Against Family, Children & Love – Marija Stajić

Civilization Watch:
Turkey Is Killing Armenians, Again (& Why It Matters to US) – John Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Stream
Is India Gearing Up for War With Communist China? – Peter Suciu at The National Interest
A Second Armenian GenocideSiobhan Nash-Marshall at The Imaginative Conservative
Ripple Effects from the TikTok saga: Crony Capitalism & the Splintering Internet – Claude Barfield
Former Renmin Professor calls for Xi’s Retirement, Federal Model – Samuel Wade at ChDT

The West:
Can Nuclear Fusion Fuel an Innovation Nation? – James Pethokoukis at Am Enterprise Institute
Bonapartism & the Populist Empire – Dylan Stevenson at The Imaginative Conservative

The Anglosphere:
Cuomo’s Vaccine Overreach – Joel Zinberg at City Journal
The Press’s Strange Fascination with the Proud Boys – The Spectator|USA
AP Issues New Guidance for Reporters to Cover Up Leftist Violence – Bronson Stocking at TH
Why Would YouTube Suppress Our New Video on Disney, Chinese Genocide, & Mulan? – FEE
Why It’s Fashionable to Hate Your Own Country – Patrick West at Sp!ked
Nominating Amy Coney Barrett is the Best Thing Trump has Done in Office – Matthew Walther
The War on Critical Race Theory Indoctrination is Worth Winning – Barbara Kay at The Post Mllnnl
Different Demographic Groups Excelling Does Not Prove Discrimination – Rav Arora at City Jrnl

The Wealth Gap Shrinks – Mark J. Perry at American Enterprise Institute

Etc. . .:
The Grand Jury: The Medieval & the Modern – The Medievalists.net