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FRIDAY EDITION

12 April AD 2019

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University of Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins Rejects Porn Ban, While Students Approve Filter at Catholic University of America

Countless students at the University of Notre Dame & the Catholic University of America asked their administrations to block pornography from the campus internet system. . . ☩ ChurchPOP

Catholic schools should affirm the person, not gender ideology, scholars advise

Amid questions at some Catholic schools about how to approach problems related to LGBT identity, philosophy professors told CNA that Catholic schools must remain true to their mission of helping parents to raise their children in the faith. ☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Rome's 'Holy Stairs' Uncovered for the First Time in 300 years

According to tradition, the stairs were brought to Rome by St. Helena in the 4th century. ☩ Hannah Brockhaus at Catholic News Agency via National Catholic Register

Killing Catholicism: The Drama Of Self-Murder at a University Run By Jesuits

Here’s news from the world of Catholic higher education. . . ☩ Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

The ball is now in the bishops’ court

It has become increasingly clear that the crisis, although involving the abuse scandal and the bishops’ response, is a far larger matter that raises profound issues of authority, accountability, and participatory decision-making. ☩ Russell Shaw at The Catholic World Report

Voluntarism, a Critical Error of Our Times

Part of the reason for the mess we’re in today is a philosophy called voluntarism. Some mistake this word for volunteerism. . . ☩ Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

Benedict’s Analysis: What impressed me most

☩ Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture

Fr. Raymond Thomas de Saint-Laurent, Confidence, & How to Fundraise

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

The Solid, Slightly Out-of-Season Christian Case for Religious Liberty

☩ Steven D. Smith at Public Discourse

What Christians should know about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

☩ Joe Carter at Acton Institute Powerblog

Fear and Indecision Will Kill the Local Church — Boldness Will Save It

True ministry is about tending the flock, not punching a clock. Churches need brave leaders now more than ever. ☩ Matthew Sewell at National Catholic Register

The Medical Scandal that the Mainstream Media Ignores

Over the past few years, media stories about “transgender” kids have become increasingly common, but critical questions are seldom asked. . . ☩ Katherine Cave at Public Discourse

G.K. Chesterton and the Renewal of Catholic Education

“The whole point of education is that it should give a man abstract and eternal standards by which he can judge material and fugitive standards.” ☩ Joseph Pearce at National Catholic Register

Watch: Twitter Official Can’t Answer Why It Deemed Pro-Life Quote From Mother Teresa “Hate Speech”

At the Senate Judiciary hearing on April 10, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) grilled Facebook and Twitter on their censorship policies, especially of conservative and pro-life content during the Senate Judiciary hearing on April 10. ☩ Corinne Weaver at Life News

Why religion is not going away & science will not destroy it

Secularism has failed to continue its steady global march ☩ Peter Harrison, Ph.D., at Mercatornet

George Weigel on the Church’s Answer to Cultural Woes

The writer enthralled listeners in New Haven as he gave insights into these times and the Church’s answer to them. ☩ Joseph Pronechen at National Catholic Register

The Abandonment of Professional Ethics, Individual Nurses, & the Patient

The American Nurses Association Draft Position Statement on nursing and assisted suicide completely upends the proper role of nurses, leaving those who object without support. ☩ Stephen J. Heaney, Ph.D., Dianne Johnson, Sarah Spangenberg, & Patrick G. Spencer at Public Discourse

It’s Not Enough to Listen to the Young

In his new exhortation on youth, Christus Vivit (Christ is Alive), Pope Francis returns again and again to the theme that the Church must listen to the young. . . ☩ William Kilpatrick, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine

The Guy Behind the Cute Alien Comics is Pro-Life & Now Abortion Activists are Trashing Him

Abortion advocates (at least on twitter) are now so extreme that a cartoonist tweeting two years ago that he was glad his girlfriend wasn’t aborted is the most heinous crime they can imagine. ☩ SPUC via Life News

Science & the Existence of God

Many atheists and agnostics are fond of asking for scientific proof of God’s existence. . . ☩ J.P. Nunez at Catholic Stand

