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SATVRDAY EDITION

6 April AD 2019

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Cardinal Sarah Sounds The Alarm

The Vatican cardinal discusses his hard-hitting new book in this exclusive interview with La Nef ☩ Robert Cardinal Sarah at Catholic Herald

Why Catholics Can’t be Democrats

How could any Catholic be supportive of a party, and politicians, who advocate and facilitate the wholesale slaughter of innocent human life? ☩ Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity

Passiontide – Veiling of images in churches

From this Sunday, traditionally called 1st Sunday of the Passion, it is customary to veil images in churches. ☩ Fr. Z's Blog

The Influence of Monasteries on the Middle Ages’ Economic Boom

Henry Goodell, president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, described how the medieval monks saved agriculture from decaying. ☩ Luis Dufaur at Return to Order

Is Paganism Making a Comeback? Steve on The Catholic Current with Fr. McTeigue SJ

Christianity is being abandoned and alternative “spiritualities” are filling the void. ☩ Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith

St. Francis de Sales shares his secret to fundraising

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

CheckList Spotlight: The White Button-Down -

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

Just What is ‘the Right Age’ for the Sacrament of Confirmation?

☩ Gene Van Son at Catholic Stand

Why I Still Prefer the Divine Office Book, Over the Apps

I prefer the books to pray the Liturgy of the Hours, and here’s a few helpful reasons why. ☩ Shaun McAfee, O.P., at National Catholic Register

Why do Eastern Catholics stand during the Entire Mass?

In the Eastern Church, reverence and adoration is expressed differently than what Roman Catholics are accustomed to. ☩ Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Tribute to the ‘Angel of the Apocalypse’ in the Capital of the World

New York historic church marks the 600th anniversary of St. Vincent Ferrer’s death. ☩ Joseph Pronechen at National Catholic Register

Southern Poverty Law Center Is Punished for the Wrong Crimes

A writer named Bob Moser is incensed at what became of the Southern Poverty Law Center where he worked for a few years in the early aughts. ☩ Austin Ruse at Crisis Magazine

Archbishop Gregory’s appointment: ‘safe’ in the hands of the mainstream media

. . .think for a moment about why the choice is so safe. Isn’t it precisely because the mainstream media won’t pay attention to the protests? ☩ Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture

The Prophetic Saint Who Foretold What the End of the World Will Be Like

When the pope used the term “Angel of the Apocalypse” in the Middle Ages, people knew he was talking about St. Vincent Ferrer ☩ Joseph Pronechen at National Catholic Register

How Does Satan Tempt the Holy?

Something important has come to my mind in the past few weeks of Lent, a disturbing and powerful thought on how common it is that Satan is tempting, and bringing to perdition the very souls that are striving for holiness. ☩ Jay Toups at Hope In The Storm

How A Secular Iranian’s Spiritual Awakening Led Him To The Catholic Church (Podcast)

In his new memoir, Sohrab Ahmari shares his story of growing up in Iran, coming to America, and his conversion from a Marxist atheist to a devout Catholic. ☩ The Federalist

The Queen of Sheba in the Court of Solomon: Liturgical Boredom & Ecstasy

Ritual action is inherently non-spontaneous, non-original, & non-extemporaneous. The more perfectly one is enacting ritual, the less of one’s creative self is present in it, & the more one is absorbed into a vastly larger mystery. ☩ Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement

Prosperity vs Persecution

☩ Ignitum Today

11 Things to Know About Archbishop Wilton Gregory

☩ Joan Frawley Desmond at National Catholic Register

Dazzling Spiritual Coming Attractions

☩ Deacon Greg Lambert at Catholic Stand

The Magnificent, Majestic, & Magisterial Counter-Reformation

☩ Joseph Pearce at National Catholic Register

Confirmation: The Province of Detroit, A Microcosm of the U.S.

☩ Gene Van Son at Catholic Stand

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FRIDAY EDITION

5 April AD 2019

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Tiny Catholic School Sues City to Protect Civil Rights & Religious Freedom

When I founded The Lyceum in 2003, along with a couple of other teachers, a handful of adventurous students & their daring parents, none of us ever envisioned that our small school would ever be involved in a serious battle to “protect civil rights” & “religious freedom.” ☩ Mark Lambert at Lion & Ox

Not acknowledging the real problem for what it is, a pattern of predatory homosexuality & a failure to weed that out from Church life, is an act of self-delusion

If government officials with “secret” lives can be blackmailed, humiliated, destroyed, or simply exposed, why not Hollywood celebrities, star athletes, university presidents, corporate board chairs, & clergy & religious leaders—like denizens of the Vatican & its diplomats? Let that sink in ☩ Francis X. Maier at First Things

6 Little-Known Facts About Young Fatima Mystic St. Francisco Marto: “I Want to Console Our Lord”

St. Francisco could not hear Our Lady when she appeared. . . ☩ ChurchPOP

The Power of Story: The Pivotal Purge

Where were the Christians? Where was the Catholic Church? For the most part, we placed ourselves on the sidelines, reacting to what was being produced, without participating in a meaningful way ☩ Paul McCusker at Faith & Culture

Be a Divorce First-Responder

Because we speak and write about divorce, people often ask us if we can help counsel a loved one thinking about getting divorced. ☩ Leila Miller & Leeanne Abel at Catholic Answers Magazine

Inside the European debate on Islamic immigration

There is no more sensitive issue for European politicians than that of Islamic immigration. ☩ Kishore Jayabalan at Acton Commentary

Archbishop Wilton Gregory’s Road to Washington

Analysis: The process for naming the Atlanta archbishop to replace Donald Cardinal Wuerl has been anything other than ‘business as usual.’ ☩ Edward Condon, J.C.L., at Catholic News Agency via National Catholic Register

4 Women in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth who reflect the beauty of the Virgin Mary

☩ Philip Kosloski at Excelsior!

