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MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  What We Don’t Know about the Becciu-Pell Allegations, Yet – Ed Condon at Cth News Agency
2.  St. Augustine of Hippo in Fratelli Tutti – Fr. Z’s Blog
3.  Fratelli Tutti: Familiar Mixture of Dubious Claims, Straw Men, Genuine Insights – S Gregg DPhil
4.  Did Fired Vatican Cardinal Bribe Witnesses Against Pell? – Kenneth Garger at New York Post
5.  Fra. Tut.: Mountains of Repetition, Conceptual Vagueness & Utopian Aspirations – R Royal PhD
6.  Supreme Court Justices Say Obergefell a ‘Problem’ for Religious Liberty – Mt Hadro via NCReg
7.  Vatican-Sino Pact: Msgr. Guo Xijin Resigns from Public Office & Retires to Life of Prayer – AN
8.  Fra. T.: A Political Document, Long, Self-Referential, Religious Pluralism Reigns – E Sammons
9.  The Extraordinary Actions of the Devil – Kathleen Beckman at Catholic Exchange
10.  Curses are Real! – Msgr. Stephen Rossetti at Catholic Exorcism

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
Pope Issues Shock Letter On St. Jerome, & More Great Links! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
Fratelli Tutti: Pope Cites & Quotes Himself in Justifying Banning Life Imprisonment – Dale Price
Fratelli Tutti: Let The Penitential Slog Begin – Restore-DC-Catholicism
Ungrateful Tenants – Fr. Gerald Musa at Ignitum Today
What Is the “Sin of Human Respect”? – Charles E. Pope at Community in Mission
Catholic Social Teaching & Your Vote – Scott Davis at Catholic Stand
What Happened to the Minor Order of Exorcist – Michael Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
How to Write Better Catholic Appeal Letters – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
It can’t Happen Here: A Review of Live Not By Lies – Francis X. Maier at The Catholic World Report

VATICAN FINANCIAL SCANDAL:
Cardinal Pell Accuser Denies Cardinal Becciu Bribery Allegations – Catholic News Agency
Cardinal Becciu is Accused of Setting Up Cardinal Pell, but Facts are Few – J.D. Flynn via CWR
Pope Francis Fills Committee to Monitor Internal Vatican Financial Decisions – NC Register

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
Anti-Catholicism in America: Where We are Today – Steven O’Reilly at Roma Locuta Est
Deep in the Red, the Disappointing Balance Two Years into the Accord with China – S. Magister
Church Closures: Assessing the Christian Legal Movement’s Response – A. Lewis & D. Bennett

CULTURE OF LIFE:
They Inspire Us Every Day: Carmelite Sisters Serve Women with Disabilities in New Home – CWR

LITURGY & RUBRICS:
Photos & Descriptions of a Recent Armenian Liturgy in California – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D.

THEATER/FILM/STREAMING/TV:
God’s Saboteurs – Mark Bauerlein at First Things
Fatherhood, Fathers, & Sons with Joseph Sciambra – David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info

ECONOMICS:
The Candidates & Economics: Whose Plan Is ‘More Catholic’? – Jonathan Liedl at NC Register

POLITICS:
Christian Armenia Under Attack – Mark Movsesian at First Things
Why Pro-Lifers Shouldn’t Give Up on the Supreme Court – Trent Horn at The Cthlc World Report
Previewing the Supreme Court’s Landscape Ahead of Confirmation Battle – L. Brown at NC Rgstr

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
Sourdough Bread Oven Discovery Offers Insight Into Medieval Cistercian Monastery – JP Mauro
The Problem of Animal Suffering – John DeRosa at Catholic Answers Magazine
Five Myths About Columbus, & More Great News Links! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
Bishop Burbidge of Arlington Preaches on Human Dignity & Natural Law at Red Mass – The CWR
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos: America’s ‘Happy Saint’ – Michael O’Neill at Ntnl Cthlc Register

OTHER NEWS LINK(S):
US Catholic Bishops Announce Candidates for Committee Chairs – Catholic News Agency
Meet Catholic Herbalist Katherine Adams – Alexandra Greeley at National Catholic Register

∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1.  Maria Wittner’s Warning – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
2.  Chrissy Teigen & the Death of Privacy – Frank Furedi at Sp!ked
3.  Pope Just Called Private Property a ‘Secondary Right’; Couldn’t Be More Wrong – B. Polumbo
4.  The Woke Cult Kills Everything, Even Science Fiction – Mark Judge at The Stream
5.  Socialist-Themed Vegan Meat Co. learns Marxism works better in Theory than Practice – FEE
6.  Why did Joseph Stalin take the Name ‘Stalin’? – Yekaterina Sinelschikova at Russia Beyond
7.  What October Surprise from North Korea Might Look Like – Markus Garlauskas & Bruce Perry
8.  War in the Caucasus Will Spread to Russia & Turkey – James Stavridis at The Japan Times
9.  The Unwelcome Success of Charter Schools – Ian Rowe at Law & Liberty
10.  Schooling For Totalitarianism – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

Why Armenia & Azerbaijan Are on the Brink of War – Jeffrey Mankoff at Foreign Affairs
Armenia Needs to Sue for Peace Now: The Alternative is Even Worse – Damjan Krnjevic-Miskovic
Philippines vs. Facebook Brawl Exposes Communist China’s Sharp Power – Richard Heydarian

Civilization Watch:
Lebanon-Israel Talks Will Mark Another Win for Donald Trump – Raghida Dergham at The Ntnl
30 Years on from Reunification, Contours of New Germany Still Emerging – Jeremy Cliffe at NS
Can America Stop a Wider War Between Armenia & Azerbaijan? – Svante E. Cornell at Ntnl Intrst
New Caledonia Turns Down Independence Again – Political Geography Now
Chinese Anxiety Over Tibet Fuels Rising Tensions with India – Brahma Chellaney at Nikkei Asia
The Threat to Life & Liberty from the United Nations’ Abuse of Human Rights – Grace Melton
The Death & Life of Terrorist Networks – C Blair, E Chenoweth, M Horowitz, E Perkoski & P Potter
Nigeria’s History May Support Federalism in Lebanon – Shannon Walsh at Providence Magazine
The Formula for a Richer World? Equality, Liberty, Justice – Deirdre Nansen McCloskey at AIER
ASEAN Stress-Tested by America & Communist China – Editorial Board at East Asia Forum
Saving Uighur Culture From Genocide – Yasmeen Serhan at The Atlantic

The Anglosphere:
We Cannot Ignore the Harms of Lock Down – Sp!ked
Care Workers are Not Saints – Madeleine Bunting at UnHerd
Electric Cars: A Hill to Die On? – Mike Watson at Hudson Institute
Where George Floyd Died, Immigrant Businesses Are Suffering – Adam Minter at Bloomberg
Creative Destruction Works Unless Undermined by Crony Capitalism – James Pethokoukis at AEI
Upcoming Religious Liberty Cases – Anna Brynner at Public Square Magazine

Theopolitics:
Christian Armenia Under Attack – Mark Movsesian at First Things

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.