Editorial: Benedict XVI’s essay is both insightful & incomplete

☩ Carl E. Olson at The Catholic World Report

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☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

Pope Francis Issues New Norms for Personal Ordinariates

☩ Peter Jesserer Smith at National Catholic Register

A public “Amoris Laetitia” celebration of getting around adultery

☩ Fr. Z's Blog

The Reformation’s Legacy in the Birthplace of Calvinism

☩ Casey Chalk at Crisis Magazine

If I Become Catholic, What Happens To My Marriage

☩ Cathy Caridi, J.C.L., at Canon Law Made Easy

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11 April AD 2019

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Benedict & The Scandal

I often find myself envying unbelievers: Does not contemporary history provide abundant evidence that Catholics are a mentally inferior species? Their rush to conform to the opinion about Catholicism held by rationalist secularists is stunning. ☩ Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., at First Things

My Initial reaction to Benedict XVI’s latest essay: a cri de coeur

Benedict doesn’t give specific, curiosity pleasing solutions and he left a lot of things unsaid. . . ☩ Fr. Z's Blog

In Academia as in Government, Personnel Is Policy

News is that Providence College, where I taught for 27 years, will be getting a new president in 2020. ☩ Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine

Jesus Cheered, Then Killed: Palm/Passion Sunday C

This Sunday’s readings might seem bipolar or schizophrenic. We begin Mass with exultant cheering as we relive Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. . . ☩ John Bergsma, Ph.D., at The Sacred Page

Benedict’s powerful message & the bid to suppress it

. . .Benedict has spoken out dramatically, with a 6,000-word essay on sexual abuse that has been described as a sort of post-papal encyclical. ☩ Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture

Benedict XVI Breaks His Silence on the Catholic Church’s Sex-Abuse Crisis

In a German-language essay published Thursday, the pope emeritus provides a way forward. ☩ Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register

Benedict Speaks

Sex, scandal, the Church, and a general atmosphere of disintegration: That’s the main focus of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s unexpected intervention into today’s unhappy Church politics. ☩ R.R. Reno at First Things

Indian Bishop Formally Charged With Rape

Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar, India, maintains his innocence. ☩ Catholic News Agency via National Catholic Register

Why is Facebook censoring a conference on Christianity and religious freedom?

. . .is intolerance of Christians slowly creeping into our western societies? ☩ Augusto Zimmerman at Spectator Australia

Fr. Raymond Thomas de Saint-Laurent, Confidence, & How to Fundraise

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

Animi caussa: Some spittle-flecked nutty lib reactions to Benedict XVI’s latest

☩ Fr. Z's Blog

Nicaraguan bishop to leave for Rome as threats against him increase

☩ David Agren at Catholic News Service

Chinese Authorities Raze Catholic Church Building, According to Video

☩ Simon Roughneen at National Catholic Register

Full text of Benedict's Sex Scandal Essay

☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

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☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

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TVESDAY EDITION

9 April AD 2019

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Bitter Easter in China, In the Game With Rome, a Blowout for Beijing

The Chinese regime is also applying its agreement with the Holy See this way. With the bulldozer that under police escort razes to the ground on April 4 the building of a parish in Qianyang, which had on its top floor a room for the Mass & on the ground floor a free clinic for the poor, run by nuns. ☩ Sandro Magister at Settimo Cielo via L'Espresso

Christus Vivit: The Good, the Banal, & the Exasperating

The recently released Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation contains many good things, but is also filled with passages that are overwrought, exaggerated, & lacking. ☩ Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas at The Catholic World Report

The Veils of Passiontide

In the traditional Roman liturgical calendar, the final two weeks before Easter Sunday are known as Passiontide and a beautiful tradition unfolds at this time whereby statues and other sacred images are veiled. ☩ Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Do Congregations Dwindle Because “People Don’t Understand What’s Going On”?

