Robert Edwards

A New Image of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya, by Nikola Sarić

by Gregory DiPippo

of New Liturgical Movement

Pope Francis and the Absurdly Vexed Calendar Question – Adam A. J. De Ville Ph. D.
12 Treasures of Antiquity Destroyed in the Middle East Since 2001 – Thomas L. McDonald
The Icon: Point of Unity Between Catholics & Orthodox – Mark Cyprian Chapman OblSB
What the Eastern Orthodox Can Learn from Pope Francis – Fr. John Jillions, Pravmir
Church to be Built in Egypt in Honor of Christians Killed by I. S. I. S. – Catholic Herald
ISIS’s Largely Ignored Practice of Sexual Slavery of Christians & Yazidi – John Burger, Alt
Last Remnants of Syrian Rite Remain in the Mar Mattai Monastery – Bernard-Henri Lévy
Syriac Catholic Monastery of Mar Elian, Destroyed by ISIS, United Christians, Muslims – C.H.
Melkite Archbishop Urges British Not to Support Militants in Syria – Simon Caldwell, C. H.
Constantinople Slams Moscow on Resistance Towards Unity w/ Rome – The Orthodox Site
Journeying Through the Efforts of Orthodoxy to Return Russia to Faith – John P. Burgess
Synod Update for Monday – Big Pulpit (October 19, 2015)
The Catholic Academy Brouhaha Over Ross Douthat – Big Pulpit (November 1, 2015)
For the FRIDAY EXTRA & Synod Update (October 16, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY EDITION (October 19, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY BYZANTINE EDITION (November 2, 2015) click here.
For the THURSDAY EDITION (November 12, 2015) click here.
For the FRIDAY EDITION (November 13, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY BYZANTINE EDITION (December 14, 2015) click here.

What It Means to Have a Formed Conscience

by Monsignor Charles A. Pope

of Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly

Morgan Stanley Announces New ‘Catholic’ Investment Program – Mark Movsesian, F. Th.
When a Catholic Bishop Baptized His Muslim Father – Diane Montagna, Aleteia
Sunday: The Foundation of Personal and Family Peace – Katie Warner, Crisis Magazine
Lord, Open My Lips and I Shall Yawn – Michael Lane, Catholic Stand
Faithful Campus Life Leads Students to Better Marriages at Franciscan Univ. – Jus. Petrisek
Sixth Spiritual Work of Mercy: Comfort the Afflicted – Philip Kosloski, The N. C. Register
‘It’s Truly a Miracle’, Kidnapped Syrian Priest Escapes from I. S. I. S. Clutches – The Reg
How the Rosary Changed My Life – Jacqueline Burkepile, The National Catholic Register
Movie Recommendation and Books Received – Fr. Z’s
Church & Other Groups Not Going Down w/o a Fight of California Suicide Bill – V. Schmalz
Criminalizing Scientific Controversy: Climate Change & Our Modern Inquisition – Pub Dis
Synod Update for Monday – Big Pulpit (October 19, 2015)|
Saturday Extra: The Muslim Attack in Paris – Big Pulpit (November 14, 2015)
For the FRIDAY EXTRA & Synod Update (October 16, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY BYZANTINE EDITION (October 19, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY EDITION (October 19, 2015) click here.
For the FRIDAY EDITION (November 13, 2015) click here.
For the SATURDAY MORNING EDITION (November 14, 2015) click here.
For the SATURDAY AFTERNOON EDITION (November 14, 2015) click here.

What ‘Alienates’ People from the Church?

