18 April AD 2024

EASTER THVRSDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Top-10 Commentary:
[Breaking News] – Big Pulpit releases Children’s Coloring Book – BigPulpit.com
1.  New Architecture: St. Michael the Archangel Church in Leawood, Kansas – Liturgical Arts Jrnl
2.  We Fell For It – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
3.  John Paul II Insinuations in ‘Vatican Girl’ Case Create Dilemma for Francis – Jn. Allen at Crux
4.  In ‘Atheist Capital’ Berlin, Catholicism Grows Wild – Jonathan Liedl/National Catholic Register
5.  Why Catholics are Leaving the Church: Wreckovations – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern. . .
6.  Ask Father: Must We Abstain from Eating Meat on Friday in the Octave of Easter? – Fr. Z’s Blog
7.  Vatican II Failed, Not the Church – Darrick Taylor, Ph.D., at One Peter 5
8.  King Charles’ Interfaith Coronation Gobbledygook Will End Him (video) – Gavin Ashenden
9.  A Case Against Cremation – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at Catholic Answers Magazine
10.  Is Institutionally Ignoring Religious Outrages Preventing Schism? – Fr. Allan J. McDonald

Top News:
Active Shooter Threat Reported at The Catholic University of America, Prayers – Crtv Mnrty Rprt
Walsingham Community Leaves Walsingham – The UK Tablet
Dr. Kevin G. Vost, Requiescat In Pace – Butler Funeral Homes

Year of the Eucharist:
Easter, Sacramental Mercy, & the Eucharistic Revival – Fr. Roger Landry/Ntnl Catholic Register

Christendom:
Father Rupnik Off to a Retirement Home in Milan – Il Sismografo via Catholic Conclave
Byzantine Catholicism & the Fight for Ukraine – Robert W. Shaffern at The Catholic Thing
Cardinal Schönborn Being Kept in Office to Sustain the Synod – Weiner Zeitung/Cthlc Conclave
50,000+ Christians Killed in Nigeria in the Last 14 Years, Report Says – The Brooklyn Tablet
Dissident French Bishop Rehabilitated by Pope Francis Dies – Ouest France via Catholic Conclave

America:
Bye Sad Clown – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Heritage Foundation President wants to ‘Completely Tear Out’ Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ – Life Site
Devout Catholic President – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
An FBI Informant Inside the Catholic Church, to Keep Tabs on All TLMers? – American Thinker
Supreme Court to Hear Case of Postal Worker who Refused to Work Sundays – C. W. R.

Saint Blogs:
The Case for a Diocesan Priestly Promise of Poverty – Andrew J. Peach at Crisis Magazine
Have Loved Ones Left God? Seek Help from Theotokos, Searcher for the Lost – NC Register
Thoughts on the Decline of Catholic Marriage – Masha Goepel at Catholic Stand
Why did Jesus Die in His Thirties? – Msgr. Charles Pope at Community In Mission Blog
How I Understand & Interpret Revelation – Maurice Williams at Catholic Stand
The Mandylion: The legendary Image of Edessa – Daniel Esparza at Aleteia
Deny Yourself – Charles Johnson at Catholic Stand
Breaking the Father Wound Cycle: Be the Man Others Need (video/podcast) – Catholic Gentleman
Artificial Intelligence: What is It & Where is It Going? – Steve Smith at Catholic Stand
Bloody Reminders – Christopher Check at Catholic Answers Magazine

Secular Stories:
The Leftist Programming of NPCs – Auguste Meyrat at Crisis Magazine
Eight Ways to Read (a Lot) More Books This Year – Neil Pasricha at Harvard Business Review
New Mexico is Losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else on Earth – NY Times via Y!News

Short Stories:
PopeWatch: Well, Since You Asked – 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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