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 LINKS:
1.  What Is Hedonism? More Than You Think – Msgr. Charles E. Pope at Cthlc Spiritual Direction
2.  50 Things You Ever Wanted to Know About Confession – Fr. Ed Broom, O.M.V., at Cth Exchange
3.  The Inspiring Holiness of St. Padre Pio, In One Awesome Infographic – ChurchPOP
4.  Harnessing the Awesome Power of Catholic Mysticism & Deep Prayer – Matthew Leonard
5.  Why Every Catholic Must Engage in Mental Prayer – Peter McGregor at The Catholic Weekly
6.  Benedictine Spirituality: The Master’s Instructions – Fr. B. Hicks, O.S.B., at C. Spiritual Direction
7.  More than Words are Needed: A Faith Disconnected from Life – Deacon M. Bickerstaff at ICL™
8.  From Agnostic to Baptist to Catholic: The ABCs of Conversion – Dr. Ian Murphy at The CHNI
9.  Why It’s Important To Bless your New Home – Noémie Bertin at Aleteia
10.  The Forgotten Prayer of the Father – Tyler Blanski at The Catholic Gentleman

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland (link repaired)
Prepare to Receive Communion with St. Therese’s Childlike Prayer – Kathleen N. Hattrup
The Goal in Raising Children – John Cuddeback at Life Craft
Living the Obstacles of Being a Catholic – Daniel Mark at Catholic Stand
“Pray”: The Story of Father Patrick Peyton – Andrew Petiprin at Word on Fire Blog
Spiritual Training: A Workout For Your Soul – Drew & Katie Taylor at Catholic Link
How To Deal With Gossip Like A Saint – Laura Ricketts at epicPew
St. Francis & Answering God’s Call – Sarah Metts at Catholic Exchange

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  Interview: George Weigel on The Future of the Church – R.J. Carr at Ethics & Public Policy Cntr
2.  Analysis: Two Years After McCarrick Investigation Began, Report Not Yet in Sight – J.D. Flynn
3.  Papal Contempt – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
4.  The Thinness of the New Atheism – Theodore Dalrymple at The Catholic Thing
5.  What the Devil & Karl Marx have to do with America Now – Paul Kengor, Ph.D., at Respect. . .
6.  The Vatican Betrays China’s Catholics—Again – Crisis Magazine
7.  Four Things Your Guardian Angel Does For You – Joseph I. Elizondo at Catholic Exchange
8.  The Francis Option – Michael Warren Davis at Crisis Magazine
9.  Science, Starlight, & the Age of the Universe (Creationism, Creation Science) – Jimmy Akin
10.  Does Naming a Baby ‘Michael’ Save Him from Abortion? – Mary O’Regan at The Path Less. . .

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland (link repaired)
Supreme Court Rulings Already Impacting Catholic Schools – Patrick Reilly at Newman Society
The Theology of the Body – Kat Larson at Ignitum Today
Spanish Bishops Decry Government Plan to Redesign National Memorial – Jon. Luxmoore at CH
Hurry Up: The World Needs Your Talents! – Barbara Padolina at Catholic Stand
Five Books About Angels Catholics Should Read – Catholic Link
Fall Trends: Mad for Plaid, Reinventing a Classic (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
Diocese in Communist Vietnam Builds New Seminary Amid Rising Vocations – C.  Mares at CNA
How to Write Better Catholic Appeal Letters – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
People are Chestertonian without Realising It: 46 years of Chesterton Review – Christopher Altieri

THEATER/FILM/STREAMING/TV:
Zoom Dialog with a Protestant Pastor about Baptism & being Born Again – Steve Ray at DotCF

LITERATURE & BOOK REVIEW(S):
Book Review: The New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke – Dappled Things

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
The Celestial Intercession of the Holy Archangels – Word on Fire Blog
Why Do Catholics Venerate Mary? A Comprehensive Overview – Rachel Hamilton at Clarifying. . .
Choosing All (The Little Flower) – Jim Anderson at Catholic Answers Magazine
The 150th Anniversary of Vatican I & the Church Today – Peter D. Beaulieu at The CWR
Experience between the Secular & the Divine – Edward Baring, Ph.D., at The Immanent Frame
New Research Shows Religious Liberty Drives Human Flourishing – Christos A. Makridis at RCR
Space Creatures & the Catholic Church – Kathy Schiffer at National Catholic Register
The World in a Village, Pacem in Terris? – Glenn Slaby at Catholic Stand

∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1.  America’s Chris Wallace Problem – Robert Stacy McCain at The American Spectator
2.  Went Undercover w/ Looters Expected to Find Racists, Found Anarchists Instead – K. Greenlee
3.  Why Did Many Cohabiting Mums have Relationship Problems in Lockdown – Harry Benson
4.  ‘The Right Book At The Right Time’ – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
5.  Yet More Footage of Great Barrier Dying Reef Not Dying – JoNova
6.  Victorian Pagans – Graham McAleer at Law & Liberty
7.  List of Dems Who Attacked Amy Coney Barrett for Her Faith – Mary Margaret Olohan at DC
8.  Did the CIA, FBI, & Hillary Launch a Silent Coup against Trump? – Editorial Board at I & I
9.  The Revolt Against Lockdown – Tom Slater at Sp!ked
10.  Sandmann’s Lawyer to Sue Biden for Calling Rittenhouse a White Supremacist – T. O’Neil

Civilization Watch:
A Gandhi in Our Midst – Kelsang D. Aukatsang at The Indian Express
Armenia in Dire Straits as Karabakh Conflict Reignites – Pavel Felgenhauer at The Jamestown. . .
How Egypt is Developing Its Golden Triangle – Rasha Mahmoud at Al-Monitor
America’s Unsung Success in Syria – Seth Frantzman at Middle East Forum
Zoroastrians Make a Comeback in No. Iraq, Still Face Stigma – Charlotte Bruneau & Kawa Omar
The New Great Game in the Eastern Mediterranean – Omid Shokri Kalehsar at The Jamestown. . .
Beijing Amps Up Rhetoric & Military Exercises Amid Taiwan Tensions – Nicole Hao at TET

