18 April AD 2024

TVESDAY EDITION

MORNING ISSUE, TOP-10 MOST VISITED NEWS LINKS:
1.  Archbishop Cordileone Celebrating a Sexual Abuse Cover Up Cardinal McElroy – Leila Miller
2.  Was 1983 Girl Who Disappeared, Molested by Someone Very Close to JP2? – The Telegraph
3.  “W” for Wedgie Catholic Mass Nightmare at St. Joseph Parish, Seattle – David L. Gray
4.  Vatican Mendacity: Trendy French Bishop Resigned Over Sexual Abuse, Not Ill Health – Tablet
5.  Pope Francis Names Seven New Heretics & Atheists To Pontifical Academy for Life – Crux
6.  Ratzinger Code: “Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes” – Steven O’Reilly at Roma Locuta Est
7.  A “Perpetual Synodal” (“Walking Together”) Church? What Could Go Wrong? – Fr. Z’s Blog
8.  Atheistic Advocate for Infanticide Appointed to Pontifical Academy for Life – Eponymous Flwr
9.  Vatican’s Mishandling of High-Profile Abuse Cases Is Bad – WaPo/BishopAccountability.org
10.  Cardinal Becciu Asked Vatican Police To Keep Woman’s Embezzlement Secret – Ph. Pullella

Year of the Eucharist:
How St. Ignatius of Antioch Wanted To Imitate the Eucharist – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Synod of Synodality:
A Piecemeal Vatican III? – Robert Royal, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing

Second Vatican Council:
Vatican II’s Long Wake – Francis X. Maier at National Review
Vatican Afraid Cuban Missile Crisis Would Ruin Vatican II – George Weigel at The W. S. J.

Christendom:
New Tactics for Rebuilding Christendom – Copelius Simeon at One Peter 5

America:
University of Notre Dame Approves of Helping Students To Get an Abortion – The American. . .
Minnesotan’s St. Michael Project Brings Police Officers Spiritual Support – Our Sunday Visitor

Europe:
Catholics & Ukraine – Leila Marie Lawler at Happy Despite Them
Viktor Orban, Keeping It Realist – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

North America:
Another Priest Arrested in Nicaragua – The Eponymous Flower

Culture:
Why Is the Toy Market Targeting Adults? – John Horvat, II, at The Imaginative Conservative
Throwing Tomato Soup at Van Gogh’s Painting – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Catholic Answers
Why Bros Failed at the Box Office – Carl Trueman at First Things
Must Watch Vid of the Day, Fairfield Carmelites: To Last a Thousand Years; Video – C. M. R.
The Death of Romance – Jerome German at Catholic Stand
Early Medieval Mosaics Discovered Under a Palace Near the Sea of Galilee – Dn. Esparza/Aleteia
Catholic & Going to College? Get a Spouse in Addition to a Degree – Anna Reynolds at Crisis
Gender Theory & Its Gnostic Roots, Part I – Antonio G. Galindo Aleman at Catholic Stand
Embracing October: Rosary Bracelets! – Meghan Ashley Styling, a Catholic Mōdê Blog

Sacred Scripture:
Sins of Priests as Described in the Book of the Prophet Malachi – Msgr. Charles Pope
Explaining the Eye of a Needle Passage; Podcast – Fr. David J. Nix at Pilgrim Priest
Who Is that Nagging Widow? – Fr. Samuel Keyes at Catholic Answers Magazine

Liturgy:
It’s ‘ad orientEm’ Not ‘ad orientUm’ & It’s What We Need Right Now – Fr. Z’s Blog
Another Case Study in the Restoration of a Classical Sanctuary Ordering – Liturgical Arts Journal
Are We Justified in Calling Paul VI’s Creation the Novus Ordo [Missæ] – New Liturgical Movement

Spirituality:
Yes, Of the Reality of Demonic Possession – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
How Long Do Souls Stay in Purgatory, & More Links – Tito Edwards at N. C. Register
Exorcist Diary: Demons Cling to Unforgiveness – Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti, D.Min., D.D., Ph.D.
Four Ways To Remember To Offer God Your Daily Work – Theresa Civantos Barber at Aleteia
Amazing Miracles of St. Margaret Mary – Mary O’Regan at Mary’s Blog
Can Catholics Follow Astrology? – Jimmy Akin

Film:
Hocus Pocus 2, Movie Review: Worse Than Bad – Nick Olszyk at The Catholic World Report
‘Notre-Dame’: Netflix To Premiere New Limited Series on the 2019 Blaze – J. P. Mauro at Aleteia

Books:
Kwasniewski’s New Book on Liturgy Since the 1960s – Fr. John Hunwicke at Mutual Enrichment
Practical Advice & Real-life Parenting Lessons from a Father of Ten Children – Ignitum Today

Politics:
They Fear the Lioness, They are Right – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
N. Y. Times: The New Face of White Supremacy is Hispanics, Wait, What? – C. M. R.
The New Lawlessness Gripping America – Sean Collins at Sp!ked
Neither Liberal Nor Christian – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
The East Is . . . White? Xi Jinping Is A Cracker? – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
New Study Adds to Body of Research Showing Negative Effects of Abortion – Live Action

Theology:
The Error & Condemnation of Pope Honorius – Edward Feser, Ph.D.
Why Study Theology? – Michael Sandifer at Catholic Stand

Sacred Tradition:
What We Believe: Tradition & Dogma – Fr. Joshua J. Whitfield at Simply Catholic

Fundraising:
St. Robert Bellarmine, Eternal Happiness, & Fundraising – B. Sokolowski/Catholic Fundraiser

Babylon Bee:
Husband Cleverly Rebrands Cigars As Smokeable Essential Oils; Satire – Babylon Bee
Man Texts Friend To See if He Got Slack Message Asking Him To Check His Email; Satire – BB
Scholars Believe Jacob Forced The Angel To Tap Out With A Wicked Powerbomb; Satire – BB

Short Links:
Vatican II Über Laity – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Remember – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
A Liberal Talking Point – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
FŒDVS: The League of Catholic Bloggers – FŒDVS
The Samizdat Herald: Click Quality, Not Bait – The Samizdat Herald

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