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St. Thomas Aquinas and Homosexuality: Five Dominicans Respond to Adriano Oliva

by Fr. Blankenhorn O.P. et al

of First Things

The Gods of Atheism – Joseph G. Trabbic, Crisis Magazine
Does the Bible Affirm the Existence of Mythical Creatures? – Trent Horn, Strange Notions
C&C Miracles – Foxfier, The American Catholic
Christ as the Greatest Black Swan: At the Center of History – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACt
The Spirit of Vatican II Is Alive and Well – David Warren, The Catholic Thing
Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Update: Video on New Traditional Seminary in the U.S. – Adfero, Rorate Cæli
Issues Facing Nation in 2016 Election Deeply Serious & Extremely Complex – Russell Shaw
Techno-Babies – Judie Brown, Catholic Lane
Ambrose’s Basilica Showcases Church Is Built Upon the Rock of the Apostles – James Carmody
Pope Calls German Bishops to Conversion – Marie Manley, Crisis Magazine
What To Do About Islam? – Big Pulpit (December 17, 2015)
Learning More About Islam & Christendom – Big Pulpit (January 15, 2016)
Sunday Pro-Life Edition – Big Pulpit (January 17, 2016)
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You Won’t Believe These Nativity Sets-Part II

by Matt Vander Vennet

of Epic Pew

Can a Non-Catholic Find Comfort In Mary? – Birgit Jones, Catholic Stand
Church Leaders Push for U.S. to Name Christians as Victims of Genocide – Joan F. Desmond
Make It a Yellow Day – Caitlin Bootsma, Truth and Charity Forum
Rome Lutheran Pastor: Pope Francis ‘Opened Door’ to Intercommunion – Edward Pentin
Quæritur: Sunday Obligation and Saturday Vigil Masses, Revisited – Fr. Z’s Blog
Don’t Fall Into the Scapegoat Trap – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head
Vatican Releases Document Underlining Importance of Religious Brothers – Carol Glatz, C.H.
Messianic Prophecies: 1 Chronicles 16: 8-33 – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The Amrcn Catholic
When Christmas Hurts: Coping for Those Who Have Lost a Child – Theresa Thomas, I.C.L.™
Annual U.N. Report Repeats False Claims About Abortion – Rebecca Oas Ph.D., Catholic Lane
Washington Bioethics Summit Considers the Ethics of Gene-Editing – John Burger, Aleteia
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6 Protestant Misconceptions Corrected by the Mass

by David Rummelhoff

of Epic Pew

New Vatican Document on Jews, Salvation, and Evangelization – Jimmy Akin, The Register
If We Do Discuss ‘Clerical Celibacy’, Let’s Really Discuss It – Edward N. Peters J.C.D. J.D.
Couples Struggling with Fertility Have Miracle Babies Where Mary Nursed Jesus – J. Sudilovsky
Fifty Years of Linus Explaining the Meaning of Christmas – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACthlc
Britain No Longer a Christian Country, Should Stop Acting as One, Says Judge – J Bingham et al
This Christmas, Give as Christ Gives – Marge Fenelon, The National Catholic Register
Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is This Christmas – Strahlen Smith, Catholic Stand
A Guide to Intentional Christmas Giving – Mary, Catholic Lane
Comfort In Christ Falling – Abigail C. Reimel, Ignitum Today
Book Review: The Mind That Is Catholic – Jude P. Dougherty, The Catholic Thing
Europe & Islam – Big Pulpit (January 5, 2016)
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Making Dogma Out of Unsettled Science

by Fr. George W. Rutler

of Crisis Magazine

Year of Mercy: Stop Spewing Sarcasm While Pretending It’s Something Else – Larry D.
Pope Aims to Make Annulment Quicker and Cheaper – The Catholic Herald
Ambrosian Prefaces for Advent, Part 3 – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Mvmnt
How We Worship God Is of Vital Importance – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, Cthlc Hrld
Brick by Brick in Athens, OH: The T.L.M. Returns! – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Catholic “Man-Crisis” Matters – Matthew James Christoff, Cthlc Stand
Book Sale: Liturgical Manuals, Music, Rare Items – Peter Kwasniewski Ph.D., NLM
Leveling Up: Old Age Doesn’t Dispense One from Spiritual Combat – Ryan Kraeger, IT
Synod Final Report Pits Conscience vs. Canon – E. Christian Brugger, NC Register
Five Ways To Engage Your Child This Advent – Jeannie Ewing, Catholic Exchange
Christians, Capitalism & Culture: Response to David Bentley Hart – Samuel Gregg D.Phil.
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Stephen Colbert Uses Syrian Christians for Laughs

