15 May AD 2024

THVRSDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Top-10 Catholic News & Punditry:
1.  Why Are Pro-Lifers Losing? – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report Blog
2.  Dreams & Realities of a Pontificate on the Wane – Sandro Magister at Settimo Cielo Blog
3.  Maui’s Historic Maria Lanakila Catholic Church (1846) Burns Down – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
4.  World Youth Day Catholic Church is Disfigured Church of Defeated – Riposte Catholique/CC
5.  The Erotic Poems of Archbishop Fernández: Audience, Context, Commentary – The CWR
6.  Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: What Might It Be? – Steven O’Reilly at Roma Locuta Est Blog
7.  The Most Awesome Grill of St. Lawrence – Amy Welborn at Charlotte was Both Blog
8.  The Great god Woke – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic Blog
9.  Actually, Bishops ‘Don’t’ Have to Resign at Age 75 per Canon 401 – Fr. John Hunwicke
10.  ‘With This Light’: The Inspiringly Subversive Sister Maria Rosa Leggol – Sister N. Usselmann

Top-10 Catholic News & Punditry:
11.  Don’t Choose Hell! – Richard Auciello at Catholic Stand
12.  A New Communist Saint? Archbishop Hélder Câmara? – D. McClarey/The American Catholic
13.  Unforgettable Neerja Bhanot, Heroine of Pan Am Flight 73 of 1986 – The American Catholic
14.  ‘He Loved & Served the Lord’: Louisiana Priest Fr. Mark Beard Remembered – Meek/The Reg
15.  World Youth Day & Anti-Culture – T. S. Flanders at One Peter 5
16.  The Russia–Ukraine War Must End in Compromise – Wil. W. Chip/The American Spectator
17.  Updates on the Political Landscape from a Catholic Perspective – Catholics For Catholics
18.  Vestments in Honour of St. Lawrence – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal Blog
19.  Papal Envoy’s Letter Stirs Fresh Debate in Syro-Malabar Church – Nirmala Carvalho at Crux
20.  Ohio Pro-Lifers Look to November After Special Election Setback – Lauretta Brown/The Reg

Best of the Rest of Catholic News & Punditry:
Be Persecuted Like St. Lawrence – Thomas Griffin at Crisis Magazine
How to Start a Revival: The National Eucharistic Congress – Stephen B. White/The Catholic Thing
Putting a Spotlight On: Blue Light Glasses! – Meghan Ashley Styling, a Catholic Wardrobe Stylist
The Feast of St. Lawrence in Other Western Rites – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
Martyrs of Christ: Frs. Michele Tomaszek & Zbigneo Strzalkowski – The American Catholic Blog
Pope Francis Appoints Delegate to Resolve Syro-Malabar Liturgical Dispute in India – The Reg
Gaetz Introduces Bill Seeking to Codify Right to Pray in Schools – Washington Examiner

Indiscriminate News & Punditry:
Requiescat in Pace: Robbie Robertson – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic Blog
FBI Lied Again – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic Blog
Pope Francis Names New Patriarch of Lisbon Following World Youth Day – CNA via The Reg
10 August: Wonderful Collect for St. Lawrence – Fr. Z’s Blog
Marie Reine du Canada Pilgrimage, Sept. 2-4 – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement Blog
Church Prays for Release of Kidnapped Priest & Seminarian in Nigeria – Marina/CNA/The CWR

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