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Vatican Museum Painting of the Rosary and the Battle of Lepanto (Photo Credit: Fr. Z’s Blog)

Follow Up: Massive Rosary Prayer in Poland and Disdain from Massimo Faggioli

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

13 Most Hilarious and Inspiring Quotes from the Popes – Alex R. Hey, epicPew
11 Things Every Catholic Should Know About the Mysterious Apparitions at Fatima – ChurchPop
All Dressed Up for Mass?: The 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – John Bergsma Ph.D., TSP
True Story Behind October 13 & Mysterious Knights Templar – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Why Modern Physics Does Not Refute Thomistic Philosophy – Dennis Bonnette Ph.D., SN
Moved by Priest’s Martyrdom, French Businessman Returns to the Faith – CNA via The CWR
How to Perfect Your ‘Thank You’ in Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
Isolated Catholic Village on the Lebanon & Syria Border: We Beg You, Help Us – J. Allen, Crux
Why I Signed the Filial Correction – Eric Sammons, Swimming Upstream
On Popes’ Remarks on Centenary of Codified Canon Law – E.N. Peters J.C.D. J.D., ItLotL
Someone (Else) Please Help the Poor – Randall Smith Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
From Panic Attacks to Freedom in God- Part II – Susan Skinner, Catholic Stand
Poland Prays: Hundreds of Thousands Pray Rosary to the Borders – F. Mazurczak, NCRg
On Friends Dying – Tom Collingwood, Catholic Stand
Listen and Ask Before You Give – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Today
A Tele-prayer Service for Catholics with Mental Illnesses – CNA Daily News via The CWR

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Pro Union Demonstration (Photo Credit: News Hub NZ)

Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera: Nationalism is an Act of ‘Sedition, Fraud, and Betrayal’

from the Catholic News Service

via Catholic Herald

World War III Deathmatch: China vs. America’s Military (Who Wins?) – Kris Osborn, TNI
Fatima & Russia: A Short Christian History of Russia, Part II – Ianto Watt, Statistician to. . .
Poland Guards Her Borders with Prayer – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
The Future of the ‘New Spain’ – Herbert London, The American Spectator
U.S. Air Force May Be Holding up the Creation of an Effective Space Force – M. Sadat, TNI
NATO’s Worst Fear: Losing to Russia in a War (Could Have Happened) – Robert Farley, TNI
A Song for Europe – P.J. Smith, Semiduplex
The Downfall of the American-Turkish Alliance – Andrew Bernard, The American Interest
How to Turn Battleground Ukraine Into a Success Story – Anna Tikhonova & Cyril Fokin, TNI
Is the India-China Border Heating Up Again? – Sean Keeley, The American Interest
Can Australia Keep ANZUS on Track? – Thomas Price, East Asia Forum

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(Photo Credit: Screenshot from The Federalist)

Sirens Already Hinting Our Culture Wars Will End In Another Civil War

by John Daniel Davidson,

of the Federalist

White is the New ‘N’ Word – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Video Catches NY Times Admitting It “Always” Slants Stories Against Trump – S. Whitlock, LN
AP Omitted Expert Quotes That Didn’t Fit Narrative on Global Warming – M. Bastasch, Strm
Football’s Decline has Some High Schools Disbanding Teams – Ben Nuckols, Associated Press
The Australia Model for Gun Control is Useless – Corey Iacono, The Stream
Russia: The Real Story – Irina Tsukerman, The American Spectator
Why Did Twitter Reject This Pro-life Ad? – Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency
Entertainers Hypocritical in Political Attacks, so Long as Targets are Safe – B. McManus, CJ
The Curse of Victimization – Dudley Hall, The Stream
Forever Young? – Joseph Kremers, The Catholic World Report
Criticising Theresa May for Choking Fit Isn’t Punditry; Just Plain Nastiness – L. Caldecott, CH
Amy Barrett, Augustine & the Relationship between Religion & Politics – Brian Jones, Pub Dis
Social Transformation & Market Economy: Reply to Samuel Gregg – Mt. McManus Ph.D., PD
Americans Deepest in Poverty Lost More Ground in 2016 – Kristen Bialik, Pew Research
Race Relations are Improved by Free Markets, Not Collectivist Politics – Rch. M. Ebeling, FEE

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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

(Photo Credit: Catholic Stand)

Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid

by Jim Dougherty,

of Catholic Stand

Card. Kev. Farrell is Wrong About Priests Having No Credibility” on Marriage – Jen. Fitz, NCRg
U.S. Seminaries: This School Year, Signs of Strength – Jonathan Liedl, Natl Catholic Register
How to Keep Your Kids Catholic in College – Aurora Griffin, National Catholic Register
Bite Your Tongue! A Reflection on Common Sins of Speech – Msgr. Charles Pope, CiM
Labour MP: Pro-lifers ‘Weaponising Rosary Beads’ Outside Abortion Clinics – Catholic Herald
Here’s Why You Should Want to Be a Catholic Hipster – Theresa Williams, epicPew
How to Perfect Your ‘Thank You’ in Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
Disregarding Divinely-rooted Canon 915 Has Serious Consequences – E. Peters J.C.D., CWR
Lapsed Catholics–Reflections on a Hospital Census – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
Don’t Rush to Judge Columbus, Anthropologist Encourages – CNA Daily News via The CWR
The Recent Jesuit-run Boston College Conference on Amoris Lætitia – Fr. Z’s Blog
From Panic Attacks to Freedom in God- Part I – Susan Skinner, Catholic Stand
Fatima: Spectacular Signs for a Skeptical Age – Jeanette Flood, The Catholic World Report
Why We Can Not Separate Evangelization & Social Justice – Bishop Rob. Barron, ChurchPop
Cameroon’s Bishops Warn of Genocide – Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register
Pope Francis Dedicates October to Praying for the Unemployed – CNA Dly Nws via The CWR

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So-Called Same-sex Marriage Family (Photo Credit: The Stream)

Growing Up with Two Moms

by Robert Oscar Lopez, Ph.D.,

of The Stream

Visigoths At Civilization’s Gates – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Twitter Censors Pro-Lifer’s Ad of Planned Parenthood Selling Baby Parts – Micaiah Bilger, LN
Mom Refused to Abort Baby w/Down Syndrome Dropped f/Abortion TV Debate – Andrusko, LN
What They Don’t Mean by Indigenous People’s Day – Dave Griffey, Daffey Thoughts
What Happened in Vegas? – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., Crisis Magazine
First Look at ‘The Man In the High Castle’ Season 3 – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
Pence and the Media’s ‘Stunted’ Mentality – Al Perrotta, The Stream
Michelle Obama In 2013: Harvey Weinstein Is ‘A Wonderful Human Being’ – The Federalist
The Story that Netflix’s Heroin(e) Fails to Cover – Chris Calton, Mises Institute
Peaceful Assisted Suicide? Patients Regurgitate, Seizures, Wake Up Days Later – M. Cook, LN
As Dems Denounce Weinstein, Clintons & Obama Stay Mum – Eli Watkins & Dan Merica, CNN
Discover the Family-planning app that can Free You from the Pill – Paola Belletti, Aleteia
Investigation of Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’ Should Start – Ken Blackwell, The Stream
A Difficult Life in Mosul Post-ISIS – Mustafa Habib, Atlantic Council
Mali Church Leader Voices Alarm as Islamists Attack Parishes – Jonathan Luxmoore, CH
Some Democrats Returning Money They Received from Weinstein – Alan Fram, The Stream

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MONDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Fr. Joseph Illo, pastoral administrator of Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco (Photo Credit: Catholic News Service/Valerie Schmalz via Catholic San Francisco)

How the Eucharist Revived Our Parish

by Father Joseph Illo

of Catholic Herald

How to Destroy Catholicism in America – David Carlin, The Catholic Thing
Homosexualists “We’re Going to Punish the Wicked” – Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine
Fr. James Martin Promotes the Rainbow-color Queer-Christ – Joseph Sciambra
Scientific American Magzine Regurgitates Ancient Anti-Catholicism – The American Catholic
The Lesson on Self-Sacrifice I Learned From a Seed my Father Planted – Michael Cretaro, CS
Jacinta and Francisco’s ‘Graces’ – Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register
How to Perfect Your ‘Thank You’ in Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
Are “Cyber Wars” Tearing the Church Apart?  – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Why the Rosary Works Wonders in Youth Ministry – Fr. Matthew Pittam, Catholic Herald
A Corrective to Buttiglione’s Recent Assertions on Canon Law – E. Peters J.C.D. J.D., CWR
Fastiggi & Goldstein vs. Shaw: Responses – Rorate Cæli
Catholic Justice: When the Church Should Not Defer to the State – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., CC
Salve Regina, Hermann the Cripple & Christopher Columbus – D. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
Boston College Amoris Lætitia Agitprop Workshop and Schrödinger’s Cat – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope: Church Can Be Leading Voice for Protecting Youth Online – Elise Harris, CNA via NCRg
Black Lives Really Mattered to St. Peter Claver – Fr. John A. Perricone, Crisis Magazine
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North Korean Troops Marching (Photo Credit: The National Interest)