by Father Gerald E. Murray

of The Catholic Thing

Sanctifying the Present Moment – Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, The Catholic Gentleman
Quæritur: Can a Teen With Hostile Parents be Baptized? – Fr. Z’s Blog
A Great Chant Resource : Putting the Whole Gradual on Youtube – Gregory DiPippo, NLM
Mysticism and the Machine: Mysticism and Magisterium – Fr. Angelo Geiger, C. S. D.
Naming the Unknown Martyr: Could These Remains be St. John Plessington? – The Reg
Revelation Ch. 12: The Millennium in Catholic Tradition (Catholic Apocalypse) – T Marshall
You Can Take Mommy Out of Home, But You Can’t Take Home Out of Mommy – M Fenelon
Create Your Own Marian Title: Mary, Tip of the Spear – Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble
Finding Fatima in the Dakotas – Filip Mazurczak, The National Catholic Register
The Iliad and The Odyssey (Candlewick Press) – Stuart Dunn, Stuart’s Study
Jews, Marriage, and Religious Freedom – B. Klein, Public Discourse
Synod Update for Monday – Big Pulpit (October 19, 2015)
Synod Update for Tuesday Morning – Big Pulpit (October 20, 2015)
The Catholic Academy Brouhaha Over Ross Douthat – Big Pulpit (November 1, 2015)
For the FRIDAY EXTRA & Synod Update (October 16, 2015) click here.
For the SUNDAY AFTERNOON EDITION (October 18, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY BYZANTINE EDITION (October 19, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY EDITION (October 19, 2015) click here.
For the TUESDAY EDITION (October 20, 2015) click here.
For the LATE SUNDAY EDITION (November 1, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY BYZANTINE EDITION (November 2, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY EDITION (November 2, 2015) click here.

U. N. Data Backs Pope on Abortion and Contraception

by Stefano Gennarini, J. D.,

of Catholic Lane

Have We Finally Reached Peak Pornography? Playboy Magazine – Kirsten Andersen, Alt
Another Undiscovered Right Hidden in the Penumbra – Mitchell Kalpakgian Ph. D., TaCF
The Myth of the Flat Earth – Jeffrey Burton Russell
Transhumanism: Taking the Place of Our Creator – Rebecca Taylor, Catholic Lane
Confessions For Today (Saint Augustine) – Two Catholic Men and a Blog
Will Michael Gove Dare to Bring Christianity Into His Prison Reform Plans? – Kate Maltby
Poland’s Presidential Election and the Future of Catholicism – Filip Mazurczak, Crisis
Poe’s The Black Cat: The Perverseness Which Passeth Understanding – Sean Fitzpatrick
3 Simple Steps to Reclaim Your Family Life – Gregory Popcak Ph. D., The N. C. Register
Edith Cavell Is a Heroine for the Ages – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald Magazine
Giveaway: Mystic Monk Coffee & Wyoming Catholic Mug – David Rummelhoff, Epic Pew
The Catholic Academy Brouhaha Over Ross Douthat – Big Pulpit (November 1, 2015)
For the FRIDAY EXTRA & Synod Update (October 16, 2015) click here.
For the LATE SUNDAY EDITION (November 1, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY BYZANTINE EDITION (November 2, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY EDITION (November 2, 2015) click here.
For the TUESDAY EDITION (November 3, 2015) click here.

Synod on the Family Nightmare Scenario: Cardinal Burke on Devolution of Doctrine to Local Bishops and Conferences

via Fr. Z’s Blog

Synod Notes: Doubts About Devolution – Xavier Rynne II, Catholic Herald Magazine
Take Another Look at ‘The Cardinal’, a Forgotten Catholic Bestseller – Kevin Di Camillo
Cardinal Burke: ‘Yes, I’m a fundamentalist’ – Fr. Z’s Blog
Have Faith! The Catholic Church Can Never Teach Heresy – Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble
No, the Pope Can’t Order them to Stay, or Return to the Synod – Hilary White, One Ptr 5
California Crisis-Pregnancy Centers File Suit Against Bully Bill – Joan Frawley Desmond
‘And Ransom Captive Israel’: Readings for 29th Sunday of O. T. – Michael Barber Ph. D.
Quæritur: Trad’l Latin Mass Cancelled, Pastor & Bishop Won’t Respond; What To Do? – Z
Reacting to Professor Reid’s Over-Reaction – Ed Peters J.D. J.C.D., Canon Law Blog
How Technology has Changed the Way We Relate to One Another – Jessica Love
New Series of Dolls Could Help Young People Be Saints – Gretchen R. Crowe, O. S. V.
Giveaway: Mystic Monk Coffee & Wyoming Catholic Mug – David Rummelhoff, Epic Pew
Synod Update for Monday – Big Pulpit (October 19, 2015)
For the LATE THURSDAY EDITION (October 15, 2015) click here.
For the FRIDAY EDITION (October 16, 2015) click here.
For the SUNDAY AFTERNOON EDITION (October 18, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY BYZANTINE EDITION (October 19, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY EDITION (October 19, 2015) click here.