Balancing Beauty & Utility

☩ Molly Farinholt at Off The Cuff

St. Francis de Sales shares his secret to fundraising

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

A Cause of our Culture’s Current Body Confusion

☩ Matt D'Antuono at National Catholic Register

CheckList Spotlight: The White Button-Down -

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

Jesus & the New Exodus: 5th Sunday of Lent Readings Explained

This Sunday is period of “quiet” between Laetare Sunday & Passion/Palm Sunday, our last opportunity to meditate on the ‘ordinary’ struggle of Lent before the intensity of the events in the last week of Our Lord’s life. ☩ John Bergsma, Ph.D., at The Sacred Page

God’s Desire to Unleash Love Through Our Suffering

The story of the raising of Lazarus from the dead is arguably one of the most beautiful passages in Sacred Scripture. It reveals to us the reality of the resurrection & it demonstrates God’s great love & mercy. ☩ Constance T. Hull at Catholic Exchange

A New Beginning for Catholic Business Education

In Maloney Hall, the Busch School of Business now has a permanent home. ☩ Andrew V. Abela at National Catholic Register

Former Guam Archbishop 'Deeply Saddened' by Conviction, Maintains Innocence

Apuron called the sentence, which prevents him from living in Guam, a penalty “analogous to a death sentence." ☩ Hannah Brockhaus at Catholic News Agency via National Catholic Register

Fined $55,000 for Calling a Male a Male

We told you this was coming. We warned you it would happen. We were not crying wolf. We were telling you the truth.. ☩ Michael Brown, Ph.D., at The Stream

Catholicism in a Time of Dissolution

We live in a time of dissolution. Many people find it hard to take such claims seriously because people have always complained about the degeneracy of the times. ☩ James Kalb, J.D., at Crisis Magazine

Children of Priests & Canon Law

What does Church teaching dictate? ☩ Judy Roberts at National Catholic Register

American Literature & the Catholic Faith

It’s difficult to know where to start or finish in any discussion of the connection between American literature and the Catholic Faith. ☩ Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative

Embryonic Stem-Cell Research Reaches Moral, Medical Dead End

☩ Celeste McGovern at National Catholic Register

Cut Through Doctrinal Confusion

☩ Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

Is A Chapel Veil or Mantilla: Mandatory for Catholic Women?

☩ Birgit Jones at Catholic Life In Our Times

Unraveling Our Personal History During Lent

☩ Peter Darcy at Catholic Stand

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THVRSDAY EDITION

4 April AD 2019

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Is Gregory right for Washington?

He is certainly a safe pair of hands, but can he clear the skeletons out of Washington's closet? ☩ Michael Warren Davis at Catholic Herald

Modesty: In Dress & In Life

What is modesty? When and how did it originate? ☩ K.C. Thomas at Ignitum Today

Discovering Joy in Suffering

I am living “sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything” (2 Corinthians 6:10). ☩ Melanie Jean Juneau at Catholic Stand

Catholic Seminary Evaluations: Time to Reboot?

Such assessments need to be solidly grounded in authentic theological perspectives, experts stress. ☩ Joan Frawley Desmond at National Catholic Register

Woke Corporate Tyranny Against Christians in Texas

Some of the world’s biggest companies are back to oppose a range of new Texas legislation. . . ☩ Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

Favorite Catholic Books From My Library

☩ Charles Lewis at National Catholic Register

The role of clericalism in the current crisis

☩ Christopher R. Altieri at The Catholic World Report

The Best Book on Politics for Christians in 2019, by David Horowitz

☩ John Zmirak, Ph.D., The Stream

‘Unplanned’ Isn’t Propaganda, But a Mirror to a Culture of Death

In the battle for humanity that “Unplanned” depicts, we also glimpse the conscience of America, whipsawed by the seductive lies of the culture of death. ☩ Joan Frawley Desmond at National Catholic Register

Our Lady of Lourdes & Fatima Statues Beheaded at California Catholic Churches, Caught on Tape

Lord, have mercy! Two statues of Our Blessed Mother were beheaded in the Pomona Valley, Cali. area within the last month, according to CBS Los Angeles. ☩ ChurchPOP

Cohabitation is a Sin — & a Lousy Strategy for Success

Why mergers are better than joint ventures ☩ Vincent Weaver at National Catholic Register

Artificial Intelligence & Magical Thinking

Arthur C. Clarke famously said that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” ☩ Edward Feser, Ph.D.

Yet another good priest persecuted by the agents of Hell

A priest comes to a parish that has been mired in the guck of liberalism, dominated by aging-hippies and other agents of Hell. He starts to clean up abuses and bring something of Catholic identity back… which is his duty to do. A couple agents of Hell squawk and the bishop throws Father under the bus… and then backs over him for good measure. ☩ Fr. Z's Blog

Don't Send Your Kids to So-Called Elite Schools, Here Is Why. . .

When I pointed out that undergraduates at so-called “elite” universities are frequently taught by graduate assistants rather than by senior faculty, the parents were unmoved. ☩ George Weigel at First Things

Christianity Teaches Violence and Intolerance; True or False?

Recently an Iranian convert to Christianity appealed to the U.K. for religious asylum because he feared persecution. . . ☩ J. Budziszewski, Ph.D., at Underground Thomist

Priests Who Father Children: Another Consequence of Clergy Sexual Misconduct

As the Church confronts the sins of clergy sexual abuse, the stories of the ‘children of the ordained’ are increasingly being told as well. ☩ Judy Roberts at National Catholic Register

Pete Buttigieg: What You See Is Not What You Get

Mayor Pete Buttigeig of South Bend, Indiana is a full-blown relativist. He views the world through the lens of multiculturalism, historicism, gay rights, and radical feminism. ☩ Deal Hudson at Catholic Vote

Rest

“God Blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day he had rested after all his work of creating.” ~ Gen 2:3 ☩ Nicholas Lye at Ignitum Today

Saint Alphonsus Liguori’s 3 Rules for Fundraising

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

John Paul II Definitively Said ‘No!’ to Women Priests

☩ Fr. Matthew L. Schneider, L.C., at National Catholic Register

Catholic school awarded for implementing “full inclusion” for people with Down syndrome & autism

☩ Cerith Gardiner at Aleteia

No First Amendment? In Canada, calling a trans woman a 'biological' man is hate speech

☩ Julia Duin at Get Religion

Beauty & Providence

☩ James Patrick Reid at The Catholic Thing

Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

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VVEDNESDAY EDITION

3 April AD 2019

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Pope Francis’s team may need to explain new reluctance on ‘zero tolerance’

Tuesday made official a transition that’s been quietly underway for a while in terms of the Vatican’s response to the clerical sexual abuse scandals: Pope Francis and his aides are rethinking, if not the substance of a “zero tolerance” policy, at least the rhetoric of it, becoming increasingly unwilling to use that phrase. ☩ John L. Allen, Jr., at Crux

Why is Socialism Gaining Popularity?

