Highlighted Catholic News & Punditry:
Congress Urges DOJ to Reject Exile of German Family Who Sought Asylum in US – The Reg
Critical Moment: Abortion Issue 1 Takes Center Stage at Ohio March for Life – Peter Pinedo
Another American Cause for Canonization Lands in Rome – John Burger at Aleteia
Israel Struggles to Expel Hamas Intruders & Secure Border – S. Kalin, D. Lieber, & A. Baba at WSJ
Synod on Synodality News & Punditry:
Good News from the Synod – Fr. Z’s Blog
World Synod: “There are Very Heated Discussions” – DomRadio.de via Catholic Conclave
Would It be a Synod “Walking Together” without an Other Demon Idol? – Fr. Z’s Blog
Is the Holy Spirit the “Protagonist” at the Synod video – D. Montagna/Fr. G. Murray/R. Royal, Ph.D.
Synod on Synodality 2023: Facts, Anecdotes, & Analysis From the First Week – CNA/The Reg
Pope St. Gregory Speaks from Antiquity to Our Synod & All Clergy – Msgr. Charles Pope
Synod Members Won’t be Punished for Giving Interviews, Official Says – Elise Ann Allen/Crux
Secrecy at Synod: What We Know About Delegates’ Confidentiality Requirements – The Reg
Pope Francis & the Dubias News & Punditry:
Devastating Critique of Papal Response to Dubia, Not Christian – Espada de doble Fido/Cth Con
Pope Francis Gives a Yes & No Answer on Blessings for Same-Sex Couples – Fr. R.J. de Souza
‘Laudate Deum’, a New Apostolic Exhortation, News & Punditry:
Where Pope Francis’s Environmentalism Goes Astray – John C. Pinheiro at National Review
Laudate Deum, the Environment, & Technology in Context – Thomas M. Doran at The CWR
Hamas Attacks Israel:
Current Situation with Hamas in Israel – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith
Biden Financially Enabled Bloody Hamas War on Israel – Catherine Salgado/Pro Deo et Libertate
Biden’s Mideast War: Analysis – Donald R. McClarey, Esq., at The American Catholic
Pope Francis & Jerusalem Patriarch Pray After Israel Attacked by Hamas – CNA/The Reg
Hundreds Killed in Surprise Hamas Attacks on Israel; Netanyahu Says Country ‘at War’ – The Reg
Top-10 Morning Catholic News & Punditry:
1. Utah Nuns Give Rare Glimpse of the Cloistered Life – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia
2. The Carthusian Rosary – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
3. Actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan Says Her Faith Led Her to Refuse Roles – C. Gardiner at Aleteia
4. Francis Breaks the Dam Holding Back Liquid Modernity – Rod Dreher at The European. . .
5. Bishops at Large – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at The Imaginative Conservative
6. You (Probably) Don’t Have a Soulmate – Joe Heschmeyer, J.D., at Indulgences
7. An Inside Look at DC’s Dominican House of Studies – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia
8. The Return of the “Influential Italian Gentleman” – Steven O’Reilly at Roma Locuta Est
9. Jon Fosse, Catholic Convert, Wins Nobel Prize for Literature – John Touhey at Aleteia
10. Who Will Go to Heaven? – Fr. Jerry Pokorsky at Catholic Culture
Next-10 Morning Catholic News & Punditry:
11. From Agnostic to Priest: How He Left it All Behind to Answer God’s Call – Church Pop
12. Who saw the Virgin Mary in Wisconsin? – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia
13. The Phony Pedantry & Empty Metaphysical Thrill of Teilhard de Chardin – Leila Marie Lawler
14. First Dominican Rosary Pilgrimage Draws Crowd of 3,100 – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia
15. The Vatican Meddles with the Charism of Opus Dei – Info Vaticana via Catholic Conclave
16. St. Charles Seminary Receives $1.2M Grant f/Lilly Endowment to Improve Preaching – CWR
17. How to Battle Historical Bias: A Catholic Guide – Phillip Campbell at NC Register
18. What is the Russian Catholic Church? Part I: Introduction – Maxim Grigorieff at One Peter 5
19. Update from Charley Collins: ‘Praise God, I’m Home!’ – Charles Collins at Crux
20. Three Things You Did Not Know about Montserrat Monastery – Daniel Esparza at Aleteia
Another-10 Morning Catholic News & Punditry:
21. Our Lady of the Rosary & the Victory of Christianity Over Islam – Pro Deo et Libertate
22. The Legacy of St. John Henry Newman – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative
23. The Pope Is All Things to All Men – S.A. McCarthy at The American Spectator
24. New Online Course from Sacred Heart Seminary – Gene M. Van Son at Catholic Stand
25. Is Sports Becoming A Religion? – Tony Jesse at Catholic365
26. Rosary Processions – It’s Time! – Dom Cingoranelli at Catholic Stand
27. Salve Regina, Hermann the Cripple, & Christopher Columbus – The American Catholic
28. Suspect in Theft of Benedict XVI’s Pectoral Cross Arrested, Say Police – CNA/The Reg
29. The Perdurance of Liberal Theology – Larry S. Chapp, Ph.D., at The Catholic World Report
30. The Culture War is No Sideshow; It is a Fight for Western Civilisation – Laurie Wastell
Best of the Rest of Morning Catholic News & Punditry:
Blood Money: The Rise of the Gender Reassignment Industry – Mary Frances Myler
Discovering the Truth Through Holiness & Beauty – David Deavel at The Imaginative. . .
Pope Appoints Nun as No. 2 of Dicastery for Consecrated Life – I. Media at Aleteia
Sign Up for Eucharist & The Spiritual Life Conference with Dr. Brant Pitre & Friends! – FOT
Online Reading Groups on Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Liturgy & Personality – NLM
Education as a Spiritual Work of Mercy: An Interview with Professor Kyle Washut – The CWR
Join a New Political Movement for Catholics! – Catholics For Catholics
Holiness & Prudence – Randall B. Smith, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing
Practicality, Style and. . . Less Laundry – Meghan Ashley Styling, a Catholic Wardrobe Stylist
French President Wants Right to Abortion Added to Constitution – Eduardo Berdejo at CNA
Morning Indiscriminate News & Punditry:
UNLV Law School Apologizes for Using word ‘Picnic,’ Changes It to ‘Lunch by the Lake’ – D. Huber
Resisting the New Sophists – Shmuel Klatzkin at The American Spectator
Biden’s War – Donald R. McClarey, Esq., at The American Catholic
CAIR, SJP, American Muslim Groups Back Palestinians After Terror Attack in Israel – Breitbart
Nikki Haley: Attack on Israel should be Wake-up Call for America – Kelly Garrity at Politico
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