MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1. 18 New Postulants, Michigan Dominican Sisters See Vocations Boom – Reb. W. Martin at OSV
2. Pride Goes Before the Fall – One Mad Mom
3. Of the SSPX & Schism & The Bitter Pill – Fr. Z’s Blog
4. Dossier To Vatican Alleges Cardinal Becciu Covertly Channeled Money to Australia – Ed Pentin
5. Card. Becciu Stole Vatican Funds to Bribe Witnesses in Card. Pell Case (Paywall) – The Times
6. Aquinas on How to Ensure Your Prayer Is Answered in 4 Easy Steps! – Eamonn Clark at ChRM
7. Satanic Attacks Erupt after News that Trump was Sick from “The Wuhan Devil” – Fr. Z’s Blog
8. My Sister’s Guardian Angel Saved Her Life & Years Later, Led Her Home – Fr. Dw. Longenecker
9. A Tale of Two Catholics – George Neumayr at The Stream
10. America’s Problems Go Even Deeper than This Grim Election – Christopher Altieri at C. Herald
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
Carlo Acutis Raises Question: What Does It Mean if a Saint’s Body is ‘Incorrupt’? – CNA via CWR
Fratelli Tutti – The American Catholic
The Mystical Life of Guardian Angels, Revealed by the Saints – ChurchPOP
Alfonso’s Never Ending Death – Arthur Pahl at Catholic Stand
Overcoming Liberal Individualism thru a Vision for Rebuilding Culture – L. Jared Staudt, Ph.D.
Who Will Be The Next Pope, & More Great News Links! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
Could Car Seat Laws Really be Lowering Birthrates? – Matt Hadro at CNA via The CWR
How to Write Better Catholic Appeal Letters – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
Columbus Day: Should We Celebrate or Mourn? – Philip F. Lawler at Catholic Culture
Fall Trends: Mad for Plaid, Reinventing a Classic (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
Edith Stein & the Experience of God – Dermot Moran at The Immanent Frame
VATICAN FINANCIAL SCANDAL:
Connection Between Vatican & Australia During Pell’s Prosecution? – Philip F. Lawler via Twitter
The Cardinal, The Vatican Scandal & the Lawyer who Posed in Skimpy Swimsuit – Law Fuel
Analysis: Vatican Financial Report Stops Short of Questions on Peter’s Pence – Han. Brockhaus
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
Abduction, Rape, & Forced Conversion of Christian Girls in Egypt – Raymond Ibrahim at MEF
What Assyrians Can Teach Us About God’s Grace – Dante Hosseini at The Stream
The Secular Left, Dems can’t Impose a Religious Test on ACB – Mary Vought at USA Today
Cardinal Zen on Communist China: ‘There is Nothing More to Do Other Than Prayer’ – Bree A. Dail
CULTURE OF DEATH:
Abortion Is Slavery: Pregnancy Things As Property – Guy McClung, Ph.D., J.D., at Catholic Stand
SCRIPTURE:
7 Ways St. Jerome’s Vulgate Helped to Shape the Church – Stephen Beale at Catholic Exchange
ARCHITECTURE:
Excavation Reveals 1,600-Year-Old Mosaic, & More Great Links! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
POLITICS:
Watch: Lay Catholics Confront Biden’s Bishop Over His Silence – Complicit Clergy
China’s Communist Christ – Cameron Hilditch at National Review
What the NBA Should Never Forget – Donald DeMarco, Ph.D., at Catholic Exchange
“The Impact of Coronavirus on Public Funding of Religious Organizations” – Adelaide Madera
What the Catholic Legal Tradition has to Offer America – Mary Farrow at Catholic News Agency
BONUS NEWS LINKS:
More Goop from Fishwrap about Ordaining Women – Fr. Z’s Blog
What Will Our Resurrected Bodies Look Like, & More Great Links! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
My Thoughts Are Not Your Thoughts – Susan Skinner at Catholic Stand
The Legal & Moral Obligation of Catholic Judges – F.P. Sampino at Dappled Things
∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1. A Tale of Two Catholics – George Neumayr at The Stream
2. The Coming Pandemonium – Michael Warren Davis at The Imaginative Conservative
3. Media Continue to Cover Up Joe Biden’s Mental Decline – Howie Carr at Boston Herald
4. Abduction, Rape, & Forced Conversion of Christian Girls in Egypt – Raymond Ibrahim at MEF
5. Russia Moves LGBT Children’s Programming from Netflix to Adult Section – The Epnyms Flwr
6. Why Democrats Might Take It Easy On Amy Coney Barrett – David Marcus at The Federalist
7. Biden’s Catholic Con Job Continues – George Neumayr at The American Spectator
8. California Is a Cautionary Tale for America – Steve Greenhut at Reason Magazine
9. The NBA’s Finger-Wagging, Self-Righteous Moralizing – Jason Whitlock at Outkick
10. Triple America’s Population to Save It – Kay S. Hymowitz at City Journal
Civilization Watch:
The Autocrats of the World are Uniting – Christopher Rhodes at UnHerd
What is Socialism? What is Communism? – J. Budziszewski, Ph.D., at The Underground Thomist
Is Peace Possible Between Armenia & Azerbaijan? – Judy Dempsey at Carnegie Europe
Nagorno-Karabakh: A Flare-Up, or All-Out War? – Sergei Markedonov at The Moscow Times
The West:
The Crypto State: Technological Developments & News Systems of Governance – Bruno Maçães
The Anglosphere:
Child Regicide & Jacobin Magazine – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
The Religion of Apocalyptic Environmentalism – Sean McDowell at The Stream
Michigan Again has a Republican Form of Government – Dale Price at Dyspeptic Mutterings
The Secular Left, Dems can’t Impose a Religious Test on ACB – Mary Vought at USA Today
Why the Young Hate the Tories – Ed West at UnHerd
Michigan Supreme Court Strikes Down Whitmer’s Pandemic Powers – Rick Moran at PJ Media
Biden Lead Over Trump Cut To 3 Points After Prez Debate: IBD/TIPP Poll — Jed Graham at IBD
U.S.: Is the Official China Virus Death Toll Accurate? – James D. Agresti at Issues & Insights
Senate Democrats Unlikely to Abolish the Filibuster – Chris Pope at City Journal
Theopolitics:
Neither Southern Nor Baptist – Casey Chalk at Crisis Magazine
China Virus, Compelling State Interest in Health & Religious Autonomy – W.C. Durham, Jr.