If the Church’s rite of exorcism recognizes the danger of instigating envy, maybe we should too. ☩ John Clark at National Catholic Register

Pope Francis’ New Document ‘a Magna Carta of Youth Ministry & Vocations’

Christus Vivit reflects the Holy Father’s takeaways from the October youth synod. ☩ Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register

Male Homosexuality & Priestly Formation

There is no homosexuality. Of course, there are homosexuals, but there is no one thing, no one condition or syndrome that is homosexuality. If we are to address the “homosexual problem” in the Church, then we must first understand what we are talking about, and whatever that is, it is not a thing called homosexuality. . . ☩ Adrian Reimers at Crisis Magazine

Pietro Cardinal Parolin Condemns Verona Family Congress as Too Catholic

A northern Italian town became a battlefield in the culture wars this weekend during a three-day international congress on traditional family values. ☩ Claire Giangravè at Crux

Mornings & Forgiveness

There is a mysterious serenity and peace in the early hours of dawn. . . ☩ Noel Ethan Tan at Ignitum Today

Pope Francis calls abuse crisis a ‘scourge’ in youth doc, omits ‘zero tolerance’

☩ Elise Harris at Crux

Unplanned: A Movie Review

☩ Donald R. McClarey, J.D., The American Catholic

Yes, I am Autistic -Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC

☩ Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, L.C., at Through Catholic Lenses

Saint Alphonsus Liguori’s 3 Rules for Fundraising

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

Ross Douthat’s Expanding Seamless Garment

In my experience of reading & listening to Douthat, he is at his best when discussing conservative politics & theory (on its own terms), or discussing Roman Catholicism (on its own terms). It is when he mixes the two that problems begin to arise. ☩ Charles C. Camosy at Church Life Journal

Lincoln Diocese Comes Clean On Abuse

Last summer, in the wake of the McCarrick scandal, Peter Mitchell, a laicized Catholic priest of the Lincoln, Nebraska, diocese, published an essay on this blog in which he alleged that Monsignor Leonard Kalin (d. 2008) had groomed seminarians sexually. . . ☩ Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

The Proper Response to the College Admissions Scandal

There are a number of problematical and troubling questions about the criminal investigation and prosecution spearheaded by the U.S. Attorney’s office for Massachusetts. ☩ Stephen M. Krason at Crisis Magazine

The Parisian Church of Notre Dame de Lorette

Today I wished to share with our readers some photographs of the beautiful Parisian church of Notre Dame de Lorette. ☩ Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Was the Early Church ‘Catholic’ or Just ‘Christian’?

Protestants often claim that the Church that Jesus founded was the “Christian Church,” not the Catholic Church. . . ☩ Jim Blackburn at Catholic Answers Magazine

“Little Places” and the Recovery of Civilization

It is mainly little places which permit the modesty of pace needed for long thoughts, & the conditions of closeness under which human beings begin to stand out & become distinct in their 1st & 2nd nature. These places are the veritable harbors of refuge & recovery for civilization. . . ☩ Eva Brann at The Imaginative Conservative

Assessing the Ethical (& Unethical) Implications of Artificial Intelligence

Pope Francis charges Vatican office to dedicate the next two years to AI study. ☩ Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register

Countering Identity Politics By Portraying the Father as a Gray-Haired Man

Contrary to what many might think, these images offer hope, not admonition, to radical feminists. ☩ David Clayton at New Liturgical Movement

Anti-Discrimination “Equality” Law Exemptions Do Not Lead to Fairness for All: An International Perspective

Although exemptions are often billed as a compromise, the evidence suggests that they will never be enough to satisfy those who think religious believers are discriminating and getting away with it. The “compromise” soon becomes a zero-sum game with only one winner. ☩ Paul Coleman at Public Discourse

Catholic Bible versus the Protestant Bible

☩ Joseph Pearce at Faith & Culture

Search No More – Off the Shelf 118 with Steve Hemler

☩ Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

Natural Right, Natural Law, & Leo Strauss

☩ Daniel McCarthy at Law & Liberty

What Will Our Bodies Be Like In Heaven? The Church Teaches These 4 Things

☩ ChurchPOP

The Anti-Christian Bigots Continue Their War on Chick-Fil-A

☩ Michael Brown, Ph.D., at The Stream

Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

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2 April AD 2019

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What Did Pope Francis Mean By His Remarks About ‘Proselytism?’

When read in context, Francis’ words were not as controversial as many media reports seemed to imply. ☩ Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register

To Cohabitate, or Not to Cohabitate; That is The Question

Celebrity couples live together, regular couples live together, if everyone’s cohabiting, that means there has to be some benefit to it, right? Not so fast. . . ☩ Rachel & Gregory Popcak, Ph.D., at Faith on the Couch

'Unplanned' Movie Interview With the Film’s Directors & Writers, Cary Solomon & Chuck Konzelman

. . .I first met Cary Solomon & Chuck Konzelman when they came to a talk I gave at Family Theater in Hollywood nearly 10 years ago. They have plied their trade in Hollywood for more than 25 years & in the process worked with the likes of Sylvester Stallone before they felt called to the faith based genre. . . ☩ Dave Hartline at The American Catholic

What If the Pope Commits Heresy?

I didn’t convert to Catholicism in the year 2,000 so I could keep my mouth shut and never deal with the truth ☩ Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity

How The So-Called Equality Act Threatens Speech, Religion, & Women’s Rights

Despite the universal appeal of the name and its noble promises, the act poses a major risk to those who value religious freedom, state independence, and women’s rights. ☩ Chad Felix Greene at The Federalist

His Excellency Bishop Edward Scharfenberger – Diocese of Albany

☩ Brian Fraga at Legatus Magazine

Ambiguous Catholics Revolt in San Franciso (Link Repaired)

☩ One Mad Mom (Link Repaired)

Are Abuse Scandals a Reason to Leave the Church?

☩ Dave Armstrong at National Catholic Register

Saint Alphonsus Liguori’s 3 Rules for Fundraising

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

Striving for Digital Minimalism: Why We Need a Human-Centric Approach to Technology

Technology promises to solve our problems, but it also creates new ones. That’s because we have failed to apply human-centric approaches to technology. We think in terms of productivity instead of human flourishing; connectivity instead of community. As a result, our tech use leaves us worse off than we were before—less free, less rested, less peaceful. ☩ Casey Chalk at Public Discourse

President Trump Will Nominate Amy Barrett When Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Seat Opens Up

Ginsburg, 86, is the oldest Supreme Court justice, and, though she has no plans to retire, many believe her health is poor after multiple battles with cancer and a recent extended absence from the court. ☩ Micaiah Bilger at Life News

Yale Law School Yanks Stipends From Students Who Work For Christian Firms

Yale has found a roundabout way to blacklist legal and nonprofit organizations that don't adhere to Yale’s understanding of gender identity. ☩ Aaron Haviland at The Federalist

Did Darwin get it wrong?

