12 May AD 2024

MONDAY EDITION

Top-10 Prime Time News & Commentary:
1.  Why I Think Our Form of Social Order Can’t Last Much Longer – J. Budziszewski, Ph.D.
2.  Blueprints for Flourishing in the Midst of a Decaying Civilization – A. Kheriaty/American Mind
3.  I Give You, Mark Shea – Dave Griffey at Daffey Thoughts Blog
4.  Cardinal Newman, Archbishop Fernandez, & the “Suspended Magisterium” Thesis – Ed Feser
5.  Need a New Author to Read? Take Up Fr. Alexander Schmemann – Dale Price at Dyspeptic. . .
6.  Is Your Parish a Healthy Liturgical Ecosystem? – A Treasure To Be Shared Blog
7.  Water Cremation Not Viable for Catholics, Bishops Say – J. P. Mauro at Aleteia
8.  The Sullivanians – Amy Welborn at Charlotte was Both Blog
9.  The Leftist Playbook Is Key for Conservative Catholics – S. A. McCarthy/American Spectator
10.  The Liturgy Debate of Vatican II: A Look Back – Fr. Joseph Thomas at NC Register

Next-10 Prime Time News & Commentary:
11.  A Bleak Bastille Day Descends Upon France – Paul du Quenoy at The European Conservative
12.  Is There No End to Progressive Mendacity? – Shmuel Klatzkin at The American Spectator
13.  A Stupid Idea Yet Again: Deaconesses – Msgr. Richard C. Antall at Crisis Magazine
14.  Medieval Catholic Family Law that Made Western World Uniquely Weird – Religion Unplugged
15.  Lepanto Institute Launches Survey to Rate Orthodoxy, Trustworthiness of US Bishops – LSN
16.  After 400 Years, Jesuits Leave Linz, Austria, Focus on Climate Protection – KathPress/C Cnc
17.  The Sign of the Cross – The Prayer of Power – Guy McClung, J.D., Ph.D., at Catholic Stand
18.  Arlington Diocese Introduces Paid Family, Medical Leave – Michelle La Rosa at The Pillar
19.  Synodalists Prepare for October in Rome without Reference to Jesus – DomRadio.de/C Cnclv
20.  A New Christian Progressivism is Catholic Integralism – Bradley C. S. Watson/Law & Liberty

Best of the Rest of Prime Time News & Commentary:
The Catholic Side of Henry James & Hemingway – Russell Shaw at The Catholic Thing
One Quarter of 40-Year-Olds Have Never Married – Alex Chediak at The Stream
Kenya Bishop Denounces LGBT Ideology – Clare Marie Merkowsky at Life Site News
Mohammed Tops the Name List of Arrested French Rioters – Chris Tomlinson at The European. . .
In the Footsteps of Bernadette: A Pilgrim at Lourdes – Ron St. Angelo/National Catholic Register
Hungary & Poland Should Stand Against the EU’s Sexual Imperialism – Austin Ruse & S. Gennarini
Updates on the Political Landscape from a Catholic Perspective – Catholics For Catholics
How Teachers Unions Co-Opted School Boards – David Catron at The American Spectator
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Floriated Cope f/Prominent Roman Atelier of Giovanni Romanini, Papal Vestments Maker – LAJ
Example Fundraising Letter Written by ChatGPT for John Paul II Healing Cntr – Brice Sokolowski
Why Senegal’s Mourides Want Vatican-like Status for Their Holy City of Touba – Bitter Winter

Indiscriminate News & Commentary:
England: This is No Way for a Priest to Behave, Least of All at a Funeral – Catholic Conclave
Watch! The Planned Synodal Takeover of the Church, Examining Instrumentum Laboris – Fr. Zed
Notre Dame Prof Approves of Killing Children Now Lies about Students, Admin Yawns – CMR
The Chinese Flu & Standing Up to the Nazi’s – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Nine Inspiring Facts about Sts. Louis & Zelie Martin, Parents of St. Thérèse of Lisieux – ChPOP

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

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