The Anglosphere:
Soft Totalitarianism, Coming or Going? – James M. Patterson at Law & Liberty
Trump is Winning the Voter Registration Battle against Biden in Key States – David Wasserman
Ways “Systematic Racism” Might Happen, Hospital Edition – Jennifer Fitz at Sticking the Corners
President Trump has the China Virus, What Happens Now? – Matthew Walther at The Week
Population Panic Still Alive & Well – Marcus Roberts at Mercatornet
Barrett Nomination Revives Obamascare Tactics – David Catron at The American Spectator
Entrepreneurship Is Skyrocketing During the Pandemic – Kerry McDonald at FEE
An “Ecotopian” Future: Can California’s Green Extremism Go National? – Joel Kotkin at RCE

Theopolitics:
Thousands Kneel on National Mall in Repentance to God, More Elsewhere – Aliya Kuykendall
Experience between the Secular & the Divine – Edward Baring, Ph.D., at The Immanent Frame
New Research Shows Religious Liberty Drives Human Flourishing – Christos A. Makridis at RCR

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  Bishop Barron at His Best & a Lament of a Growing Rift – Msgr. Charles E. Pope at CiM
2.  Is Carlo Acutis Body Incorrupt? – Kathleen N. Hattrup at Aleteia
3.  An Ugly Shrine Basilica for the Beautiful Little Flower – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Sthrn Orders
4.  The Rich Pope in a Church That Is Ever Poorer – Marco Tosatti at STILVM CVRIÆ
5.  “Growing Hostility” Towards Catholics – Jacob Jarvis at Newsweek
6.  Who was Carlo Acutis? A CNA Explainer – Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report
7.  Beautiful Vestments Created by St. Thérèse of Lisieux – Kathy Schiffer at NC Register
8.  A New Sculpture at Clear Creek Abbey – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
9.  The Incomparable Codex Vaticanus – Peter Darcy at Catholic Stand
10.  Christianity: White Supremacists At Prayer? – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

How to Write Better Catholic Appeal Letters – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
The True Meaning of Vatican II – Fr. Regis Scanlon, O.F.M. Cap., at Homiletic & Pastoral Review
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland (link repaired)
Q & A with Ratzinger Prize Winner Dr. Tracey Rowland – Peter Rosengren at The Catholic Weekly
Longing for Eternal Love – Anja Renkes at Ignitum Today
Sister Mary of the Rosary, O.P.: The Little Flower of Alabama – Paige Courtney Barnes at NC Rgstr
Whither the WASP? – Charles Coulombe at Crisis Magazine
12 of the most Striking Insights from Therese’s Autobiography – Maria P. Daud & Katherine Ruddy
Russia’s Catholic Church Warns against Proposed Curbs on Clergy – Jonathan Luxmoore at OSV
Gosnell’s Victims & the Story behind “American Antigone” – Matthew Archbold at Crtv Mnrty Rprt
Fall Trends: Mad for Plaid, Reinventing a Classic (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
The Islamic Takeover of Europe – Fr. Mario Alexis Portella at The European Conservative

VATICAN FINANCIAL SCANDAL:
Mincione Used Former Vatican Fund to Invest in Mafia-Linked Bond Managed by Torzi – CNA
European Financial-Crime Evaluators Make On-Site Visit to Vatican – C. Wooden via The Pilot

LITURGY & RUBRICS:
Byzantine Music of the Italo-Albanian Tradition – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

SCRIPTURE:
Creation Ex Nihilo is in the Bible – Dave Armstrong at National Catholic Register

LITERATURE & BOOK REVIEW(S):
How Atheist Richard Dawkins’ Recent Book Misleads Young Adults – Nathan Farrar at H&PR
Poetry: “Dante, Dante!” – Dappled Things
The Trump I Know: Off the Shelf with Joe Knopp & Daryl Lefever – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

POLITICS:
Anti-Religious Crusaders Are Feeling Bold These Days – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at NC Register

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
French Soldiers tell how St. Thérèse Helped & Protected Them in World War I – Jos. Pronechen
Ecclesia Supplet: Making Invalid Sacraments Valid – Cathy Caridi, J.C.L., at Canon Law Made. . .
Amy Coney Barrett: Handmaid of the Lord, Not the State – Fr. Ben Johnson at Powerblog
Aquinas Contra Sedition & Factional Tyranny – Edward Feser, Ph.D.

OTHER NEWS LINK(S):
The Little Flower’s Lisieux – Mary Hansen at National Catholic Register

∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1.  Why I’m Leaving California – Ben Shapiro at The Daily Signal
2.  Christianity: White Supremacists At Prayer? – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
3.  Who Are the Proud Boys? – Anastasia Beaverhausen at The Stream
4.  The Explosive Story of How Shrapnel Got Its Name – The National Interest
5.  Whither the WASP? – Charles Coulombe at Crisis Magazine
6.  Smart Locks—CCP’s New Tool to Control Population – Tang Wanming at Bitter Winter
7.  The Islamic Takeover of Europe – Fr. Mario Alexis Portella at The European Conservative
8.  Drudge Report, a Trump Ally in 2016, Stops Boosting Him for 2020 – Tiffany Hsu at N.Y. Times
9.  Trans Totalitarianism & Your Children – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
10.  One Planet, One Child: A New Ghastly Push Against Family, Children & Love – Marija Stajić

Civilization Watch:
Turkey Is Killing Armenians, Again (& Why It Matters to US) – John Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Stream
Is India Gearing Up for War With Communist China? – Peter Suciu at The National Interest
A Second Armenian Genocide – Siobhan Nash-Marshall at The Imaginative Conservative
Ripple Effects from the TikTok saga: Crony Capitalism & the Splintering Internet – Claude Barfield
Former Renmin Professor calls for Xi’s Retirement, Federal Model – Samuel Wade at ChDT

The West:
Can Nuclear Fusion Fuel an Innovation Nation? – James Pethokoukis at Am Enterprise Institute
Bonapartism & the Populist Empire – Dylan Stevenson at The Imaginative Conservative

The Anglosphere:
Cuomo’s Vaccine Overreach – Joel Zinberg at City Journal
The Press’s Strange Fascination with the Proud Boys – The Spectator|USA
AP Issues New Guidance for Reporters to Cover Up Leftist Violence – Bronson Stocking at TH
Why Would YouTube Suppress Our New Video on Disney, Chinese Genocide, & Mulan? – FEE
Why It’s Fashionable to Hate Your Own Country – Patrick West at Sp!ked
Nominating Amy Coney Barrett is the Best Thing Trump has Done in Office – Matthew Walther
The War on Critical Race Theory Indoctrination is Worth Winning – Barbara Kay at The Post Mllnnl
Different Demographic Groups Excelling Does Not Prove Discrimination – Rav Arora at City Jrnl
The Wealth Gap Shrinks – Mark J. Perry at American Enterprise Institute