At the often amusing & generally tendentious blog called PrayTell, Msgr. M. Francis Mannion offered readers a theory about why liturgy must be in the vernacular. In short, unless people can understand the words of the rite, attendance is sure to dwindle at an alarming rate! ☩ Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement

How Socialists Will Usher In a New Hell on Earth

Americans are a generous people ready to lend a hand to those in need. When God blesses us with prosperity, we naturally want to practice acts of charity to help the less fortunate. However, this charitable spirit is now threatened. ☩ John Horvat, II, at Crisis Magazine

Building Catholic Culture (Podcast)

☩ Joseph Pearce & Jared Staudt at Faith & Culture

Tithing: What, Why, Where

☩ Susanna Parent at Blessed is She

St. Francis de Sales shares his secret to fundraising

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

Evidence of Christianity Is Not Evidence of Bias against Americans with Same-Sex Attraction

☩ David French at National Review

Franciscan University President Resigns

Father Sean Sheridan will remain in the post until a successor is found. ☩ Ed Condon, J.C.L., at Catholic News Agency via National Catholic Register

Abortion extremism triggers major backlash across America

Politicians are helping Planned Parenthood advance a more radical abortion agenda ☩ Sheila Liaugminas at Mercatornet

Who is this “We” You Speak Of (John Allen?)

One of the more irritating aspects of contemporary pop public discourse is the obsession with the first person plural as a propaganda and marketing tool that manipulates the reader into a bemused, concerned & totally false community. . . ☩ Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was Both

‘You’re a hater’: the fashionable slander

It shuts down all dialogue and turns good people into pariahs ☩ Michael Cook at Mercatornet

“Unplanned” Movie Stays in Top 10 With Surprisingly Strong 2nd Week at Box Office

The film earned an estimated $3.2 million after expanding to 1,515 screens. The controversial film about Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood clinic director-turned-pro-life advocate, beat industry predictions again with a per screen average of $2,111. ☩ Steven Ertelt at Life News

Pete Buttigieg & The Religious Left

So, it looks like the Religious Left might have found its candidate ☩ Rod Dreher at The American Conservative

Beto O'Rourke & the eating-holy-dirt story is actually about a Catholic shrine in New Mexico

The story began to filter out a few weeks ago: How failed U.S. Senate (for Texas) and now U.S. presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke went off to find himself earlier this year and, in the process, imbibed “magical dirt” in New Mexico. ☩ Julia Duin at Get Religion

The downside of paid family leave: Denmark

As Republicans unveil plans for compulsory paid family leave, they would be well instructed to see how such policies have hurt women’s employment prospects. ☩ Rev. Ben Johnson at Transatlantic Blog via Acton Institute

When a Homosexual Episcopalian Calls Trump’s Christianity ‘Hypocritical’

☩ Michael Brown, Ph.D., at The Stream

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☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

A Timeless History – Off the Shelf 119 with Steve Weidenkopf

☩ Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

An Accounting

☩ Noel Ethan Tan at Ignitum Today

The Safe World: Protection & Dignity for All

☩ Paul Kniaz at Catholic Stand

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MONDAY EDITION

8 April AD 2019

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‘No backdoors, no end-runs’: U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo vows total end to foreign aid for abortion

Mike Pompeo has said the Trump administration is doing its “level best” to prevent foreign aid dollars reaching organizations that perform abortions, and was looking to close “loopholes” in the current system. ☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Author Accuses Honduran Cardinal of ‘Betrayal’ and ‘Cover-Up’ in New Book

Oscar Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga was once close friends with Martha Alegria Reichmann, author of the Spanish-language Traiciones Sagradas (Sacred Betrayal). ☩ Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register

Why Unplanned Is a Hit, While Other Great Pro-Life Films Weren’t

Roger Ebert famously called films “empathy generating machines.” Unplanned is a powerful, tragic, beautiful, hope-filled instance of that. It is impossible to leave the theater without a profound understanding of how painful abortion is for women. ☩ John Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Stream

Epic Fight for Life: Pro-Life Victories Amid the Struggle

Editorial: The cause of life is gaining new followers and new momentum. ☩ The Editors at National Catholic Register

Is Vatican II Irrelevant Now?

Is Vatican II irrelevant now in the seventh year of Francis’s pontificate? In one respect, yes; in another, no. Neither explanation is what one might expect at first glance. ☩ David G. Bonagura, Jr., at Crisis Magazine

Are we too casual at Mass?

