Highlighted Catholic News & Punditry:
Ahead of Key Abortion Vote, Ohio Archdiocese Reports Growing Vandalism – Jn. Lavenburg/Crux
Mary Statue Vandalized In NY City; Third Attack on a Church in a Week – The Tablet (Brooklyn)
Brooklyn Bishop ‘Appalled’ Over Music Video Shot in Church, Will Investigate – Joe Burkas/CNA
How You Can Offer a Plenary Indulgence for the Souls in Purgatory Nov. 1-8 – Church Pop
Pope Francis’ Rehabilitation of the Sexual Predator Rupnik:
The Rupnik Case: How is This Still Happening? – Stephen P. White at The Catholic Thing
Rupnik Affair Poses Test to Church & Synod Members – Peter Smith at OSV News
Jesuits Warned Diocese Incardinated Rupnik Had Complaints Against Him – ACI Prensa/The Reg
Synod on Synodality News & Punditry:
PopeWatch: Schadenfreude – Donald R. McClarey, Esq., at The American Catholic
Synod on Synodality Disappoints Radical Liberals – Chris Tomlinson at The European. . .
Top-10 Catholic News & Punditry:
1. Are These the Best & Worst States for Religious Freedom? – Jonah McKeown/CNA/The Reg
2. On the Incorruptible Bodies of Saints – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at The Imaginative. . .
3. New Papal Document Reads Like a Conclusion in Search of an Argument – L. Chapp, Ph.D.
4. South American Bishops ‘Cancelling’ Traditional Priests – Archbishop Héctor Aguer/R. Cæli
5. Communion & Liberation: Former US Leader Accused of Abusing Minors – La Rosa/The Pillar
6. Nearly 100 Ohio Churches Leave UMC Amid Homosexuality Schism – The Christian Post
7. PopeWatch: A Dying Pontificate – Donald R. McClarey, Esq., at The American Catholic
8. Pope Francis Talks Synod on Synodality & Homosexuality in New Interview – CNA via The Reg
9. Francis Refuses to Confront the Realities of Immigration – William K. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
10. French Cardinal Lustiger ‘Remained Jewish, as did the Apostles’ – M. La Rosa at The Pillar
Next-10 Catholic News & Punditry:
11. Pope Francis Calls for a “Paradigm Shift” in Theology – Catholic News Agency via Xwitter
12. Praying for Pope Francis – Katie Gillio at Crisis Magazine
13. Scarf + Brooch = A Chic Equation – Meghan Ashley Styling, a Catholic Wardrobe Stylist
14. Superb Sermon On The Suffering Souls – Perfect For All Souls’ Day – Mary O’Regan
15. 25 Years Later, Embryonic Stem Cell Research is a Complete Failure – Tarne/LifeNews.com
16. Seven Practical Ways to Pray for the Dead During Holy Souls November – Church Pop
17. Homeschooling Taking Off Like A Rocket – David Strom at Hot Air
18. What Are Ghosts? – Douglas M. Beaumont at Catholic Answers Magazine
19. 100% Proof Spirits? G.K. Chesterton & Belief in Ghosts – Steven Tucker at Crisis Magazine
20. Over Dozen Churches Vandalized, Radical Abortion Activists Push Issue 1 – LifeNews.com
Best of the Rest of Catholic News & Punditry:
Lay Catholics are Bringing Pilgrimages Experiences to the USA – Daniel Esparza at Aleteia
Comforting the Disturbed & Disturbing the Comfortable – Dennis Dillon at Catholic Stand
Join a New Political Movement for Catholics! – Catholics For Catholics
Broken Homes Need Church Fathers – Sarah Cain at Crisis Magazine
What You Need To Know! A Catholic Take with Joe McClane – The Station of the Cross Radio
More Altarpieces for the Suffering Souls of Purgatory – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal
Sign Up for Eucharist & The Spiritual Life Conference with Dr. Brant Pitre & Friends! – FOT
Written & Unwritten Constitutions – Robert Lowry Clinton, Ph.D., at Public Discourse
Indiscriminate News & Punditry:
Comedian Rob Schneider Converts to Catholicism – Matthew Archbold/Creative Minority Report
Why Won’t Cher Just Leave Already? – Catholics For Catholics
Trucker Perfectly Dismantles Electric Vehicle Narrative In Two Minutes – Andrew Chapados
A Member of the Sicilian Branch of the Lakota – Donald R. McClarey, Esq., at The American Catholic
NASA X-Ray Telescopes Reveal the Hand of God – Beth Ridgeway at NASA
Outrage: The Great Covid Lab Catastrophe – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
How Bach’s Toccata & Fugue In D Minor Became Halloween’s Theme Song – The Conversation
Terrifying Tarantula Fangs & More, October’s Best Science Images – E. Stoye/C. Wong/Nature
College Football Playoff Rankings: Ohio St., Georgia, Michigan, Florida St.. . . – CBS Sports
War in the Middle East:
People Like Dawn Eden & The Atlantic’s Graeme Wood Continue to Miss the Point – David Griffey
Hatred Pure & Simple of The West – Donald R. McClarey, Esq., at The American Catholic
Sound of Bombs During Mass at Gaza Catholic Church – Catholica Arena via Xwitter
Antisemitic Incidents & Attacks Surging Across Europe – Chris Tomlinson at The European. . .
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