Etc. . .:
The Grand Jury: The Medieval & the Modern – The Medievalists.net

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  Confessions of a Former Prolapsed Catholic – Joseph Sciambra at Sons of St. Joseph
2.  Cardinal Pell Returns to Rome, Legal Proceedings Against Card. Becciu Organized – Ed Pentin
3.  Pope Issues Shock Letter on St. Jerome & Scripture Study – M Barber PhD at The Sacred Page
4.  The New Manichæism – Rob Marco at Catholic Stand
5.  Yes, Biden Is Catholic; That’s the Problem – Declan Leary at Crisis Magazine
6.  Why is Australia’s Cardinal Pell Returning to Rome? – Gerard O’Connell at America Magazine
7.  New Eucharistic Adoration Chapel at St Catharines Church in Columbus, Ohio – Ltrgcl Arts Jrnl
8.  A Roman Mystery: The Lost Tomb of St. Jerome – Fr. Z’s Blog
9.  Cardinal Guixot Defends New Encyclical in Advance – John L. Allen, Jr., at Crux
10.  Norway’s Newest Catholic Bishop is a Cistercian Monk – Hannah Brockhaus at C News Agncy

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland (link repaired)
It Is Not the Fault of Voltaire or Vatican II – Deacon Göran Fäldt at National Catholic Register
Ambition & Kenosis – Fr. Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today
Catholic Florida State Student Ousted from Student Govt Alleges Religious Discrimination – CNA
Two Cheers For Archbishop Cordileone, & More Great Links! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
Whatever Happened to ‘Mainline’ Protestantism in America’s Public Square? – Richard Ostling
St. Jerome & Caravaggio – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
A House Divided: Political Chaos, Churchly Conflict, & the Spirit of Christ – Sam Guzman at TCG
Fall Trends: Mad for Plaid, Reinventing a Classic (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
Who Are the ‘People of Praise’? – Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity

VATICAN FINANCIAL SCANDAL:
Moneyval Evaluation Begins at Vatican – Hannah Brockhaus at CNA via NC Register

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
Pompeo: Nowhere is Religious Freedom More Under Assault than in Red China – CNA via CWR

SCRIPTURE:
St. Jerome & ‘Spiritus Paraclitus’ Are More Relevant Than Ever – John Bergsma, Ph.D., at NCRgstr

ARCHITECTURE:
Carpenters Show Medieval Skills To Fix Notre Dame, & More! – The Best In Catholic Blogging

POLITICS:
In Fiery Debate, Trump & Biden Clash Over Barrett Nomination & Abortion – CNA via The CWR

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
Christians in Uniform – Paul Dixon at Catholic Answers Magazine
God’s Angels Defend Us in Battle – Carol Monaco at Catholic Stand

∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1.  Chris Wallace’s Bias for Biden Was Appalling – Patricia McCarthy at American Thinker
2.  After the First Presidential Debate, Do We Really Need Any Others? – John Zmirak, Ph.D.
3.  The Worst Presidential Debate of All Time – Matthew Walther at The Week
4.  Suicide of the Liberals – Gary Saul Morson at First Things
5.  Sweden has Destroyed the Case for Lock-Down – Christopher Snowdon at Sp!ked
6.  Ivy League Rioters – Peter Wood at The American Mind
7.  Presidential Debate Number One: A Biden Fact-Check – Celine Ryan at Human Events.
8.  The Howard Zinn Riots – Mary Grabar at The American Mind
9.  The Presidential Debate Was a Snapshot of America – Michael Brown, Ph.D., at The Stream
10.  Is Critical Race Theory Racist? – Gary W. Houchens, Ph.D., at The Imaginative Conservative

Civilization Watch:
Armenian Turks becoming ‘Target’ as Azerbaijan-Armenia Conflict Escalates – Andrew Wilks
The Unfinished Chinese Civil War – John Culver at The Interpreter
President Xi to Manipulate Archæology to Push Han Chinese Imperialism – Bitter Winter
The Progressive Case for Empire – Ed West at UnHerd
Turkey is Normalizing Militant Jihadism –  Armen V. Sahakyan & Erik Khzmalyan at Providence

The Anglosphere:
Traditionalist Originalism – Marc O. DeGirolami at Law & Liberty
Reclaiming American History – The Editors at The American Mind
Should Americans Worry About Amy Coney Barrett & ‘People of Praise’? – David French
American Families Want More School Choice – Alexandra DeSanctis at National Review

Metaphysics:
Light & Life for Christians in the Midst of Iran’s Darkness – Lela Gilbert at Hudson Institute

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  What Does the Glory Be mean by ‘World Without End’? – Msgr. Charles E. Pope at OSV News
2.  Ask Father: Giving Money to Peter’s Pence; I Cannot See Myself Contributing – Fr. Z’s Blog
3.  Good & Faithful Priests Persecuted By Their Bishops – Complicit Clergy
4.  Nuncio Told Card. Tobin Last Year about Satanic Broadcast Under His Authority – M. Hichborn
5.  Cardinal Becciu’s Lawyer Resigns Over Social Media Photos – Catholic News Agency
6.  The Return of Baal & the Jezebel Spirit in America – Fr. Richard Heilman at Roman Cthlc Man
7.  Michaelmas & the Rise of Satanism in America – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
8.  Why Cardinal Pell is Vindicated by Cardinal Becciu’s Firing – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza at NCRg
9.  Top Angel Expert Explains Amazing Facts Catholics Should Know About Angels – Solène Tadié
10.  Becciu’s Ousting May Be Just the Tip of the Iceberg – Complicit Clergy

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland (link repaired)
“Steve, What Do You Think of the Latin Mass?” – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith
How Counterfeit Churches Devalue Christianity: Part II – Nat Guyear at Catholic Stand
Spiritual Bouquet for ACB: Priest’s Call for Prayer, Fasting for Protection of Barrett Family – ChP
Sister Gerard & Prisoners on Death Row – Bryne Moses Salvator at Ignitum Today
Dad, Deacon, Lawyer: Amy Coney Barrett’s Father Shares His Testimony of Faith – CNA via CWR
On Prophets & Pearl-Clutchers, & More Great News Links! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
Inculturation at its Best! The Samurai Version of St. Michael the Archangel – Fr. A.J. McDonald
Fall Trends: Mad for Plaid, Reinventing a Classic (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
The Disappearing Catholic Girls In Pakistan – Ewelina U. Ochab at Religion Unplugged
Abortion Is Slavery III: Each Human Being Is Unique – Guy McClung, Ph.D., J.D., at TACatholic
St. Jerome & Protestantism – Casey Chalk at The Catholic World Report

VATICAN FINANCIAL SCANDAL:
Cardinal Becciu Allegations Mount as Vatican Appoints New Prosecutor – CNA via The CWR