“If a non-Catholic witnessed my behavior before, during, and after Mass, would they know what I believed?” ☩ Joannie Watson at Integrated Catholic Life™

How Christianity Led to Science

☩ Brian Holdsworth at uCatholic

St. Francis de Sales shares his secret to fundraising

☩ Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

Have We Forgotten a Priest’s Role? The Real Reason for Crisis in the Priesthood, According to a Catholic Priest

☩ ChurchPOP

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☩ Meghan Ashley Styling

L’Arche: Failures are ‘systemic’ in NHS treatment of the disabled

The international federation L’Arche says that a British hospital’s mistreatment of a man with Down syndrome in the weeks leading up to his death point to systemic faults in the medical care of the disabled, especially within the UK’s National Health Service. ☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Science Without God: Researchers’ Bold Usurpation of Divine Authority

The scientific and therapeutic use of human embryonic stem cells is always wrong. ☩ Kathy Schiffer at National Catholic Register

Emails show Planned Parenthood behind California rule to make churches pay for abortions

A 2014 California rule forcing religious groups, including churches, to cover elective abortions for employees was the result of direct pressure from Planned Parenthood, internal emails have shown. ☩ Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Introducing Pluriarte

Pluriarte specializes in vestments in the French, Italian and Spanish traditions, showing influences, in both form and design, that span the 17th through 19th centuries. ☩ Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Analysis: Gregory, Apuron, ‘zero tolerance,’ & pontifical secrets

Catholics who want to see how the U.S. Church will handle clerical sexual abuse, writes JD Flynn, will be watching Archbishop Gregory. But those interested in what Pope Francis will do should also carefully watch the case of Archbishop Apuron. ☩ J.D. Flynn, J.C.L., at Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Serial vandal targets the Virgin Mary in California

St. Margaret Mary's Catholic Church is the second victim of vandalism in one month. ☩ J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

Mind, Heart & Soul Notes: Catholic Converts & the Witness of Faith-Filled Friendships

Book Pick: Mind, Heart, and Soul: Intellectuals and the Path to Rome ☩ Nicholas Senz at National Catholic Register

Pro-Life Welfare is a Bad Idea

Rather than focusing on wealth transfers to the poor, we should seek to cultivate conditions that enable people to flourish through their own actions and relationships. ☩ David Talcott, Ph.D., at Public Discourse

Can you doubt that 2 + 3 = 5?

In his first Meditation, Descartes famously tries to push doubt as far as he can, in the hope of finding something that cannot be doubted and will thus provide a suitable foundation for the reconstruction of human knowledge. ☩ Edward Feser, Ph.D.

The Future of Catholic Education (Podcast)

. . .the fate of Catholic schools in America and the work of the Catholic Education Foundation ☩ Mark Bauerlein & Fr. Peter Stravinskas at First Things

Mount St. Mary’s University Urged to Rescind Commencement Honors Invitation

☩ Newman Society

Is President Trump Offensive or Just Masculine?

☩ Julie Machado at Catholic Stand

Transitions

☩ Nicholas Lye at Ignitum Today

Pius XII Was Not “Hitler’s Pope;” The Nazi Persecution Of The Church

☩ Daniel Demers at Catholic Stand

The Realism of Moral Manuals

☩ Fr. B. Jerabek, J.C.L., at Dilexi decorem domus Domini

Fatima, Prayer & the Liberal Left

☩ David Torkington at Catholic Stand

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7 April AD 2019

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The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy

There is a picture of envy in the First Book of Samuel: Upon David’s return from slaying Goliath, the women sing a song praising him. Saul should rejoice with all Israel but instead he is resentful and envies David ☩ Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

“Watchmen of the Night” : A Documentary about Le Barroux

Here is a really wonderful documentary, narrated in French with English subtitles, about the abbey of Le Barroux, called “Watchmen of the Night” ☩ Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Fasting Can Be Good for Your Morale

Penitential fasting can curb our selfishness and teach us to rely on God alone. ☩ Elizabeth Anderson at National Catholic Register

