Highlighted Catholic News & Punditry:
Nebraska Priest Killed In Rectory Invasion – Catholic News Agency via Catholics for Catholics
Slain Omaha Priest Had Troubled Past – The Pillar
Steubenville & Columbus Diocesan Merger Back on the Table – The Pillar
Advent:
From Darkness to Light: Reclaiming Advent – Tsh Oxenreider at Hearth & Field
MYSTIC UPDATE | Vocations, Religious Life, Evangelization, Spirituality, Saints, & Eschatology:
The Papal Prophecies of Joachim di Fiore – Kristen Van Uden Theriault at Catholic Exchange
Exorcist Diary: Demons Tempt & Taunt Exorcist – Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti, D.Min., D.D., Ph.D.
The Hidden Life of Nicholas Black Elk Revealed in Canonization Process – CNA/The CWR
Guadalupe Should Change You – Thomas Griffin at Catholic Spiritual Direction
Pray This Beautiful Memorare to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia
The Miracle of Roses that Happened on December 12 – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia
Orphan Rescued by Mother Teresa Promotes Cause of Minnesota Nun – P. Armstrong/CNA/CWR
The Gift of Spiritual Directors – Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D., at Neal Obstat Theological Opining
Searching the Origins of St. Louis de Montfort in 17th-century Spain – P.A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D.
The Life & Works of Saint Damasus – Catholics for Catholics
Opening Ourselves Up to God’s Miracles – Steve Greco at Catholic Stand
Our Lady of Guadalupe & Her Maternal Gaze – Fr. Michael Rennier at Aleteia
Pope Francis, the Scandals, & the Repercussions:
Card. Müller Exposes Errors in Card. Fernández’s Dubia Response – E.Ch. Brugger, Ph.D./et al.
PopeWatch: Merchants of Death – Donald R. McClarey, Esq., at The American Catholic
Christ “Deals” With Everyone, Including Cardinals – D.R. McClarey, Esq./The American Catholic
Catholic News & Punditry Top-10:
1. New Book Offers Catholic Response to Arguments, Attacks from Orthodoxy – Casey Chalk
2. NBA Player Shares His Journey from Loneliness to the Knights of Columbus – Catholic Vote
3. I Stopped Reading Kevin O’Brien a Long Time Ago – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
4. Dr. Fauci on Practicing Catholicism: I Don’t Really Need to Do – Olivia Rondeau
5. Rob Reiner Wants Jim Crow for Christians, David French, Russell Moore Agree – John Zmirak
6. Controversial TV Producer Norman Lear Was a Catholic Convert at 100 – Catholic Vote
7. Decline of Faith in Netherlands Leaves Priests ‘Burnt Out’ & Demoralized – Catholic Herald
8. Who Is Next? French Govt Dissolves Catholic Movement Academia Christiana – H. de Lauzun
9. The Catholic Problem in Africa – Joe McClane at A Catholic Take via YouTube
10. A Polychrome Marble Altar by Rugo Stone – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal
Catholic News & Punditry Best of the Rest:
Is Abortion a Losing Issue: The Psy-Op War Subverting the Pro-Lifers – Catholics for Catholics
Will Bending to Dissident Catholics Bring Them Back? – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern Orders
Lost Botticelli Madonna Recovered Near Naples After 50 Years – Daniel Esparza at Aleteia
The Jesuit Roots of Nicaragua’s War on the Church – Robert W. Shaffern at The Catholic Thing
Lilies of the Field – Amy Welborn at Charlotte was Both
Even if Pope Changes Conclave Rules, Don’t Say It Hasn’t Happened Before – John Allen at Crux
After Zen, Mary – Matthew J. Milliner at Comment Magazine
Everyone’s Opinions Wanted, Except for Your Own, of Course – Joe Tevington at Catholic Stand
Validating the Catholic Thing – Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky at The Catholic Thing
Denver Archbishop Issues Warning Against Marijuana – John Burger at Aleteia
Die Hard: The Only Christmas Movie? – Paul Prezzia at Catholic Answers Magazine
