8 May AD 2024

VVEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

Top-10 Prime Time News & Commentary:
1.  Young Carmelite Dies at Age 21 Days After Professing Perpetual Vows – V. Arruda/ChurchPOP
2.  With this Appointment, the Pope Repudiates His Predecessor – Phil Lawler at Catholic Culture
3.  Archbishop Fernandez’s Clarification – Ed Feser, Ph.D.
4.  Francis Unveiled, An Analysis of His Latest Appointments – Sandro Magister at Settimo Cielo
5.  Time to Decide – Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission Blog
6.  Trump Is Trouncing His GOP Opposition — Why? – Jeffrey Lord at The American Spectator
7.  Archbishop Gänswein’s post-Vatican Future Beginning to Take Shape – J. Liedl/CNA/The CWR
8.  I Bet the NLM, for All Its Many Virtues & Excellences, . . . – Fr. John Hunwicke at Mutual. . .
9.  Changing the Ethnicity of Christ & Our Lady in Art: When Is It Legitimate? – New Ltrgcl Mvmnt
10.  Pope Francis Names Four New Auxiliary Bishops of Los Angeles – Courtney Mares at CNA

Top-10 Prime Time News & Commentary:
11.  African Priest Hospitalized after Machete Attacked at His Louisiana Parish – J. Summers
12.  German Cardinals’ Tomb Sign on Abuse Records Stirs Debate – Luke Coppen at The Pillar
13.  ‘Sound of Freedom’ Makes History at the Box Office – Francesca Pollio Fenton/CNA/The Reg
14.  Catholic Doctors Turn to Direct Primary Care to Practice Medicine, Faith – CNA via The CWR
15.  Trans Controversy: US Bishops Face a Divided Nation & a Divided Church – Wm. Kilpatrick
16.  Jim Jordan Threatens to Hold FBI Director in Contempt on anti-Catholic Memo – The CWR
17.  The Need for Clarity in a Time of Moral & Doctrinal Ambiguity – Fr. J. J. Pokorsky at The CWR
18.  Evangelization Through Beauty: An Interview with Jimmy Mitchell – Paul Senz at The CWR
19.  France: Élisabeth Borne Confirmed as Prime Minister – Hélène de Lauzun at The European. . .
20.  Has the Holy See Surrendered to the Chinese Communist Party? – Fr. R. J. de Souza/The Reg

Best of the Rest of Prime Time News & Commentary:
A Week with Mary Magdalene – Amy Welborn at Charlotte was Both Blog
Notes on the French Intifada: The Brutalisation of Algeria – Ed West at Wrong Side of History Blog
St. Elsewhere: Italy’s New Religion of the Internet – Steven Tucker at Crisis Magazine
St. Thomas on the Doctrine of Music – Massimo Scapin at One Peter 5
A Resurgence in the Forsaken Art of Feminine Hospitality – D. Heckenkamp at Catholic Exchange
Gallup Poll Reveals Americans’ Plummeting Confidence in Public Schools – Kerry McDonald
Fr. Marko Rupnik can No Longer Appeal His Dismissal from Jesuits – CNA/ACI Prensa/The Reg
Religious Minorities Push Back on Gender Ideology – Timothy Carney at Washington Examiner
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Our Changing World & God – Maurice Williams at Catholic Stand
How AI is Helping to Translate the Bible Into Rare Languages – J. McKeown at CNA via The Reg
Updates on the Political Landscape from a Catholic Perspective – Catholics For Catholics
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws Are Targeting, & Killing, Religious Minorities – David Bhatti at NRO
Example Fundraising Letter Written by ChatGPT for John Paul II Healing Cntr – Brice Sokolowski
The Seventh Centenary of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Canonization – New Liturgical Movement

Indiscriminate News & Commentary:
MonkeyPox Satanist is the Highest Paid Official in Biden White House – John Zmirak, Ph.D.
Argentine Priest is Pope Francis’ New Personal Secretary – J. Villar/ACI Prensa/CNA/The Reg
PopeWatch: Bowing Down to Beijing – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Seven Questions Answered about Our Lady of Mount Carmel & the Brown Scapular – ChurchPOP

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FŒDVS: The League of Catholic Bloggers – FŒDVS
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