Lent With St. Francis

Saint Francis left behind him 28 admonitions for his brothers. . . ☩ Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust

The word lust is most often used to refer to excessive or disordered sexual desire. However, because it is rooted in the Latin word luxuria (which refers to extravagant, excessive, or even riotous behavior), ☩ Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

How To Read & Interpret the Bible Figuratively

This article expresses the way I’ve learned to read & study the Bible. People often ask me how I discovered typology & the ability to see the New Testament in the Old; & the Old in the New. . . ☩ Steve Ray ta Defenders of the Catholic Faith

Benefits of Confession

☩ Cream City Catholic

The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger

☩ Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

Tutorials for the Special Tones of the Easter Vigil Prophecies

☩ Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

The Seven Deadly Sins: Greed

☩ Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

The Meaning Of Contemplation

The word contemplation itself means to gaze, to stare, to concentrate on something or someone. ☩ David Torkington at Catholic Spiritual Direction

The Qualifications Needed To Receive God’s Mercy

The woman caught in adultery is an extremely familiar passage to most of us, but let’s evaluate this scene from another angle. ☩ Linda Padgett at uCatholic

St. Margaret of Scotland: Sharing Her Very Self

St. Margaret of Scotland, who became known as “The Pearl of Scotland,” was an English princess born in Hungary in 1045 to Princess Agatha of Hungary & Prince Edward of England. . . ☩ Sabrina Vu at Catholic Stand

On the Making of Images: A Conversation with Matthew Conner

Matthew Conner has a striking style that, while firmly traditional in framework & content, shows a subtly inventive mind at work, transcending mere imitation. His luminous paintings, full of starry church-ceiling skies & strikingly realistic faces ringed with flat gilt haloes, are an arresting & reverent blend of the stylized & the realistic, & a deft grasp of the symbolic shorthand of the Christian iconographic tradition. ☩ Dappled Things

Fénelon on Perseverance in Prayer

In Lent, I often return to the words of the great Bishop of Cambrai, François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon. He is a perennially refreshing source of spiritual wisdom and guidance.o. ☩ Rick Yoder at The Amish Catholic

Minimalist Catholics or More?

Fr. Jerabek, at his blog, has a good reminder about Lenten penance, and Fridays, and fasting and abstinence. ☩ Fr. Z's Blog

Saint of the Day Quote: St. Herman Joseph

He was born at Cologne, & at twelve years of age entered the monastery of Steinfeldt of regular canons of the Premonstratensian Order in the dutchy of Juliers, & diocess of Cologne. . . ☩ Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

Liturgical Diversity & the Unity of the Church

Varietates Legitimae, the Church’s Instruction on liturgical inculturation, was issued by the Holy See on January 25, 1994 and later promulgated March 29, 1994. . . ☩ The Editors at Adoremus

Confirmation Part III: It’s a Conundrum, But Not Really

Are some kids more in need of the graces of Confirmation at an earlier age than others? ☩ Gene Van Son at Catholic Stand

What is a cardinal in the Catholic Church?

While many bishops are cardinals, not all cardinals are bishops. ☩ Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Carmelite Spirituality & the Design of a Monastery Today

How the Carmelite nuns in Fairfield, Pennsylvania are getting on with their project to build a new convent. ☩ David Clayton at New Liturgical Movement

Temperance is More than Self-Denial & Moderation

☩ Jason Craig at Those Catholic Men

The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride

☩ Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

Did St. Joseph Build This Miraculous Chapel Staircase? Here’s the Mysterious Legend

☩ ChurchPOP

German Influences on Franck's Chorale in E Major

☩ J.J. Mitchell at Vox Humana

Bonding

☩ Nicholas Lye at Ignitum Today

Retreat: Advance Spiritually Through Time in Solitude

☩ Dom Cingoranelli at Catholic Stand

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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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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

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament via Adorecast

☩ Team Catholify

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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☩ Team Catholify

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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TVESDAY EDITION

2 April AD 2019

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☩ Team Catholify

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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MONDAY EDITION

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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SVNDAY EDITION

31 March AD 2019

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☩ Team Catholify

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