8 May AD 2024

THVRSDAY MORNING EDITION

Highlighted Catholic News & Punditry:
Persecution of Armenians Not Just Religious Freedom Issue – Joel Veldkamp/First Things
Who Will Stand for Palestinian Christians? – Michael Warren Davis
Turkey’s Denial Of Christian Genocide – Uzay Bulut at The European Conservative

Synod on Synodality News & Punditry:
Synod Attendance Well Below Vatican Expectations X/Twitter – Catholic Sat
New ‘Grammar of Synodality’ on Display at Start of Synod Gathering – Jonathan Liedl/The Reg
All Are Welcome . . . But? – Tom Collingwood at Catholic Stand

‘Laudate Deum’ New Apostolic Exhortation News & Punditry:
Laudate Deum: Pope Francis’ Laudato Si Companion Piece on the Environment – Fr. R.J. de Souza
Laudato Si, Laudate Deum, & “Climate Change” – Joe Tevington at Catholic365

The ‘Dubia’ News & Punditry:
Yes to Sin, No to the TLM X/Twitter – Lepanto Institute
No, Pope Francis Does Not Support Gay Marriage – Kayla Bartsch at National Review
Who is the New Mexican Dubia Cardinal? – Luis Medina at One Peter 5
The Synod Begins with Dubia Wars & Mass Media Confusion, What Next? – The Latin Right
The Other Dubia’s Seven Year Anniversary X/Twitter – Fr. David J. Nix

Top-10 Morning Catholic News & Punditry:
1.  A Beautiful New Christian City Designed by Renowned Urban Planner Léon Krier – NLM
2.  October Reveals Forgotten Links Between Fatima & Divine Mercy – Jos. Pronechen/The Reg
3.  Nine Great Facts on St. Faustina, Mystic & Messenger of Divine Mercy Devotion – Church Pop
4.  Denied Holy Communion for Kneeling in Diocese of Boise, Idaho – Scott Smith, Esq.
5.  RIP Mike Flynn – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
6.  In Marseille, France, Pope Francis ignored France – Pierre Manent at First Things
7.  Blinded by Not Science – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
8.  Teilhard de Chardin: Closet Racist? Eugenicist? – Maureen Mullarkey
9.  Mother Teresa’s Postulator Says New Film’s Creators Made ‘Grave Errors’ – CNA/The Reg
10.  Orthodox Jews Filmed Spitting at Christians – Lazaroff/Jaffe-Hoffman/The Jerusalem Post

Next-10 Morning Catholic News & Punditry:
11.  How Mass Is Done, 5 Steps to Building a Strong Parish, & More Links – Tito Edwards/Reg
12.  An Antidote to the Woke Virus – Jan Bentz at The European Conservative
13.  Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell Reviewed – William M. Briggs, Ph.D.
14.  Discrimination Entrenched in US Corporates, Not the Kind You Think – Intellectual Takeout
15.  Aliens & Christianity with Tyler McNabb – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World – Jimmy Akin
16.  Catholics, Sacraments, & Magic – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at Standing On My Head
17.  Shocking New Study! Only 49% of Catholics Believe in the Holy Eucharist – Dv. L. Gray, Th.M.
18.  Universities Without Freedom of Speech Are Worthless – Itxu Díaz
19.  A Crucial Moment for Catholic Moral Theology? – Charlie Camosy at The Pillar
20.  Assisi Celebrates St. Francis’ Feast Day on 800th Anniversary– F.P. Fenton/CNA/The Reg

Best of the Rest of Morning Catholic News & Punditry:
Al Smith Dinner Power Rankings, & More Links. . . – Tito Edwards at National Catholic Register
What’s Up With All the Labor Strikes? – Aubrey Gulick at The American Spectator
‘It Is in Giving that We Receive’: St. Francis of Assisi – Catherine Salgado at Pro Deo et Libertate
Flannery O’Connor’s Lasting Impact Explored in New Book & Film – Mike Mastromatteo/The Reg
Is ‘Antiracism’ a Grift? – Kurt Mahlburg at Intellectual Takeout
How High the Wall Between Church & State? – Cory Higdon at Providence
The Eucharist & The Spiritual Life with Dr. Brant Pitre & Friends! – FullnessOfTruth.org
Speaker Trump Has a Nice Ring, Doesn’t It? – Aubrey Gulick at The American Spectator
Against Pop Culture Populism – Alexandra Wilson at Artillery Row via The Critic
Updates on the Political Landscape from a Catholic Perspective – Catholics For Catholics
The Constitution of the Fifth Republic at 65 – Trey Dimsdale at Religion & Liberty Online
Bordeaux & Its Sneaker Game – Meghan Ashley Styling, a Catholic Wardrobe Stylist
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos: A Saint for Missionaries – Michael R. Heinlein at SimplyCatholic
EU Plans Ukraine Accession by 2030 – Zoltán Kottász at The European Conservative

Morning Indiscriminate News & Punditry:
Nixon the Analyst – Donald R. McClarey, Esq., at The American Catholic
When St. Francis Tamed a Wild Animal: The Miraculous Story of Wolf of Gubbio – Church Pop

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