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
Vatican Official Hails ‘Positive’ Results of Communist China– CNA via The Catholic World Report
Vatican Silent as Tibetans Forced into Concentration Camps – Michael Sainsbury at UCA News
Sec. Pompeo: Vatican Has Moral Authority to Speak on Red China – J.D. Flynn via NC Register
Catholics Increasingly Harassed Ahead Vatican-China Deal Renewal – Tang Zhe at Bitter Winter

LITURGY & RUBRICS:
Choosing Color: Should We Reject Modern Chemically-Created Pigments? – Dav. Clayton at NLM
The Rose Coloured Vesture of Cardinals for Lætare & Gaudete Sundays – Liturgical Arts Journal

ARCHITECTURE:
How St. Michael Helped Build Sacra di San Michele – Philip Kosloski at Voyage Blog

THEATER/FILM/STREAMING/TV:
Never Back Down to the Mob – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Meet Jordan Pacheco, Glad to be Trad – David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info

LITERATURE & BOOK REVIEW(S):
Not Too Early To Start Gathering String On Cardinals On The Rise – Richard Ostling at Rel Unp

POLITICS:
Amy Coney Barrett & the ‘Dual Loyalty’ Canard – Michael P. Moreland at National Review
People of Praise website Hacked before Amy Coney Barrett Nomination – J.D. Flynn at CNA
Reality is a Heckuva Drug – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
St. Michael in the Apocrypha – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
Mr. Mark Galli, a VIP Evangelical Becomes Catholic – Alicia Connolly-Lohr at Catholic Stand
The Myth That Catholics Are Opposed to Science Revolves Around Copernicus – Ang. Stagnaro

∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1.  Biden Staffer Wants Catholic Views on Homosexuality to be Disqualifiers – Mary M. Olohan
2.  ‘Live Not By Lies’: America’s No. 1 Book – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
3.  Ibram X. Kendi: When Wokes & White Supremacists Agree – Fraser Myers at Sp!ked
4.  All Eyes Might be on the Temple Mount after the UAE-Israel Deal – Douglas Altabef at J-Post
5.  The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Explained – Zia Weise, Jan Cienski, & David M. Herszenhorn
6.  The European Union Isn’t Built to Lead – Walter Russell Mead at Hudson Institute
7.  Forget the F-22 or F-35: Is Communist China Building a 6th Generation Fighter? – Peter Suciu
8.  Can a Rifle, Shotgun, Revolver, or Semi-automatic Best Protect Your Family – Richard Douglas
9.  No Coup For You – The Editors at The American Mind
10.  I Fled Socialism, I Cast My Ballot for Trump, & I’ll Do It Again – Yuri Pérez at NBC News

Civilization Watch:
Inner Mongolia: 5000 Arrested, C.C.P. Offers Bogus “Compromise” – M. Introvigne at Bitter Winter
How was the U.S.S.R. Formed? – Georgy Manaev at Russia Beyond
Turkey Moves Beyond Lausanne – Michaël Tanchun at Insight Turkey
October May Bring Pro-Life Revolutions to Both the U.S. & Communist China – William Huang

The West:
Rethinking the Liberal World Order – Rebeccah L. Heinrichs at Hudson Institute
Freedom, Barbarism, & Triremes – Bernard J. Dobski at Law & Liberty
What Is a Nation? – Samuel Stone at The Imaginative Conservative

The Anglosphere:
A Primal Struggle for Dominance – Robert Henderson at City Journal
Breaking the Chinese Communist Space Addiction – Richard Weitz at Hudson Institute

Metaphysics:
Surveillance Devices Planted in Believers’ Homes – Lu Xiu at Bitter Winter

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  If what Cardinal Pell believes is True, then the Mafia is Written All Over This – Fr. A. McDonald
2.  Excavation of Ancient Church Reveals Breathtaking 1,600-year-old Floor Mosaic – J.P. Mauro
3.  Cardinal Zen Comes to Rome to Meet the Pope, Who Has No Time for Him – Marco Tosatti
4.  When the Dogma Lives Loudly – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., at First Things
5.  Mammon’s Grip on the Catholic Church – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at Crisis Magazine
6.  Boycott Peter’s Pence Collection This Weekend, October 4 – Complicit Clergy
7.  Is Judge Barrett too Catholic for Pope Francis? – Glenn K. Beaton at The Aspen Beat
8.  All the No’s of Pp Francis to Progressives, the Last & Toughest Is on the End of Life – Magister
9.  L.A.: Fr. Adrian San Juan Mourned after Sudden Passing: Died Doing what He Loved – CNA
10.  The Ten Commandments of Secular Progressivism – Fr. Richard Heilman at Roman Cth Man

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland (link repaired)
Cursed Objects. . . How to Properly Dispose Of – Msgr. Stephen Rossetti at Catholic Exorcism
How Counterfeit Churches Devalue Christianity – Nate Guyear at Catholic Stand
The Nominee: Judge Amy Coney Barrett – Elena Maria Vidal at Ignitum Today
Healing from Homosexuality with A.J. Benjamin – Joseph Sciambra at Sons of St. Joseph
On the Sacredness of Food – Jacquelyn Lee at Public Discourse
The Devil Wants a Civil War – R.C. VanLandingham at Crisis Magazine
Cardinal Woelki Issues Stark Warning about ‘Synodal Way’ – Catholic News Agency
Fall Trends: Mad for Plaid, Reinventing a Classic (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
Preaching & the Election: How Not to Get in Trouble but Still Be Effective – Janet E. Smith at Reg

LITURGY & RUBRICS:
Black or White? Two Design Ideas – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal
The Beauty of the Liturgy – Paul Senz at The Catholic World Report
Greater Accessibility? To Whom, To What, & Why? – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Lit Mov

MUSIC:
What Does the Sacred Music Review Mean for Westminster Cathedral Choir? – G. Clarke at CH

POLITICS:
Matthew Franck: The Future of Roe vs. Wade is Up for Grabs – Respect Life Radio
America isn’t America without Black People – Ralph Ellison at The Catholic Thing

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
Suffering & the Problem with Evil – Msgr. Charles E. Pope at Community in Mission
Thy Kingdom Come: Living the Lord’s Prayer in Everyday Life – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand
Seafarers Charity Apostleship of the Sea is Renamed Stella Maris – CNA via NC Register

OTHER NEWS LINK(S):
Pope Appoints U.S. Archbishop Charles Brown Nuncio to the Philippines – CNS via Crux

∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1.  Tens of Thousands of Christians Converged on DC & Trashed the City – Michael Brown, Ph.D.
2.  Wokeness Comes For Richard Dawkins – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
3.  Something is Rotten in the State of Victoria – Andrew Mullins at Mercatornet
4.  People Of Praise: A Benedict Option – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
5.  The Problem with ‘Canonizing’ Ginsburg while Ignoring Her many Victims – Joseph Pearce
6.  Japan is Facing a Demographics Disaster, What Will New PM Suga Do about It? – Milton Ezrati
7.  Why Left-Wing Feminists Hate Amy Coney Barrett – Alexandra DeSanctis at National Review
8.  Democrats Are Trying To Engineer An Electoral Crisis In America – Kevin Portteus at the Fdrlst
9.  Dems Overlook Ilhan Omar’s Ignorance & Hate ‘cuz She’s a Black Muslim Immigrant – J. Tobin
10.  Project Veritas Uncovers Ballot Harvesting Fraud in Minnesota – Miranda Devine at N.Y. Post

Civilization Watch:
Iran: From the Great Civilization to Islamic Civilization – Saeid Golkar & Asha Sawhney at MEI
Trump Move on Jerusalem Embassy Led to Peace – Debra Saunders at RealClearPolitics
Detention Facilities in Xinjiang: There are More, Not Less – Ruth Ingram at Bitter Winter
China’s Fear: U.S. Troops Deployed to Taiwan (But It Likely Won’t Happen) – Kris Osborn at TNI
Can Trump’s ‘Transactional’ Diplomacy Get More Wins in the Middle East? – Seth Frantzman
Beijing Tightens Control Over Hong Kong Broadcast Media – John Chan at China Digital Times

The Anglosphere:
Prof. Kendi, This Is Not How to Be an Antiracist – Michael Brown, Ph.D., at The Stream
The False Link between Amy Coney Barrett & The Handmaid’s Tale, Explained – Constance Grady
Amy Coney Barrett: A New Feminist Icon – Erika Bachioci at Politico
Trump’s Long Week – Matthew Walther at The Week
Common-Good Constitutionalism & the Ius Constitutionale Commune in Latin America – I & I

Religio:
Nearly 120 Church of Almighty God Members Arrested – Wan Zixin at Bitter Winter

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  Two Cheers for Archbishop Cordileone – Philip F. Lawler at Catholic Culture
2.  Is Pp. Francis Trying to Clean Up His Messes Before His Papacy Concludes? – Fr. A. McDonald
3.  ‘Seer’-Priest Father Rodrigue Responds To Bishops – Michael Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
4.  Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Family: Five Things You Should to Know – Steve Ray at DotCF
5.  Stop Apologizing for Being Pregnant – Julie Machado at Catholic Stand
6.  ACB Caught Attention of Trump Defending Her Catholic Faith – Z. Miller, C. Long & M. Balsamo
7.  Cardinal Pell to Return to Rome This Week – Courtney Mares at Catholic News Agency
8.  Cardinal Becciu Departs, Only After Ousting Would-Be Reformers – Philip F. Lawler at CC
9.  Linden Cameron Shooting ‘Devastating,’ Catholic Disability Group Says – J.D. Flynn at CNA
10.  Thoughts on Pp. Francis’s Great Defenestration of Cardinal Becciu – John L. Allen, Jr., at Crux

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
Body of St. Agatha of Sicily Desecrated – Lloyd M’bwana at The Maravi Post
Wherein Fr. Z is Proud of You Readers Who Helped This Monastic Vocation – Fr. Z’s Blog
Shallow Atheist, Shallow Answers – David Mills at The Stream
“The Gray Is Shrinking”, & More Great News Links! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
Breaking Form, Pope Decapitates Cardinal; Becciu’s Exile, Monster Vatican Precedent – R. Palmo
Nine Lives – Kat Larson at Ignitum Today
Black Pentecostal Leaders: Amy Coney Barrett Persecuted for Charismatic Faith – CNA via CWR
Fall Trends: Mad for Plaid, Reinventing a Classic (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
Holy Smoke! – Fr. Z’s Blog

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
One More Priest Tortured to Force Him into Official Church – An Xin at Bitter Winter
Vatican Set to Double Down on Deal with Beijing – Michael Sainsbury at UCA News

CULTURE OF LIFE:
Women & Humanæ Vitæ – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at National Catholic Register

SCRIPTURE:
Does Bible Teach We Are Living On Young Earth, & More! – The Best In Catholic Blogging

THEATER/FILM/STREAMING/TV:
In New Documentary, Watch Hair-Raising Fight to Save Notre Dame from Flames – Ch. Jacobs
The Contradictions of Socialism – Mark Bauerlein at First Things

LITERATURE & BOOK REVIEW(S):
Another Five Star Review for “American Antigone”! – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Rprt

CANON LAW:
What’s the Role of Canon Law in the Ordinariates? – Jackson Perry at ACS Blog

POLITICS:
The People of Praise Community: What It Actually Is – Judy Roberts at National Catholic Register
Supreme Level Trolling – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
The Desperate & Dystopian Attacks on Amy Coney Barrett – Noelle Mering at The C. World Report

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
Catholic Claims & the Witness of Fr. Mankowski – David Deavel at The Imaginative Conservative
Pope Francis & the Institutional Issue – Andrea Gagliarducci at Monday Vatican
It Is High-Time to Ditch The “Hippie Jesus” Image, & More! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
Alice von Hildebrand on the Lost Sense of the Supernatural & Feminism – Jim Graves at NC Rgstr
Science Not a Threat to Faith – Fr. Paul Robinson at Rorate Cæli
Abortion Is Slavery: Each Human Being Is Unique – Guy McClung, Ph.D., J.D., at Catholic Stand

OTHER NEWS LINK(S):
What Makes a School Catholic? – Marty Dybicz at Catholic Stand

∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1.  The Amy Coney Barrett Apocalypse – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
2.  The Left’s Battle Plan to Fight SCOTUS Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Gets Leaked – Al Perrotta
3.  To Mask or Not to Mask – J. Budziszewski, Ph.D., at The Underground Thomist
4.  Whatfinger Gives Drudge Report a Run for Their Money as It Surges — Yahoo Finance
5.  Lexis-Nexis has some News for you about Amy Coney Barrett – Dale Price at Dyspeptic. . .
6.  David Horowitz: Civil War Started when Dems Seceded from Union in 2016 – Megan Fox
7.  Is the China Virus Really a Chinese Bioweapon – JW Richards PhD, D Axed, & WM Briggs PhD
8.  The Meaning of Amy Coney Barrett – Ross Douthat at The New York Times
9.  These Five Glocks can Defend Any Home or Business – Richard Douglas at The National Intrst
10.  The Satanic Temple is in Fact Emblematic of the Leftist Worldview – Kylee Zempel at Fdrlst