The ‘father of evolution’ as a Victorian gentleman and apologist for his class ☩ Carolyn Moynihan at Mercatornet

My Daughter Went Transgender; I Was Powerless to Stop Doctors From Harming Her

I am a mother whose daughter has identified as transgender since the age of 14. I love her, and I care deeply about her and other kids who identify as transgender. . . ☩ The Stream

The Catholic Press & American Comic Books

The Roman Catholic Church has used pictures in the last two thousand some years to impart its eternally descried truths to the laity. . . ☩ Joachim Brouwer at Catholic Stand

Challenging pope on multiple fronts, Bannon wants to train gladiators

. . .Steve Bannon has a proposition for you: How about spending a year in his new year-long institute in Italy, with the aim of emerging as a “gladiator” in the defense of Judeo-Christian civilization? ☩ Elise Harris & John L. Allen, Jr., at Crux

Marijuana: A wolf in sheep’s clothing

In the past, the tobacco industry reaped enormous profits while denying the harm of cigarettes. History must not repeat itself with a powerful cannabis lobby. ☩ Richard Fitzgibbons, M.D., at The Catholic World Report

Europe’s War on Christianity

☩ William Kilpatrick, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine

YouTube Revolution

☩ John Waters at First Things

Twitter Suspended “Unplanned” Movie’s Account, Then Its Followers Mysteriously Disappeared

☩ Micaiah Bilger at Life News

Unplanned—A Pro-Life Film That Doesn’t “Play It Safe”

☩ Monica Migliornio Miller at Crisis Magazine

Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

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1 April AD 2019

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Acting Boldly, Why We Need It For Healthy Parishes

No more playing it safe, indefinite, answers to commitments. Your yes means yes & your no means no. . . ☩ Under Thy Roof

Xinjiang: The Largest Outdoor Prison in the World

Under the pretext of “de-radicalization,” CCP has extended its control of the population in Xinjiang to every aspect of daily life. ☩ Xiang Yi at Bitter Winter

What Happens When A Parish Starts Perpetual Adoration

“The Catholic Church has always offered and still offers to the sacrament of the Eucharist the cult of adoration, not only during Mass, but also outside of it”. . . (Pope Paul VI) ☩ Patty Knap at National Catholic Register

Africa & the Blood of Christians

Religious persecution there is horrific. And America's military interventions have only made things worse. ☩ Doug Bandow at The American Conservative

Josephus, the first-century Jewish historian who wrote about Jesus -

"There was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works," he wrote in the year 93. ☩ John Burger at Aleteia

Will there ever be a pope from the United States?

here are numerous obstacles preventing an American from being elected to the papacy ☩ California Catholic Daily

On Conscience & Refraining from Communion

☩ Rob Marco at Catholic Stand

Orthodoxy: The ‘Equilibrium’ That Sets Us Free

☩ Dave Armstrong at National Catholic Register

Saint Alphonsus Liguori’s 3 Rules for Fundraising

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

This doctor wrote one last prescription on his way to execution During the Spanish Civil War

☩ Larry Peterson at Aleteia

Another Internet Atheist Distorts Christian Teaching & History

Oliver Waters has a problem with Western Civilization. You may not have heard of him, but that’s okay. He represents a self-congratulating group you’ll find everywhere in blogs and on Facebook, a group I call “internet atheists.” ☩ Tom Gilson at The Stream

Arizona home helps women rebuild lives after prison

Women leaving prison can face numerous challenges – from finding housing & employment despite a criminal record to repairing relationships with family members & friends. ☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Integralism, authority, & inequality

Notre Dame theology student Timothy Troutner has written a Brobdingnagian critique of integralism at Notre Dame’s Church Life Journal. Pater Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist., has responded, correctly identifying a desire to baptize anarchism at the heart of Troutner’s critique. Such a plan, however, is contrary to the consistent teaching of the Church from St. Augustine to St. Pius X. ☩ P.J. Smith at Semiduplex

Pope Francis Appoints French Patristics Scholar to Handle SSPX Talks

Msgr. Patrick Descourtieux, a former official at the now abolished Pontifical Commission ‘Ecclesia Dei,’ is a distinguished patristics scholar who is said to be sympathetic to the SSPX and traditional communities. ☩ Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register

The Battle for Rust Belt Catholicism

Catholicism has entered a dark period in America. The Church’s disgraceful handling of sexual-abuse scandals—with shocking new reports routinely emerging—plays a direct role in shrinking congregations and closed churches, especially in the Rust Belt. ☩ Charles F. McElwee at City Journal

Fugitive priest accused of abusing boy faces trial

A priest who was captured in Morocco after fleeing the U.S. decades ago is facing a federal trial on charges that he sexually abused a New Mexico boy in the early 1990s at an Air Force base & veterans’ cemetery. ☩ Associated Press via Crux

Transgender Ideology Is More Irrational Than You Realized

Trans people tell us reality is defined by what they identify as. Not only do they think of themselves as the opposite sex, but they really are the other sex. Reality itself changes to match their mental state. ☩ Tom Gilson at The Stream

Why do Roman Catholics kneel at Mass?

The physical posture is an ancient one, used by Christians since the very beginning. ☩ Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

13 Must-Have Resources for Brand New Catholic Parents

Maybe you’re a new parent & you’re feeling slightly overwhelmed at the task of raising little people & building a domestic church. Perhaps friend, siblings, or cousins of yours are new to this parenting thing & you want to help them out. Here are 13 resources for brand new Catholic parents! ☩ Chloe Langr at epicPew

The Liberal Hypocrisy On Sex

Prior to the sexual revolution, our society had a certain legal and moral consensus on sexual behaviour. Then certain factions in society started pushing for a cultural shift that produced the sexual revolution based on a desire to liberalize sexuality in western society. ☩ Brian Holdswarth at uCatholic

Catholic Thought & the Challenges of Our Time

☩ Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., at Public Discourse

Twitter Temporarily Suspended Unplanned Movie’s Account on Opening Weekend

☩ Mary Margaret Olohan at The Stream

“Unplanned” Ads Refused by HGTV, Hallmark Channel, & Other Major TV Networks

☩ ChurchPOP

Should Government Workers Have to Avoid Religious Symbols & Clothes?