by Mark Movsesian

of First Things

Vladimir Putin’s Holy War – Robert Wargas, Catholic Herald Magazine
Moscow Wants Turkey to Return the Cathedral of Agia Sophia to Orthodox – Pravoslavie
The Coptic Pope Goes to Jerusalem – Samuel Tadros, The Weekly Standard
Serbian Orthodox Iconographer Tells of Being Motivated by an ISIS Execution – John Burger
Book Review: The Orthodox Church (Penguin Books) – Stuart Dunn, Stuart’s Study
Saint Rita of Cascia, Hewn From the Rocks of Lebanon – Sub-Deacon Antoine Antoun, Alt
Of Scapulars, Devotions and Russian Jet Fighters – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Holy Year of Mercy in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church – Ukrainian Grk-Cthlc Chrch
Latin Instituted Acolytes in Eastern Liturgies – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Last Days of Detroit’s Chaldean Town – John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press
Dazzling Dome Caps Ukrainian Cathedral: Geometric Lines & Eastern Art – Joseph Pronechen
Europe & Islam – Big Pulpit (January 5, 2016)
Amoris Lætitia, Post Examen – Big Pulpit (May 10, 2016)
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Archbishop Cupich Again Insists People in Homosexual Unions Can Receive Holy Communion

by Steve Weatherbe

of Life Site

It’s Not Impossible to Glean ‘Heresy’ from Conduct; Re: Abp. Cupich – Ed Peters J.C.D. J.D.
On Climate Change, Pope Francis Builds on His Predecessors’ Positions – Edward Pentin
Advent and Christmas Traditions for Dads – David Roney, Catholic Stand
Are We Heading Toward ‘Catholic Divorce’? – E. Christian Brugger, The Natl Cthlc Register
Book Review: Hounds of the Lord by Kevin Vost – Shaun McAfee, Epic Pew
Eucharistic Miracle? Bleeding Host Phenomenon Reported Worldwide – Patti M. Armstrong
An Interesting S.S.P.X. Thought – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Christian Boom of the Early 21st Century – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The Amrcn Cthlc
4th Corporal Work of Mercy: “Harbor the Harborless” – Philip Kosloski, The N.C. Register
Waiting Like Jesus, Mary, and Joseph – Matthew Higgins, Ignitum Today
Last-Minute Christmas Gift Guide 2015 – Joseph Pronechen, The National Catholic Register
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A Catholic Novelist Predicted America’s Problems Today 50 Years Ago

by Fr. Mark A. Pilon

of The Catholic Thing

Quæritur: Frequent Confession to Overcome Pornography – Fr. Z’s Blog
Minnesota Diocese Files for Bankruptcy After Court Judgment – The National Cthlc Register
Indiana Jones and Finding Mercy – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, The National Catholic Register
“I Had Forgotten There Is a God Who Loves Me” – Zoe Romanowsky, Aleteia
Catholic Colleges Get Running Start on Year of Mercy – Peter Jesserer Smith, The Register
Denis McNamara on the Church, Part 8: A Hierarchy of Sacred Images – David Clayton, N.L.M.
I Have Breast Cancer, But Whatever Comes Next, I Know That I Am His – Rebecca Hamilton
Elements of the Catholic Mass, Video 5: the Processions of the Mass – David Clayton, N.L.M.
Indianapolis Catholics Resettle Syrian Refugee Family – The National Catholic Register
Four Reasons Why We Need Boycotts – Dusty Gates, Crisis Magazine
Forgotten Catholic Literary Writers of the Early 20th Century – Karl Keating, Cthlc Answers
What To Do About Islam? – Big Pulpit (December 17, 2015)
Learning More About Islam & Christendom – Big Pulpit (January 15, 2016)
Sunday Pro-Life Edition – Big Pulpit (January 17, 2016)
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Our Lady of Guadalupe: Miracles, Facts and Fancy

by Donald R. McClarey, J.D.,

of The American Catholic

A Light in Advent: Our Lady of Guadalupe – Erin Cain, Ignitum Today
Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Renaissance of Civilization – Peter Howard Ph.D., C.S.D.
Model of Motherhood – Liz Beller, The National Catholic Register
Guadalupe: The Trailer. Narratived by Jim Caviezel  – Matthew Archbold, Crtv Mnrty Rprt
Seven Amazing Facts About the Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Matthew Coffin
The Challenge of Our Lady of Gaudalupe – Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire
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Did Neanderthals Have a Soul?