Civilization Watch:
This Fuzzy Picture Is the Soviet Union’s Flying Aircraft Carrier – Sebastian Roblin at TNI
Infidel: A Compelling Pro-Christian Thriller – Mark Judge at The Stream
The Message Of Iran’s Execution Of A Wrestling Champion – Ali Safavi at Issues & Insights
CCP Continues to Destroy Uyghur Families: The Story of Mirehmet – Martyna Kokotkiewicz at BW
Toward a Transformational Peace in the Middle East – Guy Millière at International Policy Council

The Anglosphere:
How Democrats Plan to Make Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Radioactive – Abigail Tracy at Vanity Fair
The Atlantic Issues Correction Undermining Entire Piece Promoting Tri-Parenting – T. Justice
A “Culture of Lawlessness” in D.A. Offices – Jason C. Johnson at City Journal
Life As A Social-Credit Untouchable – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

TODAY’S TOP-10 LINKS:
1.  Every Catholic Needs to Know about this Little-Known Eucharistic Doctrine – Fr Jn P Cush STD
2.  How To Deal With Gossip Like A Saint – Laura Ricketts at epicPew
3.  Encounter w/Mary Led Protestant Pastor to Catholicism & More – The Best In Cthlc Blogging
4.  If You Wish to Serve the Lord Prepare Yourself for Trials – Nicholas Vance at Catholic Stand
5.  Sanctifying the Day with the Angelus – L. Jared Staudt, Ph.D., at Those Catholic Men
6.  A Family Guide To Spiritual Warfare – Charlie McKinney at Catholic Spiritual Direction
7.  How to Join a Catholic Religious Order – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia
8.  On Honor & Its Pitfalls – Msgr. Charles E. Pope at Community in Mission
9.  I Had Seen Heaven Standing at My In-Law’s Death Bed & More – The Best In Catholic Blogging
10.  Perseverance & Confidence – Dan Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
Why We Must Struggle in the Spiritual Life – Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, O.M.V., at Catholic Exchange
Praying with the Holy Spirit – Steve Greco at Catholic Stand
Talk Less, Pray More: The Often Sneaky Sin Of Gossip – Laura Ricketts at epicPew
You Deserve God’s Love – Kendra Von Esh at Catholic Stand
A Life Lived from Faith Transforms the World with Beauty – Aleteia

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  Get Ready to Hear a Lot about People of Praise – Alexandra DeSanctis at National Review
2.  Living a Lie – Michael Warren Davis at Crisis Magazine
3.  ABCNews Pushes False Story on ACB’s Catholic Group Inspiring The Handmaid’s Tale – P. Bois
4.  Jesuits Hosting Pro-LGBTQSJ Retreat – Joseph Sciambra at Sons of St. Joseph
5.  Temptation: The Ordinary Ways the Devil Attacks Us – Kathleen Beckman at C Exch (link fixed)
6.  Analysis: The Becciu Resignation, a Beginning Not an End – Ed Condon at Cthlc News Agency
7.  What Will Our Resurrected Bodies Look Like? – Fr. David Nix at Pilgrim Priest
8.  Pagan gods as Demons – Msgr. Stephen Rossetti at Catholic Exorcism
9.  A (Pre-1955) All Hallows Eve Devotional Booklet from Ancilla Press – Liturgical Arts Journal
10.  The Cloisters (Met Museum) Reopens in New York City – Medievalists.net

Fall Trends: Mad for Plaid, Reinventing a Classic (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
Angels’ Voices in Our Head – Msgr. Stephen Rossetti at Catholic Exorcism
Nominate Dem State Senator of Louisiana Katrina Jackson to Supreme Court – J. Morgan, Ph.D.
Cardinal Becciu, Top Vatican Hatchet Man, Has Unexpectedly Resigned – Steve Skojec at 1P5
Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
Biden’s Long History of Voting Against Catholic Values – Tom McClusky at RealClearReligion
The Prayer of Faith, From Meditation to Contemplation – David Torkington at Catholic Stand
The Late Bloomer – Denise Trull at Dappled Things
Advice to Rookie Fundraisers – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
What Does It Mean for Becciu to Lose His Rights as a Cardinal? – Courtney Mares via Cth Herald

VATICAN FINANCIAL SCANDAL:
Details Emerge about Cardinal Becciu’s Management of Vatican Finances – H. Brockhaus at CNA

CULTURE OF LIFE:
Will Ethical China Virus Vaccines Arrive at Warp Speed? – Peter Jesserer Smith at NC Register
Archbishop Naumann Emphasizes Preeminence of Right to Life – Matt Hadro at C. News Agency

THEATER/FILM/STREAMING/TV:
Columbus & the Crisis of the West – Emily Rowes at The Catholic Thing

POLITICS:
A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment – Aidan McIntosh at Clarifying Catholicism
A Defense of Single-Issue Voting – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith
The Church as a Political Force – Peter J. Leithart at First Things

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
Without God, Everything is Permitted – Dale Price at Dyspeptic Mutterings
Restore the Guilds – Gary Dorrien at Plough Quarterly
The Sparkling Story of Dom Pérignon, Benedictine Monk – Solène Tadié at National Cthlc Register

∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1.  Let’s Be Real: Dark Age Ahead – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
2.  Tucker Carlson Names CEOs Funding Supplies, Bail for Louisville Rioters – Jordan Davidson
3.  Joe Biden, the Father of ‘Borking’ – George Neumayr at The Hill
4.  Joe Biden’s Lid Must be Shifting His Circadian Rhythms to Overcome Sundowning – Th. Lifson
5.  How Britain & America Narrowly Avoided War In 1921 – Robert Farley at The National Interest
6.  Military Ballots Found in the Trash in Pennsylvania, All Were Trump Votes – Matt Margolis
7.  The Future of College Sports – Jonathan Clarke at City Journal
8.  Do All the Trump Lawn Signs Mean a Landslide? – David Mills at The Stream
9.  The Myth of the ‘Stolen Country’ – Jeff Fynn-Paul at The Spectator|USA
10.  For Ninth Time this Month, Joe Biden takes a Full Day Off Campaigning – Jordan Davidson

Civilization Watch:
Organ Harvesting: A Blind Eye to Mass Atrocity – Mal Mitchell at Bitter Winter
The Emperor’s New Clothes: Trump’s Middle East – Michael Doran at Tablet Magazine
Mongolia Might be Xi’s Next Target – Paul Lin at Taipei Times
Desperate Gambles of Dictators: The Taiwan Strait – Captain Sam J. Tangredi at U.S. Naval Inst.
China’s Sadistic ‘One-Child Policy’ Inflicted Billions With Unspeakable Suffering – Helen Raleigh
Nigeria: How to Create New States for Equity – Robert Audu at The Insight

The Anglosphere:
California’s Planned Ban on Gas-Powered Auto Sales Won’t Help the Environment – Jon Miltimore
California Ban on Gas Cars a Preview of What Liberals Want Nationally – Washington Examiner
Why are Hurricanes Moving Slower & Why is This so Difficult to Forecast? – Kim. Wood at TNI

