AFTERNOON UPDATE:
The Gift of Generations: God Is at Work in Families to Heal Generational Trauma – Fr. M. Rennier
W.D.T.P.R.S.: 17th Sunday Ordinary Time (Novus Ordo): Sin Teflon, Demon Kevlar – Fr. Z’s Blog
Top-10 News Stories from Today ‘s Sunday Edition:
1. Would a Marriage Impediment Apply in This Case – Fr. Z’s Blog
2. Why Doesn’t Where Peter Is & Fishwrap Post on Liberal Schism After Vatican II – Fr. McDonald
3. Cardinal Fernández’s Opera Omnia (Dissertationibus Haud Repertis): Report – Rorate Cæli
4. Schismatic Popes & Excommunicated Saints: Modern Catholic Mind Cannot Get – K. Hall
5. New Scientific Research Casts Doubt on Original Mecca, Undermining Origins of Islam – Zenit
6. Marriage & Annulment, Then Versus Now – Leila Miller
7. The Deconstruction of The Odyssey – Leo & David Boos at Leo Magazine
8. Playing Board Games with Children – Helena Romano at Hearth & Field
9. 50 Biblical Disproofs of “Evident Clearness” of the Bible – Dave Armstrong at Biblical. . .
10. Satanic Attacks & the Prayer “Especially Suited” to Conquering Evil – Catholic Exchange
Honorable Mentioned:
The Possessor, Ba’al, & X – James Chastek, Ph.L., Ph.D., at Just Thomism
Crown of Thorns & Lily Cross: Symbolism of the New Adam & the New Eve – David Clayton
The Conformity Gap: What American Catholics Actually Believe & Practice – Ryan P. Burge, Ph.D.
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General Analysis, Punditry, and News from Around the Catholic Blogosphere:
Video: The Vatican Unleashes The Theology Of Migration – Anthony P. Stine, Ph.D.
Why Real Gold Is Indispensable in Sacred Art – Hilary White at The Sacred Images Project
Requiem Æternam: 18nth Cent. Requiem Set Combining Themes of Death & Life – Lit Arts Jour
A Historico-Philosophical Criticism of Gaudium et Spes – African Sentry at Gumisiriza’s Substack
What Miracles Like the Multiplication of Loaves Are Supposed to Achieve – Fr. H.J. Coleridge, S.J.
Is the Catholic Church Opposed to Modern Science? – Shane Schaetzel at Real Clear Catholic
Video: Why Weak Catholic Liturgy Fuels Communism & Islamo-Fascism – Jesse Romero
Would a Marriage Impediment Apply in This Case – Fr. Z’s Blog
Why Doesn’t Where Peter Is & Fishwrap Write on Liberal Schism After Vatican II – Fr. McDonald
Cardinal Fernández’s Opera Omnia (Dissertationibus Haud Repertis): Report – Rorate Cæli
Schismatic Popes & Excommunicated Saints: Modern Catholic Mind Can’t Comprehend – K. Hall
Marriage & Annulment, Then Versus Now – Leila Miller
The Deconstruction of The Odyssey – Leo & David Boos at Leo Magazine
Playing Board Games with Children – Helena Romano at Hearth & Field
50 Biblical Disproofs of “Evident Clearness” of the Bible – Dave Armstrong at Biblical Evidence. . .
The Possessor, Ba’al, & X – James Chastek, Ph.L., Ph.D., at Just Thomism
Crown of Thorns & Lily Cross: Symbolism of the New Adam & the New Eve – David Clayton
General Analysis, Punditry, and News from Catholic Media:
Dicast. for Bishops Pref. Talks Selection of New Bishops, Challenges They Face – EWTN News
Video: An Archangel Showed Him the Spiritual Reality of Hollywood – Matt Fradd
Five Things to Know About St. Bridget of Sweden, Mystic & Mother – Catholic World Report
Why I Won’t See The Odyssey – Eric Sammons at Crisis Magazine
Caravaggio: Sacred Art, Profane Life – Matthew Malone at Word On Fire
Did You Know St. Peter’s Prison Guards Are Saints? – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia
Card. Sarah: Gender Ideology & Radical Islam Are ‘Apocalyptic Beasts’ – Michael Haynes at CH
Too Much Historical Evidence in Jesus’ Healings to Deny That They Happened – Cathol Answ
Practical Ways to Grow in Emotional Intelligence – M.S. Fenelon at Catholic Spiritual Direction
Vatican Blind on China: Treatment of Christians Worst Since Cultural Revolution – Zeale
New Scientific Research Casts Doubt on Original Mecca, Undermining Origins of Islam – Zenit
Satanic Attacks & the Prayer “Especially Suited” to Conquering Evil – Catholic Exchange
General Analysis, Punditry, and News from Everywhere Else:
The Secret of Roman Concrete Found in 2,000 Year-Old Hadrian’s Walls – Science Alert
What a Stepmother Can’t Replace – Them Before Us
How to Pray in Mystical Contemplation – David Torkington at The Imaginative Conservative
The Conformity Gap: What American Catholics Actually Believe & Practice – Ryan P. Burge, Ph.D.
Top-10 News Stories from Yesterday’s Saturday Edition:
1. Trent Horn Is Wrong About This – Edgar Lujano at Catholic Answers Magazine
2. U.S. Bishops Tighten Funeral Policies After Growth of ‘Irregular Practices’ – Catholic World Rep
3. Internatl Assoc of Exorcists Reiterates Warning on the Risks of Family Constellations – Zenit
4. What Is The Point of an “Aztec Processional” in Mass? – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern. . .
5. Bishop Olivero of the Diocese of Pinerolo (Italy) Celebrates Shambles of Masses – Cathol Concl
6. Latest on Tullamore Prayer Mat Controversy – Catholic Arena
7. A Very Important Message in St. Bridget’s ‘Revelations’ – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia
8. The Error of Dispensationalism – Ray Sullivan at Catholic Stand Magazine
9. When Padre Pio Showed Me the Veil of Veronica – Mary O’Regan at Mary’s Blog
10. Film Review of “The Oddysey”: A Rousing Adventure – Don McClarey at The American Catholic
Honorable Mentioned:
How Pride Activism Gains Sacred Space, Papal Proximity, & Episcopal Power – Nuntiatoria
James Martin Wants Gay Priests; Yet John Jay Rep ID’ed 81% of Abuse Victims as Boys – Ror Cæli
Video: Huge! S.S.P.X. Announce Massive Expansion Plans In/Near Charlotte! – A.P. Stine, Ph.D.
The Grandparents of God – Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D., at Neal Obstat Theological Opining
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