☩ John Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Stream

Program aims to help Christian men kick pornography habit, ‘live a better life’

☩ Catholic News Service via Crux

Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

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31 March AD 2019

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Forgiveness Leads Us To Love As Christ Loves

. . .Oftentimes in our anger & suffering at the hands of others we forget that human beings are complex. . . ☩ Constance T. Hull at Catholic Exchange

Requirements of Conjugal Love: Blueprinting for a Lasting Marriage in Christ

The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines the Sacrament of Matrimony as a “matrimonial covenant, by which a man & a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life. . . ☩ Paul Chutikorn at Homiletic & Pastoral Review

How to Keep Our Eyes on Jesus Through the Crossroads of Life

In New York City years ago, there was a pastor in the Garment District who advertised his church as the “crossroads of the world”. . . ☩ Fr. George W. Rutler, Th.D., at Catholic Exchange

Four Prominent Converts Describe Their Journeys of Faith to the Catholic Church

Testimonies from Bishop James Conley, Mother Mary Augustine, Scott Sullivan & Msgr. Peter Wilkinson ☩ Jim Graves at National Catholic Register

Burying the Alleluias: Living Lent at Home

There are several “new” traditions that our families can adopt in order to bring more meaning to Lent. . . ☩ Cynthia Millen at Catholic Stand

Marian Consecration: Protection from Sin & Evil

Entrusting ourselves to Mary becomes especially real through the spiritual exercise of Marian Consecration as taught by Louis Marie de Montfort & Maximilian Kolbe. ☩ Kathleen Beckman at Catholic Exchange

“How Shall This Be?”: A Call to Humility for a New Pentecost

☩ Douglas G. Bushman at Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Five Steps to Begin Overcoming Bitterness

☩ Gregory Popcak, Ph.D., at Catholic Exchange

Islam in the Lex Orandi of the Old Roman Martyrology

☩ Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement

Mike Aquilina & Jim Papandrea Co-Authors Of “How Christianity Saved Civilization”

☩ Dan Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction

The Common Cross Of Anxiety

Some saints were as prone to worry & anxiety as the rest of us are. ☩ Charlie McKinney at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Zachary Thomas Reviews “Tradition & Sanity” by Peter Kwasniewski

For the millennial generation, the discovery of the old Mass has been like finding a pearl of great price, inexplicably boxed away in the attic. ☩ Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

The Theology of Stepfatherhood

EDach of us, all day – every day, are constantly searching how to find God & how to understanding who we are in relation to Him. ☩ David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info

The Problem with Prooftexts

It is not unusual to hear Protestants say that Catholics can’t prove their beliefs from the Bible. Although we do fine with the Trinity or the divinity of Christ, they say, when it comes to its distinctive doctrines Catholicism must depart from the Bible and rely on human tradition. ☩ Douglas M. Beaumont at Catholic Answers Magazine

Why do Catholics use crucifixes that show Jesus on the cross?

The use of crucifixes by Catholics follows an ancient tradition that honors the supreme sacrifice of Jesus. ☩ Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

New Resource: Online Commentaries on the Mass Propers & Readings of the Usus Antiquior

I am extremely excited to announce a new web resource that places many classic commentaries on the usus antiquior Sunday & Holy Day Masses at preachers' (& laity's) fingertips: Sermonry. ☩ Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement

A religious upbringing greatly helps adolescents

A Harvard study finds that actively religious parents have a lasting, positive effect. ☩ Arthur Goldberg at Mercatornet

How old was Mary when she was pregnant with Jesus?

The Virgin Mary was entrusted with an enormous task at an early age. ☩ Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Integralism & the Logic of the Cross

Objections to Integralism. . . ☩ Brother Edmund Waldstein, O. Cist., at Adoremus

Q&A Marriage Spirituality & The Domestic Church

What are some methods for couples to overcome distractions in prayer? . . . ☩ Dan Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Let’s Talk About Character

☩ Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

Banner in the Sky: One of the Best-kept Secrets in Children’s Literature

☩ Stephen FitzPatrick at Crisis Magazine

Our Diaconal Call: Accompanying Families Through Miscarriage or Stillbirth

☩ Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony & Dr. Sabine Heisman at Catholic Stand

How Mary Helped Political Commentator Sohrab Ahmari Find the Church

☩ Patti Maguire Armstrong at National Catholic Register

Reflection: A Necessity of the Spiritual Life

☩ Fr. Nicholas Blackwell, O. Carm., at Catholic Stand

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30 March AD 2019

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☩ Team Catholify

Islamic Terrorists Ramp up Attacks on Nigerian Christians

Islamic terrorists killed more than 120 Christians and burned dozens of homes in northern Nigeria in a series of attacks they have waged since February. ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram militants and Muslim Fulani tribesmen have hammered Christian villages in the Kaduna, Benue & Borno state, spurred on partly by Kaduna Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’s dubious claims that 133 people, mostly Fulani, were murdered on the eve of Nigeria’s presidential elections. ☩ Joshua Gill at The Stream

Cultural Catholicism

Mark is joined by Tricia Bruce to discuss the large swath of Americans who self-identify as “partially Catholic”—neither completely in nor completely out of the Church. ☩ Mark Bauerlein at First Things

Officially Uncompromising Catholic Photo

Years ago I heard an old bishop growl, “Meno chiacchiere – più processioni. . . . Less jabbering – more processions”. . . ☩ Fr. Z's Blog

Underground bishop, vicar general detained in China’s Hebei province

A bishop of the underground Church in China’s Hebei province and his vicar general were placed in detention this week, and a lay Catholic activist was jailed in Hong Kong. ☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Immoderate Desires: The Deadly Sin of Lust

Lust — is it even a sin anymore? ☩ Anthony S. Layne at Catholic Stand

Pope Francis Issues Child-Protection Laws for Vatican City State, Roman Curia

Under the new law, promulgated March 29, officials are obliged to report ‘without delay’ any knowledge or well-founded suspicion of abuse. ☩ Hannah Brockhaus at Catholic News Agency via National Catholic Register

Semana Santa in Seville, Spain: A Holy Week celebration like no other

☩ V.M. Traverso at Aleteia

Saint Alphonsus Liguori’s 3 Rules for Fundraising

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

How popes have addressed the conquest of the Americas

☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

One Less Day From Dying Young

☩ Kat Larson at Ignitum Today

Sohrab Ahmari’s Modern-Day Confessions

New York Post op-ed editor, Sohrab Ahmari, was twelve years old when he proclaimed himself an atheist. Angry about various things in his life, and alienated by the re-Islamization of his native Iran, he decided to curse God. . . ☩ Julia Meloni at Crisis Magazine

Copyright & Moral Right

A recent article on The Guardian tells us that novelist Francis Spufford has penned an unauthorized sequel to C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series that may never see the light of publication, which is sparking a small flurry of debate about copyright. ☩ Jonathan McDonald at Dappled Things

What is Education?