by Bob Kurland, Ph.D.

of Reflections of a Catholic Scientist

Quæritur: During Year of Mercy Can I Go to S.S.P.X. Masses for My Sunday Obligation? – Fr. Z
Four Errors About the Burden of Proof for God – Joe Heschmeyer, Strange Notions
Okay. . . Pope Francis Is Officially Off My Christmas List – Fr. Z’s Blog
How I Didn’t Become a Conservative (& Neither a Liberal) – Thomas Storck, Distributist Rev.
On Merit and the Equality of God’s Love – Etheldreda’s Place
Catholic Priest Receives & Distributes Episcopal Communion – Steve Skojec, One Peter 5
Virtue Matters: The Decline of the Secular University – Stephen Turley
New Coke: If Today’s Catholics Were In Charge – Eric Sammons, One Peter 5
How Can Catholic Colleges Celebrate the Jubilee Year of Mercy? – Justin Petrisek, Cth Ed Dly
Purgatory and Hell: Forgotten Destinations, Part II – Peter Kwasniewski Ph.D., One Peter 5
Are You Ready to Stand Before Him? – Travis C. Headley, FortySomethingFaith
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Quæritur: Father Denies Communion to Girl Who Was “Rebaptized”

by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Economic Participation: Trade Unions, Employers, Private Property. . . – Richard Aleman
Are the Works of Mercy Ever Obligatory? – Brother André Marie, Ad Rem
Reading Through Advent and Christmas – Heather Bowen, Life of a Homeschool Mom
What Makes the Church Grow? – Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire
What G.K. Chesterton Never Said – Glenn Stanton, The National Catholic Register
Denis McNamara on Church Architecture, Part 7: Sacred Images – New Liturgical Movement
Pope Francis Chastises the Church in Germany for Worldliness, et al – Edward Pentin, The Reg
St. John Paul II: No Mercy Without Truth – John M. Grondelski, Crisis Magazine
Return From the Abyss of Homosexual Pornography – Leticia Velasquez, The N.C. Register
The Meaning of Human Sexuality – Karee Santos, Catholic Lane
The New Dignity: Gnostic, Elitist, Self-Destructive Will-to-Power – Robert Green Ahmanson
Europe & Islam – Big Pulpit (January 5, 2016)
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What the Pope’s Marriage Annulment Reforms Really Mean

by Edward Condon

of Catholic Herald

Why Do So Many Millennials Become Catholic? – Tyler Blanski, Catholic Exchange
Pope Francis: Mercy Pleases God the Most – The National Catholic Register
A peritus Remembers Vatican II – Dawn Eden, The Catholic World Report
#FultonFridays: The Joy of Giving – Fulton J. Sheen, The Catholic Gentleman
Advent: Apocalypse Now? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, The National Catholic Register
The Danger of “Theocratic Majoritarianism”, i.e., Secular Humanism – John M. Grondelski
The Environmental(ist) Degradation of St. Peter’s – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Cardinal Turkson: Don’t Breed Like Rabbits in Order to Save Mother Earth – Rorate Cæli
The Vatican Light Show: Politics at the Vatican, Prayer in the Streets – Nicholas Frankovich
Recognizing the Fall of Man – Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg, Catholic Stand
Gaudete Sunday! – John Bergsma Ph.D., The Sacred Page
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Fisking: The Next Synod Is Already in the Works, On Married Priests

by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Christians, The State Department, and Genocide – Mark Movsesian, First Things
St. Peter’s Magic Lantern Show – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head
Does Synod’s ‘Way of Accompaniment’ Put the Church at Risk of De Facto Schism? – E. Brugger
Evangelizing With Joy – Kasia I., Ignitum Today
Concerns Linger Over Fairness of Vatileaks Trial – Edward Pentin, The Nat’l Cthlc Register
We All Need Traditional Priests, Here Is How To Help – Adfero, Rorate Cæli
Tony Agnesi: The Story of a Storyteller and a Man of Faith – Anne DeSantis, Catholic Stand
Books for Christmas – George Weigel, The Dispatch
Messianic Prophesies: 1 Samuel 2: 1-10 – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Synod’s ‘Way of Accompaniment’ Is Actually a Path of Problems – E. Christian Brugger
Book Review: Whatever Happened to Sacral Kingship – Aaron Weinacht, First Things