FRIDAY EARLY-MORNING EDITION

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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Finland’s Only Diocese Struggling To Keep Up With Growing Catholic Population – Catholic Vote
What Does The African Bishops’ Draft Document Say About Polygamy? – The Pillar
The Flimsy Research Behind Native American Mascot Bans – N. Arnold & Carolyn D. Gorman, M.S.

Liturgical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
St. Donatus of Arezzo – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Vocations Analysis, Punditry, and News:
What Am I Supposed to Do with My Life? On Vocation, Discernment. . . – Fr. Peter F. Ryan, S.J.

General Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Extraordinary Story Of St. Maximilian Kolbe’s Friary In Japan – Our Sunday Visitor
What to Do with Unwanted Embryos? – Charlie Camosy at OSV News
Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry an AI Robot? – Bob Kurland, Ph.D., at TACatholic
What We’ve Been Reading—Summer 2025 – The Editors at First Things
Researchers Say They Eliminated the Extra Chromosome in Cells with Down Syndrome – LAN
Wedding Bells Appeal To Civilizing Men – Andrea Mrozek at The Catholic Register
Catholicism: Institutional Versus Mystical – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
Aggression Sets Boys Free, Masculinity: We Must Teach Aggression To Our Sons – J. Kurtz
Modernists Worry About ‘Right-Wing Extremists’ Among Catholic Influencers – C Conclave
How Men Commit Differently Than Women (Alison Armstrong) – The Lila Rose Podcast
German Bishops Sharply Divided Over Same-Sex Blessing Guidelines – National Catholic Register
Cardinal Koch Advises Pope Leo to Free Latin Mass – Taylor R. Marshall, Ph.D., at Canterbury Tales
Cardinal Koch Describes ‘Desirable’ Direction For Pope Leo XIV On Latin Mass – Catholic Herald
CNA explains: What is the Shroud of Turin? – CNA via Catholic World Report
Remembering James Hitchcock (1938-2025), Historian of Crisis and Faith – Kevin Schmiesing
An Important Update on the ‘LGTB’ Mass at the Univ. of Nebraska – Bishop J.D. Conley, S.T.L.

News Brief:
French Govt Has Concerns About Cardinal Sarah Giving a Homily in France – Fr. J. Fessio, S.J.
An Unsettling Encounter with Plough Magazine – Damian Thompson on X
Bishop Peter J. Elliott – Thom Ryng, O.S.B. Obl., at The World is Quiet Here

Hard News:
Catholic Architect Selected as Designer of White House Ballroom – Zelda Caldwell at The Reg

Sanctus John Henry Newman, Stout Guardian of Time-Honour’d Tradition:
Cardinal Newman & Hijacked Development – Joe McLane at A Catholic Take
Before Modernists Claim Newman Their Own, They Need to Read His “Biglietto Speech” – CC

Beauty:
Medieval Pathway, Terni, Italy, circa A.D. 1200–1300 – DaVinci on X

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
How I Came to Accept & Love Suffering – Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira at Tradition, Family, & Property
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

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Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Behind the Charter Sector’s Big Court Win in Los Angeles – Ben Chapman at The 74

International Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
America Must Never Apologize for Dropping the Bombs on Japan – Josh Hammer at Am Spectator
‘Two States’ Solution To Israel-Palestine Conflict Is Unrealistic – R. Cascioli at Daily Compass
American Jewish Committee Donates to Rebuild the Only Catholic Church in Gaza – Rome Reps

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
5 Things to Know About Catholic Neal McDonough That Helped Him Sieze Hollywood – The Reg

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, News, and Anecdotes:
New Research Reveals Clues About Memory From The Brains Of ‘SuperAgers’ – NBC News
Was Recent Latin American Summit a Promotion of Democracy or Affirmation of the Left? – TFP
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
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