I urge you to answer this question for yourself before you read on. I myself am constantly reformulating my answer and expanding on what is education and how we can do it, as I watch my children grow. ☩ Julie Machado at Catholic Stand

St. John Paul II’s Record of Combating Abuse Is Defended by His Longtime Secretary

Cardinal Dziwisz: Pope’s actions are ‘reference for all those committed to fighting against the crime of sexual abuse of minors by clerics.’ ☩ Catholic News Agency via National Catholic Register

Calling a Spade a Spade: ‘Recomposing’ Human Remains Promotes Sacrilege

Commentary: Because his body is the body of a person — a human person redeemed by Christ, who ‘became flesh and lived among us’ — that body is sacred, a temple of the Holy Spirit, a sacramental. ☩ John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at National Catholic Register

The Politically Incorrect Francis—14 Shocking Statements

Let’s be honest. Actually, let’s state the obvious. Many orthodox Catholics have had it with Pope Francis, as have non-Catholic conservatives who liked previous popes. . . ☩ Paul Kengor, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine

“Are You Catholic or Christian?”: 10 Things Catholics Are Sick of Hearing

How often do you hear these misconceptions about the Catholic Church? ☩ ChurchPOP

An Early Medieval Biblical Narrative - The Story of Susanna Carved in a Crystal

Saturday of the Third Week of Lent is the day on which the Roman Rite traditionally reads the longest epistle of the year, the story of Susanna in the thirteenth chaper of the book of Daniel; I have previously written on the history of this passage’s liturgical use. ☩ Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

The Genuine Art of the Processional Banner

We haven't yet had the opportunity to give much consideration to the world of the processional banner where the liturgical arts are concerned & today I wished to begin to remedy this omission ☩ Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Podcast: Evangelizing & Morality: Birth Control & Same-Sex Attraction

☩ Dave VanVickle & Michael Gormley at Every Knee Must Bow

Order of Malta Pushing Gay Heroes in Comics

☩ The Eponymous Flower

Notes on The Gates of Hell

☩ Maureen Mullarkey at Studio Matters

Vicious letter to a young, faithful priest

☩ Fr. Z's Blog

Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

Six Ornamental Cope Hoods

☩ Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

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29 March AD 2019

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☩ Team Catholify

Declining Sacramental Life of the Church an Alarming Trend

Regular churchgoers have known for a while now that Mass attendance is not what it used to be. . . ☩ Msgr. Robert Batule at Crisis Magazine

Catholic Churches Are Being Desecrated Throughout France and the Authorities do Not Know Why

Since early February, vandals desecrated more than a dozen Catholic Churches throughout France. They’ve looted, burned, destroyed statues, threw consecrated hosts all over the floors, and marked a cross on the wall with human feces. ☩ ChurchPOP

Liturgical Beauty and Joyful Evangelization

The experience of the Tridentine Mass ☩ Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Highlighting Same-Sex Attraction Is a Mistake

The orthodox Catholic blogosphere has duly noted the mostly same-sex nature of the scandals plaguing the Catholic Church. . . ☩ Peter Jermann at Crisis Magazine

Google, Amazon & Other Corporate Giants Target Texas Religious Protection Bills

Google, Amazon, IBM and Texas businesses banded together to oppose several Texas bills offering religious exemptions to businesses and state license holders. ☩ Joshua Gill at The Stream

In Defense of Distributism

Some of the worst critics of Distributism are Catholics, and by that I mean Catholics who give a free pass to the Laissez-faire mindset of the Austrian school of economics. ☩ Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity

Saint Alphonsus Liguori’s 3 Rules for Fundraising

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

The fascinating history of the “We adore you, O Christ” prayer from the Stations of the Cross

☩ Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Texas Bill Protects Doctors’ & Lawyers’ Religious Liberty

☩ Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, L.C., at Through Catholic Lenses

RIP Ring-gate

☩ Fr. Z's Blog

A ‘God Problem’ at the New York Times

When I saw that the New York Times had published an argument against the existence of God with a URL that contained the phrase “philosophy-God-omniscience,” it brought out my inner Catholic-apologist-geek. . . ☩ Trent Horn at Catholic Answers Magazine

Remains Found in Kansas Identified as Missing Priest

The Comanche County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that human remains found in a pasture are those of Father Marvin Reif, a Catholic priest who has been missing for two years. ☩ Cloe Langr at epicPew

Hatred of Christians Lead to Support of Sexual Minorities?

We generally believe that those who support LGBT rights dislike Christians because of their opposition to progressive sexual values. But a new study suggests that animosity toward Christians actually causes support for sexual minorities. ☩ George Yancey, Ph.D., at Public Discourse

The argument over Pope Pius XII’s response to the Holocaust is political, not historical

Pius XII did what he believed was right, and Jewish leaders after the war praised him lavishly for it. ☩ Russell Shaw at The Catholic World Report

Amazon Still Gives Southern Poverty Law Center Veto Power Over Charity Program

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s ongoing crisis hasn’t cost the left-wing nonprofit its privileged status with Amazon, which gives the SPLC broad authority to determine which charities and nonprofits can participate in its AmazonSmile charity program. ☩ Peter Hasson at The Stream

Finding My Voice To Speak Against Abortion

. . .But it’s wisdom born of pain. . . ☩ Betty Parquette at Catholic Stand

She Opened the Legislative Session With the ‘J-Word’

The modern virtue-signalers are expressing outrage again. ☩ Jeffrey S. Trimbath at The Stream

Stop Apologizing for Being Catholic

When I talk about Catholicism with my colleagues who are repping the St. Benedict medal and Rosary hanging in their car, I don’t witness apologetics; I witness apologies. Why? ☩ Zach Blodgett at ChurchPOP

Sympathy for a Lesser Devil

It is grievously erroneous to see John Milton’s Paradise Lost as a Christian work. ☩ Joseph Pearce at National Catholic Register

Introducing the Work of Benedicamus

Continuing on with our considerations of late of new vestment work, I recently came across a Polish vestment maker, Benedicamus, whose work has caught my attention. ☩ Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Would you like some scripture with your Minecraft?