This is How North Korea Would Start a War (and How Bad It Could Get)

by Robert Farley

of The National Interest

Pope Reportedly Confirmed Holy See’s Opposition to Catalan Independence, Privately – RR
Eastern Resentment of Germany Spells Trouble for Berlin & Brussels – Seb. Dullien, ECoFR
The Chinese Dream in Peril: Xi Jinping and the Korean Crisis – Anthony Miller, The Diplomat
What’s in the New China Military Aid to the Philippines? – Prs. Parameswaran, The Dplmt
A Stronger Australia in Southeast Asia? – Luke Hunt, The Diplomat
Korean Reunification Seems More Quixotic Than Ever; Now What – Zach Montague, WPR
Russian Studies is Thriving, Not Dying – Timothy Frye, The National Interest
Competitive Federalism in Southern India – T.S. Maini & M.S. Lingala, The Diplmat
A Visit to Russia: Can Relations Be Improved? – Pual J. Sanders, The National Interest
China Plays Up ASEAN Confucius Inst. Presence w/Laos Project – P. Parameswaran, Dplmt
U.S. Doubts Viability of 1-Country/2-Systems’ Model in Hong Kong – Charlotte Gao, The Dplmt
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Flag of Constitutional Royal France (Photo Credit: Wikimedia)

The State of Catholics in France A.D. 2017: Millennial Catholics Strong and Assertive, Older Catholics Anxious

by Rod Dreher

This Columbus Day, Trigger a Snowflake – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
Is This YouTube Video Really Unsuitable for Viewers Under 18 – Mch. L. Brown Ph.D., Strm
The Church Of Harvey Weinstein’s Casting Couch – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
The Truth About Columbus – Jarrett Stepman, The Stream
HIV Now No Big Deal In California – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
The Pigs of Liberalism: Harvey Weinstein – Ross Douthat, The New York Times
Violation of Rights in Australian Same-sex ‘Marriage’  – J. Kelly, The Austrln via Il Ssmgrf
VP Pence Leaves NFL Game in Disgust When 49ers Kneel During Anthem – R. Pickrell, Strm
California Can Now Jail People for “Misusing” Gender Pronouns – A. Hagstrom, The Strm
When Transgender Kids Harmed by People Who Intended to Help Them – A. Hall, The Strm
Why the Debate about Aborting Down Syndrome Babies Matters – Fr. Mt. Schneider L.C., CS
The Heartbreak of Making End of Life Decisions – Wendy McMahon, Catholic Stand
Filipino Bishops Deny Trying to Undermine Duterte’s Government – Cthlc Nws Serv. via CH
Eliminating Any Difference between Sexes ‘Is Not Right,’ Pope Says – Cth Nws Serv. via OSV
Leading Genital Reconstructive Surgeon: Patients Regret Sex Change Rising – N. Flory, Strm
Burmese Cardinal Defends Aung San Suu Kyi – John Newton, Catholic Herald
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Mystic Maria Esperanza (Photo Credit: Catherine Ball via YouTube)

Meet a Modern-day Mystic Who’s Been Compared to Padre Pio

by Philip Kosloski,

of Aleteia

Why Adoration is More Complete than Meditation – Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson, Aleteia
Why is the Gospel Read from the Left Side of the Altar? – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy
The Benefits of Living in a Small House With a Family – Susanna Spencer, NC Register
St. Michael in the Apocrypha – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
Indefectibility: Does God Protect His Church from Doctrinal Error? – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
Who Were the First 4 Doctors of the Catholic Church? – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew
Eucharistic Sacrifice: The Witness of the Church Fathers – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
Is Using a Hymn & Antiphon Together, at Entrance, etc., Appropriate – Adam Bartlett, AM
5 Birds and Their Symbolism in Christian Art – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
The Creative Catholic: Robert R. Reilly – K.V. Turley, The Dispatch via The CWR
Blessed Maria of the Angels: Joyful Martyr of the Spanish Civil War – Sarah Metts, CE
20 Years Armigerous! – Fr. Guy Selvester, Exarandorum
Encountering Christ’s Love in the Sacraments – Douglas G. Bushman S.T.L., H&PR
Extending Mercy in Forgiveness – Marcellino D’Ambrosio Ph.D., Catholic Exchange
Persecution: The Eighth Beatitude – Kevin Aldrich, Catholic Stand
The Purpose & Place of Poetry Today: An Interview with Dana Gioia – Carl E. Olson, The CWR
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National Catholic Reporter Newspaper Fishwrap (Photo Credit: Fr. Z’s Blog)