God-Fearers:
Biblical Literacy Enriches Constitutional Literacy – Daniel L. Dreisbach at Canopy Forum

MORNING ISSUE TOP-10 NEWS LINKS:
1.  Why Cardinal Becciu’s Resignation Wasn’t Surprising – Edward Pentin at NC Register
2.  Father Altman: On Fire Or Fired? – David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info
3.  Holy Smoke! The Crisis We Face – Fr. Hugh Somerville-Knapman, O.S.B., at Dominus Mihi Adjtr
4.  ‘c’atholic Pelosi with Sister Simone Trashes National Catholic Prayer Breakfast & AG Barr – Z
5.  A New Era Begins in the Diocese of Savannah – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern Orders
6.  On Restoring a Truer Vision of the Biblical Jesus – Msgr. Charles E. Pope at Community in. . .
7.  The Prince of This World – Maurice Williams at Catholic Stand
8.  Massimo Faggioli Hearts The Han Reich – Dale Price at Dyspeptic Mutterings
9.  Anti-Catholic Bigotry At Texas A&M, & More! – The Best In Catholic Blogging
10.  What I Learned from Amy Coney Barrett – Laura Wolk at First Things

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament – EWTN Poland
Dems Say: The Only Good Catholic is a Lapsed Catholic – Sh. Schaetzel at Complete Christianity
Naïve, Corrupt—or Both? The Vatican-Sino Pact – Elizabeth Yore at Crisis Magazine
China Rewriting The Bible: Jesus Actually “Killed” Woman Taken in Adultery – Bitter Winter
Has China Virus Caused Us to Become Complacent in Our Faith? – Nicholas Lee at Ignitum Today
Vatican Cardinal Angelo Becciu Resigns from Office & ‘Rights’ of Cardinals – Cthlc News Agency
Catholic Gifting: Pillar & Pearl (Catholic Fashion Blog) – Meghan Ashley Styling
Archbishop John Myers, Retired Newark Archbishop, Dead at 79 – CNA via The Cth World Report
Advice to Rookie Fundraisers – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
Ember Days – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
Red China: Unregistered Catholics Told to Obey Party or Face Consequences – Wang Yong at BW
Cardinals & Political Leaders Address Conf., Highlighting Forgotten Persecuted Christians – Reg

LITURGY & RUBRICS:
Recovering the Traditions of the Requiem: Crosses & Candlesticks – Liturgical Arts Journal
Why We Need the Traditional Latin Mass with Dr. Peter Kwasniewski – The Catholic Gentleman

THEATER/FILM/STREAMING/TV:
Mel Gibson Working On Sequel to ‘The Passion of the Christ,’ Says Jim Caviezel – Edward Pentin
Catholic Response to the Black Liberal Ideology – David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info

LITERATURE & BOOK REVIEW(S):
Chronicle of a Dream Offers Both a History & Spiritual ‘Autobiography’ – J. Baresel at The CWR
Book Review: New “Red Book” for Use at the Traditional Latin Mass? – Fr. Z’s Blog

POLITICS:
Experts Push Back on Criticism of Amy Coney Barrett’s Covenant Agreement – Cth News Agency
‘A Different Kind of Lawyer’: Amy Coney Barrett on Christian Vocation – Joseph Sunde at Pwrblg
Integralism As Liberal Despair – Richard Greenhorn at Statistician to the Stars!
Mexico Investigating Alleged ICE Hysterectomies of Detainees – CNA via NC Register

BONUS NEWS LINKS:
Waiting for the “Spring” in Church Life – Stephen P. White at Ethics & Public Policy Center
Help Me Explain Why My Son Should Learn a Foreign Language – Mary Kay Clark, Ph.D., at Seton
Charismatic Catholic Parishes Have Lots Of Vocations, More – The Best In Catholic Blogging
Black Catholic Leader says BLM Organization ‘Ill-Equipped to Lead’ – CNA via NC Register
Christians Coerced into Removing Crosses from Churches – Zhao Mingzhe at Bitter Winter
Iraqi Christians, Bearing Witness – Stephen M. Rasche at Plough Quarterly

OTHER NEWS LINK(S):
Cancel Culture College Administrators Put on Notice – Andrea Picciotti-Bayer at NC Register
Uyghur Detention Centers in Xinjiang Expanding, Researchers Find – Catholic News Agency

∧ THE SAMIZDAT HERALD TOP-10 NEWS LINKS: ∧
1.  The Next Frontier in the Sexual Revolution – Scott Yenor at First Things
2.  Why Isn’t Biden Running Harder? – J.T. Young at Issues & Insights
3.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Canonizing Cain – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative
4.  Joe Rogan World vs. NPR World – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
5.  Charismatic Christians Are Normies – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
6.  Rare World War II Maps Reveal Japan’s Pearl Harbor Strategy – N Kagan & S Hyslop at Nat Geo
7.  Justice In Breonna Taylor Case – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
8.  Politico’s Pretentious, Error-Filled Hit Against Amy Coney Barrett – Sohrab Ahmari at N.Y. Post
9.  Red China Is Paying a High Price for Provoking India – Brahma Chellaney at Project Syndicate
10.  Amy Coney Barrett, SCOTUS, & the Thelma & Louise Election – Jn Zmirak PhD at The Stream

Civilization Watch:
These Five Guns Changed History (& Warfare) Forever – Kyle Mizokami at The National Interest
Bougainville: A New Captain at the Helm – Leanne Jorari at The Interpreter
Lebanon, Both Free & Hostage – Habib C. Malik at Providence Magazine
Militarized Labor Training & Indoctrination: Xinjiang Schemes Exported to Tibet – Bitter Winter
Colonialism & Cultural Erasure in Xinjiang – Michael Clarke at The Interpreter

The West:
The Atlantic Botches Basic Facts on American Families & Two-Parent Households – T. Justice
Germany’s Road to Socialism – Rainer Zitelmann at The National Interest
The Crisis of Education – Mark Blitz at the American Mind
Five Questions for Matthew Yglesias on Why America Needs More People – J. Pethokoukis at AEI
The Danger of Relying on Immigration for Population Growth – Marcus Roberts at Mercatornet

The Anglosphere:
These Are The Civil War’s Best & Worst Generals – The National Interest
Kyle Rittenhouse Did No Wrong – Rod Dreher at The American Conservative
Pros & Cons For Three Top Contenders To Replace Ginsburg On Court – Mollie Hemingway
Pouring on the Gasoline – Steven F. Hayward at City Journal

God-Fearers:
Nearly 550 Protestant Venues Shut Down in Jiangsu Province – Lu An at Bitter Winter