The popular sandbox building game has become a medium for telling biblical narratives. ☩ J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

Archbishop Wilton Gregory asked to lead Washington archdiocese

☩ J.D. Flynn, J.C.L., & Ed Condon, J.C.L., at Catholic News Agency via National Catholic Register

Who can become an exorcist?

☩ Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

LA Religious Education Conference draws protesters

☩ California Catholic Daily

Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

Commitment to Change

☩ Noel Ethan Tan at Ignitum Today

Catholics Should Be Wary of ‘Elite’ Colleges

☩ Patrick Reilly at National Catholic Register

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28 March AD 2019

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☩ Team Catholify

An open letter to Cardinal Reinhard Marx

Your Eminence, the German Church — the Catholicism of my ancestors — is dying. ☩ George Weigel at The Catholic World Report

The Pope and the Pendulum: The First Mechanical Clock Was a Medieval Catholic Invention

The clock reveals to us the passage of time, but telling time wasn’t always as easy as it is today: from sundials to the hourglass, no method was very accurate until the first mechanical clock – a medieval Catholic invention by Pope Sylvester II. ☩ Billy Ryan at uCatholic

Marian Blue, Gold & White Vestments from Benedicamus

For those who admire blue vestments for Marian feasts but who do not live within locales where this privilege is available, take heart, there are some options available to you that remain within both the letter and spirit of the law. ☩ Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

What’s Really Behind the Vatican Newspaper Controversy?

Andrea Monda said he did not interfere in the printing of the monthly companion magazine Donna Chiesa Mondo (Women Church World), in the wake of the resignation of the founder of the multilingual magazine, Lucetta Scaraffia, and its all-female board. ☩ Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register

How secularization is killing middle America

Tim argues that the root cause of our problems; crumbling families, despair, political dysfunction, is the erosion of community and local, civil institutions, most especially church. ☩ Caroline Roberts at Acton Institute Powerblog

How to eliminate 99% of all poverty

☩ Rev. Ben Johnson at Acton Institute Powerblog

Following up: might cardinals have been authorized to disclose conclave secrets?

☩ Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture

Where do exorcists go to school?

☩ Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Catholic Modesty

☩ Jacinta Boudreau at Ignitum Today

What Became of the Spirit of the Liturgy? Implementation of Sacrosanctum Concilium A.D. 1963—1965

Considering that so much of the debate about liturgy today is concerned with the rite of Mass itself—Ordinary vs. Extraordinary form, or the merits of proposed changes in the rite—the following statement from a book by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI) may be surprising ☩ Susan Benofy at Adoremus

Hack Your Way to Holiness – Off the Shelf 117 with Patti Maguire Armstrong

Leading a holy life doesn’t have to be difficult. Simply put we just need to persevere. ☩ Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

The mental health crisis among America’s youth is real – & staggering

Social media has drastically restructured their daily lives. ☩ Jean Twenge at Mercatornet

Jim Caviezel gave what may be the greatest Catholic address of the 21st century

The famed actor of 'The Passion of the Christ' called for the next generation to “send Lucifer straight back to hell.” ☩ J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

Book review: 'Rethinking Poverty' by James P. Bailey

Although the book shares the same title as Barry Knight’s Rethinking Poverty, Bailey’s argument takes a markedly different approach. He starts from the premise that the role of assets and asset-building has been vastly undervalued in the development of public policy on poverty and addressing the needs of the most vulnerable in society. ☩ Andrei Rogobete at Transatlantic Blog via Acton Institute

Science Is Never Settled

In his 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore promotes the view that anthropogenic (man-made) global warming (AGW) is fact and has caused nearly every malady in recent history from hurricane Katrina to the spread of malaria. . . ☩ Regis Nicoll at Crisis Magazine

A natural fertility app is found to be as effective as other family planning methods -

A first-of-its-kind prospective study. ☩ Shannon Roberts at Mercatornet

“Strive” offers men a challenging, unique 21-day detox from porn

The STRIVE program, says Bill Donaghy, is a “progressive journey for men, taking them deeper into their own lives and then out into the wider circles of accountability and fraternity.” ☩ Jim Graves at The Catholic World Report

The Catholic Position on the Electoral College

Is there a Catholic position on the Electoral College? Is there a “Catholic algebra” or a “Catholic chemistry”? ☩ Deacon James H. Toner at Crisis Magazine

Saint Patrick the Musical

☩ Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

New University of Dallas President Focuses on Rigorous Scholarship, Fidelity, Shared Governance

☩ Carl E. Olson at Catholic World Report

Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

The More Children a Woman Has, the More Slowly She Will Age, Study Suggests

☩ Claudia Harmata at People Magazine

Pope Leo XIII Teaches Fundraising

☩ CatholicFundraiser.net

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27 March AD 2019

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☩ Team Catholify

The Ancient Mass in “House Churches” Was Not as Informal as Many Think

These “houses” were usually rather sizable, with a central courtyard or large room that permitted something a little more formal than Mass around the dining room table. ☩ Mark Rothe at Community in Mission

Did Maltese Archbishop Propose a Preferential Option for Gays?

The recently concluded Vatican summit on clerical sexual abuse did not prove disappointing to the many Catholics who had no expectation that it would address the main source of the problem: active homosexuality among clerics. . . ☩ Jeffrey Tranzillo, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine

Evangelizing the bayou: This Poor Friars Priest Canoes a call to church

"The Lord’s voice resounding over the waters" - Psalm 29:3. ☩ J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

The Holy Spirit’s Guide To Correcting Error In The Church – Video

Is there a way that the Holy Spirit has specifically revealed to deal with false teaching in the Church? It is important to note that this video is NOT about the current abuse crisis but rather about false teaching in the Church & how to deal with it in a manner in keeping to the clear admonitions in the New Testament. ☩ Dan Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction

What Should We Make of Bishop Barron?