The First Christmas Tree – Medievalists.net
Requiescat in Pace: David Drake – Donald R. McClarey, Esq., at The American Catholic
Echoes of Faith & Fantasy: A Tolkien-inspired, Catholic Music Project – A. Cavallo/Ignitum Today
Happy Times! – Fr. John Hunwicke at Mutual Enrichment
Are There Nine or Twelve Fruit of the Spirit? – Rory Fox at Catholic Stand
Join a New Political Movement for Catholics! – Catholics For Catholics
Tights: An Underrated Accessory – Meghan Ashley Styling, a Catholic Wardrobe Stylist
Three Common Misconceptions on the Immaculate Conception – Fr. Edw. Looney/Ignitum Today
India Christians Welcome State Election Win by Main Modi Rival Party – Nirmala Carvalho/Crux
Bull Moose Politics Top-10:
1. More Bad News for the mRNAs – Alex Berenson at Unreported Truths
2. How Bad Is It? – Dad29
3. Who’s Sara Biden? Joe’s In-Law Emerges as Central Figure in Foreign Cash Deals – RCInvstgts
4. Is Claudine Gay a Plagiarist? – Christopher F. Rufo & Christopher Brunet
5. Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee ‘Crushed’ in Houston Mayoral Race – Amy Furr at Breitbart
6. Those DINK Videos Are Making Me So Glad We Have Six Kids – Joy Pullmann/The Federalist
7. Why David Brooks, the Atlantic & the New York Times are Irrelevant – Elizabeth Nickson
8. Tucker Carlson Is Launching His Own Streaming Service – The Wall Street Journal
9. The Hunter Biden Indictment Shames the Democratic Elites – Jenny Holland at Sp!ked
10. Let’s Be Clear: This Is About Joe Biden, Not Hunter Biden – David Harsanyi at The Federalist
Bull Moose Politics Best of the Rest:
Anti-Surrogacy as a Totalitarian Dysgenics Movement – Richard Hanania
Trump Surpasses 50% Support in Iowa among GOP Presidential Candidates – M. Hubbard
How Public Housing Encourages Single Parenthood & Penalizes Marriage – Howard Husock/IFS
Quantum: Computing’s Next Wave – Shane Tews at AEI
Instead Of Fixing Welfare, Biden Admin Targets Crisis Pregnancy Centers – Brown/The Federalist
In the Name of ‘Fake News,’ NewsGuard Extorts Sites to Follow the Govt Narrative – NY Post
Western Civ Defender Top-10:
1. Our LGBT Empire – Helen Andrews at The American Conservative
2. This Time, the EU Could Collapse – Marshall Auerback at UnHerd
3. Young People aren’t Reading Classic Books, Three Reasons Why That’s a Problem – Intllctl Tkt
4. Trouble at the Panama Canal – Casey Chalk at The American Conservative
5. The Staggering Naivety of the Israelophobes – Brendan O’Neill at Sp!ked
6. Giorgia Meloni Falls Short – Christopher Brunet at The American Conservative
7. The Disturbing Rebirth of Holocaust Denial – Frank Furedi at Sp!ked
8. The Baddies Who Don’t Know They Are – Marcus Walker at The Critic
9. The Legacy of Alexander Solzhenitsyn – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative
10. Do We Still Have the Right Stuff? – Corbin K. Barthold at City Journal
Western Civ Defender Best of the Rest:
How To Decolonise Britain – Aris Roussinos at UnHerd
New Wave French Radicals Aims to Rescue Civilization as Their Political Mission – G. Mortimer
Meet the Iranians Supporting Israel – Nicole Lampert at UnHerd
Ireland’s Media Commissioner about to Gain Substantial Authority Over Online Speech – D. Frieth
“We are in a Battle for Civilisation”: An Interview with Ophir Falk – Álvaro Peñas
Canada Is Not Only Euthanizing Persons but Personhood Itself – Brian D.N. Bird, D.C.L, J.D.
The Heroism of Civilization – David Deavel at Intellectual Takeout
Britain’s Arbitrary Authoritarianism – Laurie Wastell at The Critic
Denmark’s Quran-Burning Ban Draws Sharp Criticism – Robert Semonsen at The European. . .
Creche, Credo, Courthouse: Reminders of Civilization at Christmas – Intellectual Takeout
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