19 April AD 2024

FRIDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Top-10 Commentary:
1.  New Set of Vestments for the Order of Malta by Sacra Domus Aurea – Liturgical Arts Journal
2.  Vatican Twoed Out of Existence: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Sisters of Charity – Fr. A. McDonald
3.  The Return Of Eunuchs – Austin Ruse at Crisis Magazine
4.  Should Extraordinary Ministers of Communion Deny Communion? – Fr. Allan J. McDonald
5.  Now Call It the Synod of Bishops & Selected Others – Phil Lawler at Catholic Culture
6.  If You Don’t Believe in the Devil, Declare War on Him & Find Out What Happens – Jim Graves
7.  Dominican Sisters Pick Poorest US Diocese to Enliven Struggling Catholic School – R. Salonen
8.  Let’s Talk Pool Wear: Coolotte! – Meghan Ashley Styling, a Catholic Mōdê Blog
9.  Quick Gender Friday – Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was Both Blog
10.  What Role Did God-talk Play in Tucker Carlson’s Fall at Fox News? – T. Mattingly/GetReligion

Next-10 Commentary:
11.  The Chosen: Lightness & Letting Jesus Laugh – Anthony S. Layne at Catholic Stand
12.  Dennis Prager’s Troubling Defense of Pornography – Carl R. Trueman at First Things
13.  Villanova Students Required to Read Graphic Trans Sex Scene of Minors – Mary M. Olohan
14.  Notes on the Interregnum – Michael Warren Davis at The Common Man Blog
15.  The Library at Home – Zito Madu at Plough Magazine
16.  Methodism’s Messy Divorce – John Lomperis at National Review
17.  A Response to Dennis Prager’s Defense of Immorality – Philip Primeau at Crisis Magazine
18.  Polygamy (Or Something Like It) Rises – Scott Yenor at MercatorNet
19.  On Contraception – Elizabeth Anscombe at The Catholic Thing
20.  Social Contagion is Driving the Astronomic Rise  in Teen Gender Dysphoria – Dianna Kenny

Bonus Commentary:
Picking Up the Pieces: Rebuilding a Viable Culture – Luke Sheahan at The Imaginative. . .
How Should Catholics Use Artificial Intelligence to Fundraise? – CatholicFundraiser.net
Do Not Look for an Uber Christ – Gabriel Garnica at Catholic Stand
Our Very Inhuman Humanism – David Carlin at The Catholic Thing
Strawmanning & Steelmanning – Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was Both Blog
Matthew Schmitz on How Gay “Marriage” Changed America (podcast) – Mark Bauerlein
Jacques Maritain & Art for Beauty’s Sake – Thomas Hibbs at Religion & Liberty Online

Laconic Commentary:
Sixty-Three Million Views & Counting – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
PopeWatch: Stacking the Deck – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Not Our Problem Since 1776 – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Bushy Tailed Rats – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Transvestites, Mutilating Minors, & Child Abuse – D. McClarey, J.D./The American Catholic

News:
Vocations Crisis in France – Riposte Catholique via Catholic Conclave
Too Bad Hillsdale is Baptist, They Have More Integrity than Jesuit Schools – Eponymous Flower

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

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