Bishop Barron: The Hit-And-Miss Prelate ☩ Jonathan B. Coe at Crisis Magazine

What I Believe "Real" Evangelization Looks Like

I believe so many souls – especially young people – are searching for “the answer.” They are looking everywhere, and coming up empty. And, I believe with all my heart, mind, soul and strength that the answer begins with walking through the door of “Fear of the Lord.” ☩ Fr. Richard Heilman at Roman Catholic Man

Lenten Gardening: The Examen, Mortification & the Practice of the Opposing Virtue

☩ Suellen Brewster at Catholic Stand

Interesting: Dominus Iesus Vs. God Wills Diversity Of Religion

☩ Fr. John Hunwicke at Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment

Catholics & The Kissing Of Rings. . . Or Not; Wherein Fr. Z Rants

☩ Fr. Z's Blog

Pierre Manent on Machiavelli, Luther, & the Eclipse of the Natural Law

For most participants in modern political discourse, human rights are real and natural law is not. . . ☩ Nathaniel Peters, Ph.D., at Law & Liberty

Manufacturing The Postmodern Child

In his conversation with Sir Roger Scruton, Jordan Peterson mentioned that in his native Ontario, elementary school teachers are teaching children a postmodern approach to literature. . . ☩ Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

Fr. Carl Reid appointed Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross

Pope Francis today named Fr. Carl Reid, the dean of the Canadian deanery of St. John the Baptist of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, Ordinary of Australia’s Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.. ☩ Deborah Gyapong at The Anglicanorum Coetibus Society

A Whole New World: Readings for Laetare Sunday

The Fourth Sunday of Lent is known as “Laetare Sunday,” from the Latin Introit of the Mass, “Laetare Jerusalem,” “Rejoice, O Jerusalem” (Isa 66:10). ☩ John Bergsma, Ph.D. at The Sacred Page

Blacklisting Chick-fil-A

In San Antonio, a popular fast-food chain becomes the target of a progressive crusade. ☩ Mark Pulliam at City Journal

Is Easter a Pagan Celebration?

There is a thread of radical Protestant Fundamentalism that likes to attack traditional Christian celebrations — particularly Christmas and Easter. . . ☩ Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity

New Catholic women’s organization arrives with a bang

First FemCatholic conference hosts Chicago gathering of 400+. ☩ Theresa Civantos Barber at Aleteia

Religious superiors can now dismiss members for desertion

☩ Catholic News Agency via California Catholic Daily

Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

Jesuit-run homosexualist Amerika’s latest pro-sodomy blasphemy

☩ Fr. Z's Blog

Pope Leo XIII Teaches Fundraising

☩ CatholicFundraiser.net

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26 March AD 2019

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☩ Team Catholify

Cardinal Sarah: “The Church is dying because the shepherds are afraid of speaking with truth & clarity,”

The Church is living a “mystery of treason,” a “mystery of Judas”, Curia Cardinal Robert Sarah writes in his new book “Le soir approche et déjà le jour baisse” (Fayard), ☩ Mark Lambert at De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

Politicizing pediatrics: how transgender guidelines undermine trust in medical authority

The American Academy of Pediatrics is prioritizing the opinion of a five-year-old over the judgment of the child’s parents. ☩ Leonard Sax at Mercatornet

Bring your parish back to life: here’s how

Mass attendance is up 12 percent, income has more than doubled at Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco ☩ Fr. Joseph Illo at Catholic Herald via California Catholic Daily

Cardinals violating their vows: a ho-hum story?

America magazine is running a story about the conclave of 2013. The story— excerpted from the forthcoming The Election of Pope Francis, by Gerard O’Connell— includes a precise account of the voting on the cardinals’ first ballot. ☩ Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture

Pope Francis promotes a pervert - everyone just shrugs

. . .one of the stand out moments of the Vatican cringe-a-thon Abuse Summit was a journalist from Crux asked how can we believe that this is the end of cover-ups, "when at the end of the day, Pope Francis himself covered-up for a Bishop in Argentina who had gay porn on his phone". . . ☩ Mark Lambert at De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

Morocco’s hidden Christians see pope trip as a chance to push for freedom

☩ Ahmed Eljechtimi at Reuters

Structures, traditions, & hierarchical accountability

☩ Adam A.J. DeVille, Ph.D., at The Catholic World Report

Under pressure, UK to reconsider asylum application of Iranian Christian

☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Your Closet: More Chant Less Chaos

☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

City Votes to Make Itself a “Sanctuary City” for Unborn Babies

A New Mexico city voted to become a “sanctuary” for unborn babies last week in response to pro-abortion Democrats’ push to expand late-term abortions. ☩ Micaiah Bilger at Life News

Should You Kiss The Pope's Ring?

. . .for some reason this video that has surfaced on Twitter showing Pope Francis deliberately refusing to allow people to kiss his papal ring has got me riled up. ☩ Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Cardinal Danneels, Euthanizer Of Belgian Catholicism

His period in office saw an unparalleled decline in the Church’s fortunes, with the influence of the once mighty Belgian Church reduced to insignificance. Danneels was also implicated in the cover-up of child abuse, but despite this he enjoyed the confidence of Pope Francis to the end. ☩ Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

The Resurrection of Realism, Beauty Will Save the World

It is not a coincidence that the very last thing we ever expect to see in church is modern art or an abstract painting, such as a blank page, a single brick, or splashes of paint, as some sort of “intellectual” revelation to massage one’s ego. Why? Many would immediately answer that it just does not belong there, and they are right, it doesn’t. ☩ Igor V. Babailov at Faith & Culture

Men Inspiring Men: The Amazing Knights of Divine Mercy Schola Cantorum

This year, my Knights of Divine Mercy Schola Cantorum have been invited to sing for the closing Mass for the 2019 Men of Christ Conference, on March 30 in Milwaukee. Somewhere between 3,000-4,000 men will gather with Archbishop Listecki & many other priests to call men to Strength & Courage. . . ☩ Fr. Richard Heilman at Roman Catholic Man

Inside The (Southern) Poverty (Law Center or SPLC) Palace

A lot of people have known for a while that the Southern Poverty Law Center is an extremely effective grifting operation. ☩ Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

The Role of Sacred Music in Catholic Education

Although there’s nothing in it about Roman weather or the various sites you might like to visit on a trip to the Vatican, French journalist Frédéric Martel’s In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy is a curious sort of Baedeker to the ins and outs of the Vatican City State. ☩ Jennifer Donelson at New Liturgical Movement

God’s Trunk Show: An Apologia for Glorious, Priestly Vestments

. . .The Mass is also an anticipation of and participation with the heavenly worship in the throne room of God. . . . ☩ Fr. Michael Rennier at Adoremus

Altarworthy & Jasper Artisans Guild Vestment Collaboration

It is very rare anymore that one might feature something relatively 'novel' in approach, yet still distinctly traditional. ☩ Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Quæritur: How early can the Easter Vigil begin?

Since this night is the most important of the year, you want to get it right. Right? That includes the right time when the rite is to begin. The symbolism of the light in darkness is important to the meaning of the rite. And the purpose of our liturgical rites is to have an encounter with mystery. The signs and symbols are important. ☩ Fr. Z's Blog