29 March AD 2024

FRIDAY EDITION

MORNING ISSUE, TOP-10 MOST VISITED NEWS LINKS:
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1.  A Lenten Reading List – Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
2.  Why You Should Read J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings Before the New Series – Fr. Z’s Blog
3.  Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series Rises: Inside The Rings of Power – Vanity Fair
4.  Brantly Millegan, Founder of ChurchPOP, Fired by ENS for Being Catholic – Aleteia
5.  If the Conclave Wants a Second Francis, Here Is the Name & the Program – Sandro Magister
6.  Does God Pick the Pope? [Implied, Did God Pick Pope Francis]? by Jimmy Akin – Steve Ray
7.  The Mass Should Not Be a Torture Device – New Liturgical Movement
8.  Catholic Chaplaincy for the Rainbow Reich – R.R. Reno at First Things
9.  Parents Protest Cardinal Cupich’s Removal of Principal Who Ended Mask Mandate – Com Clrg
10.  Pope Francis, What Will the Next Pontificate be Like? – Andrea Gagliarducci/Monday Vatican

HONORABLE MENTIONED:
Mark Wahlberg Talks ‘Father Stu’ With Raymond Arroyo – Raymond Arroyo at Ntnl Cthlc Register
How to Prepare You to the Celebrate Our Lady of Lourdes on February 11th – Catholic Exchange
Why Would God Create Someone Who Will Choose Hell? – Msgr. Charles Pope/Our Sunday Visitor
The Draw of the Old Mass in Latin – David Dashiell at Tan Direction
Satanism Grows Bolder in Hatred of the Holy, But Catholics Resist – Kathy Schiffer at NC Register
How Eastern Orthodoxy Made Me Catholic – Michael Lofton at Catholic Answers Magazine

BEST OF THE REST:
Know the Name of Jimmy Lai, Devout Catholic, Chinese Patriot, & in Jail for Freedom – Ntnl Rvw
New Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine (Archdiocese of Oklahoma City) – Liturgical Arts Journal
McDowell’s Aristotelian Near Miss – Edward Feser, Ph.D.
How to Major Gift Fundraise – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
A Poorly Formed Conscience: The Real Devil’s Playground – Gene Van Son at Catholic Stand
Allowing Married Priests Is Not a New Idea – Carine Hajjar at National Review
The Baptismal Name Game – J.Q. Tomanek at Ignitum Today
Old Hollywood Series: Eyes On. . . Sunglasses! – Meghan Ashley Styling at Catholic Mōdê Blog
Report: New Allegations of Spying in Vatican Financial Scandal – The Pillar
When NFP Is Hard, Go To Joseph – Abigail C.R. Gripshover at Catholic Stand
Forgotten Customs of Septuagesima – Matthew Plese at One Peter 5
Some Funereal Thoughts on Liturgy – Timothy J. Williams at Crisis Magazine
Sign & Share a Petition to Preserve the Traditional Latin Mass – New Liturgical Movement
Commingling Host Piece & Precious Blood Imply Resurrection or Mystical Reality – Fr. Z’s Blog
A Defense of Papal Primacy – Jacob Watson at Militant Thomist
How Does Idealism & Perfectionism Negatively Affect Marriage? – Msgr. Charles Pope at CIM
Social Injustice – Michael Thomas Cibenko at Catholic365
Catholic Social Teaching: An Account of Reality – Stephen P. White at The Catholic Thing
Like Socrates, Catholics Have to ‘Box With Shadows’ – Matt D’Antuono/National Catholic Register
Priorities for Life: Ministry & the Workplace – Randy Hain at Integrated Catholic Life™

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
FŒDVS: The League of Catholic Bloggers – FŒDVS
Theopolitics: Where Religion Meets Politics – Theopolitics
Civilization Watch: Where Geopolitics Meets World History – Civilization Watch
The Samizdat Herald: Click Quality, Not Bait – The Samizdat Herald

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