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Top-10 News Stories from the Friday Edition:
1. Kudos to the Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf at Fr. Z’s Blog
2. Ask Father: Priests Tells Me to Say Act of Contrition Outside Confessional, Later – Fr. Z’s Blog
3. The Subterfuge at Vatican II – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
4. Satanic Abortion Video Filmed in Hobby Lobby – Taylor R. Marshall, Ph.D., at Canterbury Tales
5. The Original Liturgy Wars: Railing Against Liturgical Abuses in the New Mass – Fr. McDonald
6. The First American Pope: Is English the New Language of the Church? – Rome Reports
7. The Fishwrap, Without Shame – Fr. Z’s Blog
8. A Blindspot in Catholic Social Teaching: Generational Theft – M. Pakaluk at The Catholic Thing
9. Do Our Bishops Welcome “Undocumented Houseguests” in their Own Homes? – Les Femmes
10. The A.I. Priest of Orange County – Austin Ruse, K.M., K.H.S., Hon.D., at Crisis Magazine
Honorable Mentioned:
When Nothing Seems to Happen: Lessons from St. Monica on Patience, Perseverance – Cath Exch
Video: Calling Out Joe Schmid’s Conversion – Brian Holdsworth
St. Moses the Black – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
EVENING ROVNDVP:
Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Kudos to the Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf at Fr. Z’s Blog
Priest’s New Study Bible Brings Faith & Science Together for a Doubting Generation – OSV News
When Nothing Seems to Happen: Lessons from St. Monica on Patience, Perseverance – Cath Exch
Leo XIV Embraces Serene Order’s Reign:
The First American Pope: Is English the New Language of the Church? – Rome Reports
General Analysis, Punditry, and News from Around the Catholic Blogosphere:
Chinese Underground Church Consecrated Ten Bishops Without Papal Mandate – Compl Clergy
Church Father on the Divinely Established Papacy (St. Isidore of Seville) – Eternal Christendom
Video: Does Synodality Reshape Catholic Ecclesiology? – Larry S. Chapp, Ph.D., at Catholic Unscr
Arranging the Breviary for the Rest of the Liturgical Year – Gregory DiPippo at New Lit Mov
The Papal Ferula – John Paul Sonnen at Liturgical Arts Journal
How Did I Go from Writing Theology to Fiction? – David L. Gray, Th.M., at Saint Dominic’s Media
A Matthean Reflection on the Transfiguration – Dr. Pamela Mandela at Catholic Stand Magazine
Ask Father: Priests Tells Me to Say Act of Contrition Outside Confessional, Afterward – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Subterfuge at Vatican II – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Satanic Abortion Video Filmed in Hobby Lobby – Taylor R. Marshall, Ph.D., at Canterbury Tales
The Original Liturgy Wars: Railing Against Liturgical Abuses in the New Mass – Fr. A.J. McDonald
Do Our Bishops Welcome “Undocumented Houseguests” in their Own Homes? – Les Femmes
General Analysis, Punditry, and News from Catholic Media:
Apologetics Isn’t Dead, the Sequel: The Conversion of Joe Schmid – Justin Kalan at Word On Fire
Bishops Consecrated in Secret for Underground Church in China – Michael Haynes at Cath Her
Video: St. Jerome: The Antichrist Is a Man, Not a Demon; A.D. 407 – Joe McClane at ACT
Baptism Is the New Circumcision – Karlo Broussard at Catholic Answers Magazine
Hybrid Mission: How Young People Live Their Faith & Seek It Out, What Research Reveals – Zenit
Taybeh Christians Seek Action After Israeli Envoy Downplays Severity of Attacks – CWR
Video: What Happens When America Stops Having Children? – The LoopCast
A Blindspot in Catholic Social Teaching: Generational Theft – M. Pakaluk at The Catholic Thing
The A.I. Priest of Orange County – Austin Ruse, K.M., K.H.S., Hon.D., at Crisis Magazine
Top-10 News Stories from the Thursday Edition:
1. The Fishwrap, Without Shame – Fr. Z’s Blog
2. What Rubbish Our Hapless Bishops Waste Their Time & Our Money On – D.R. McClarey, J.D.
3. LeoWatch: Gaslighting, an Insult to Our Intelligence – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at TACatholic
4. Card Sarah: Opposition to the T.L.M. Will Die Out with the ’68 Generation – Diane Montagna
5. Leo Personally Ordered Vatican to Stop Using Rupnik Images – Michael Haynes at Catholic Her
6. The Undead Zombie T.L.M. Devoured a Jesuit Brain – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf at Father Z’s Substack
7. The Camino de Santiago Is Breaking Records Again & 2027 Could Change Everything – Zenit
8. Protestantism’s Mormonism Problem – Eternal Christendom
9. Three Necessities for a Successful Marriage – The Catholic Gentleman
10. Rosary in Hand, This Couple Celebrates 80 Years of Marriage & Fidelity – Church Pop
Honorable Mentioned:
Leo Says the Liturgical Reform Was Necessary, But Where Did Everybody Go? – Mark Lambert
The Subversively Conservative ‘One Night Only’ – Rod Dreher at Rod Dreher’s Diary
Why Catholics Should Reject the Month & Myth of “Trangendered Saints” – Cathol World Report
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Russia is Slightly More Christian than Hell – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
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