National Catholic Reporter on Jesuit Boston College Conference on Amoris Lætitia

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

What Actually Were the Crusades? 6 Things You Might Be Getting Wrong – ChurchPop
Rediscovering Hilarie Belloc’s ‘The Great Heresies’: Islam – David Warren, The Cthlc Thing
The Real Diet of Augsburg (1530) vs. the Protestant Myth – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
Word “Protestant” Stemmed from Intolerance of Catholic Worship – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
Ann Mattingly: Hard and Rough As a Nutmeg Grater – Daniel Demers, Catholic Stand
The Science of Angels – Stacy Trasancos Ph.D., Catholic Answers Magazine
How to Perfect Your ‘Thank You’ in Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
Study Finds Wearing Mantilla Increases Confession Time by 2,500% (Warning: Satire) – EotT
A Sobering Reminder on the Liturgy from the Book of Leviticus – Msgr. Charles Pope, CiM
The Correctio Filialis: A Tangential Observation – Fr. H. Somerville-Knapman O.S.B., Dma
A Discussion on Liturgical Reform in 1980 – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
Sola Scriptura and Private Judgment are Logically Circular – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
The Latin Mass, Thriving in Southeastern Nigeria – Matthew Schmitz, The New York Times
New Tucson Bishop Played Key Role in Rother Beatification Cause – Rocco Palmo, Whispers
Striving to Live Worthy of His Call – Christine Roe, Catholic Stand
Why ‘Good Pope John’ Fits as Patron Saint of Italian Army – John L. Allen Jr., Crux
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From left to right: Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Hess, (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)

How Nazi Secularism Crushed the Souls of Ordinary Germans

by Francis Phillips,

of Catholic Herald

Who were the Vikings? – Clare Downham, Mercatornet
Why Catalonia Will Fail Where Crimea Succeeded – Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Catalonia Civil War Warning as Independence Declaration Fears Grow – Strange, et al, Tlgrph
Operation Unthinkable: Britain’s Secret Plan to Invade Russia in 1945 – Michael Peck, TNI
Misremembering the Russian Revolution: Romanticism Not Reality – Joseph Pearce, TIC
When Burma Was Still Part of British India – Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The Diplomat
S-400, New Cruise Missiles & More: How Russia’s Military Is Back in a Big Way – N. Myers, TNI
What was the Warsaw Uprising? – Deutsche Welle
China’s Next Pres.: Reading Tea Leaves of Chinese Politics – Andrei Lungu, The Diplomat
Why Spain Needs a Constitutional Overhaul – Camino Mortera-Martinez, Centre for Euro. . .

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Mother & Baby (Photo Credit: LifeNews.com)

After Two Abortions, Muslim Woman Becomes Pro-Life and Turns to Christ

by Micaiah Bilger,

of LifeNews.com

The Playboy Lifestyle & Death of Sexual Complementarity – A. Menchaca-Bagnulo Ph.D., PD
Murder Inside N.Y. City H.S. Reflects Broader Problems Across the System – B. McManus, CJ
The Messy History of Tacos – Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian
The Power of Names – Glenn Arbery, The Imaginative. . .
What is the Story Behind Halloween & Why Do Children Trick or Treat? – I. Fraser, Tlgrph
N.Y. Courts Rule Against “Aid in Dying” & Warn of Its Dangers – Richard M. Doerflinger, PD
Thomas Jefferson & the American “Provincial” Mind – David Hoeveler, The Imagine. . .
Has Catholicism Influenced South Korea’s President? – Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs
Click Bait Archaeology: Santa is Dead or Tomb of St. Nicholas Found – Terry Mattingly, GR
How Do You Know If Prices Are Fair? – Anne Bradley, Institute for Faith, Work & Economics
What Does Sir Walter Scott Say About Love of Country? – John Horvat II, Crisis Magazine
More Spending Does Not Drive More Employment – Per Bylund, Mises Institute
Publishing Poetry Today: A Renewal of the Spirit in Language – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, TIC
Is Development Aid the New Colonialism? – Matt Warner, FEE

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