Kirsten Powers: Suicide by Any Other Name

by Kirsten Powers (former atheist, just converted to Catholicism)

of U. S. A. Today

Book Review: Is This the True Visionary of Walsingham? – Kevin O’Donnell, C. H.
Pius XII, Co-Conspirator in Tyrannicide – George Weigel, Denver Catholic
Belgium’s Crisis of Faith – Jon Anderson, Catholic Herald Magazine
The Holy Rosary: Satan’s Nemesis – Ray Sullivan, Catholic Stand
An Interview With a European Catholic Aristocrat – Jim Bryant, Regina Magazine
About the World We Live In, ‘This World’ – Fr. James V. Schall S. J., The Catholic Thing
Mind the Gap: Neuroscience, Transhumanism, and Human Nature – William Carroll, Pb Ds
God Is Our Strength: Raising Children After Divorce – David Dziena, Catholic Lane
Euthanasia: The Catastrophe of Honoring ‘Non-Life’ – Larry Peterson, IMSTM
Planned Parenthood’s Latest Move Unlikely to Shake Off the Law – Peter Jesserer Smith
Why ‘Mom’ & ‘Dad’ Sound So Similar in So Many Languages – John McWhorter, The Atlntc
Giveaway: Mystic Monk Coffee & Wyoming Catholic Mug – David Rummelhoff, Epic Pew
Synod Update for Thursday – Big Pulpit (October 15, 2015)
Post-Synod Update for Thursday – Big Pulpit (October 29, 2015)
For the FRIDAY EXTRA & Synod Update (October 16, 2015) click here.
For the THURSDAY EDITION (October 29, 2015) click here.
For the THURSDAY EXTRA (October 29,2015) click here.

But How Does the Holy Spirit Protect the Church?

by Scott Eric Alt

of Catholic Stand

Crd. Urosa: ‘The Moral Teaching of the Church Is the Same Everywhere’ – Edward Pentin
Synod Bishops: We Need Clarity About What Marriage Actually Is – Elise Harris, The Reg
Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae and the Synod – Steve Jonathan Rummelsburg, Cth Stand
Synod Saboteurs and the Cancer of ‘Relevance’ – Carrie Gress, The Ntnl Cthlc Register
Fisking Crd. Sarah’s Speech on Gender Ideology, ISIS, & Apocalyptic Beasts – Fr. Z’s Blog
Who Leaked the Cardinals’ Letter? Cui Bono? – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Let’s Not Forget the Most Important Event of the Synod – Francis Phillips, Cthlc Herald
Giveaway: Mystic Monk Coffee & Wyoming Catholic Mug – David Rummelhoff, Epic Pew
Prodigal Mercy Found in an Unexpected ‘Revolution in Tenderness’ – Fr. George D. Byers
Fisking Anti-Catholic David Gibson of R. N. S. Tirade on the Synod – Fr. Z’s
Read the Latest Report from the German Small Group at the Synod: Full Text – The Reg
What Did the Cardinals Really Say? Some Insights In Their Own Words – Kathy Schiffer
For the FRIDAY EDITION (October 16, 2015) click here.
For the FRIDAY EXTRA & Synod Update (October 16, 2015) click here.

Same-Sex Attraction: Read This Before You Risk Your Credibility

by Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph. D.,

of Catholic Culture

Sin & Boredom: Playboy & Hugh Hefner – Donald R. McClarey J. D., The Amrcn Catholic
Epic Stories of the Rosary – Laura Hensley, Epic Pew
Chesterton: The War of the Gods and Demons – Jamey Brown, Catholic Stand
The Cult of Christopher Hitchens – Sean Haylock, Crisis Magazine
The Annual Violent Assault of a Cathedral in Argentina – Gualberto Garcia Jones J. D.
Chastity: The Crucial Message of a Canonization of St. Thérèse of Lisieux Parents – Philon
A Toddler’s Wake-Up Calls & Persistence in Prayer – Michele Chronister, Ignitum Today
Is There a Wall of Separation Between Church and State? – Bruce Frohnen, Crisis Mgzn
For the Feast of St. Theresa of Avila: A Film of Mass in the Ancient Carmelite Rite – NLM
Woodlawn (Film), A Message for Today – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic Lane
Giveaway: Mystic Monk Coffee & Wyoming Catholic Mug – David Rummelhoff, Epic Pew
Pope Asks Forgiveness for Scandals; Questions Raised About Crd. Danneels – Edw. Pentin
Synod Update for Thursday – Big Pulpit (October 15, 2015)|
Post-Synod Update for Wednesday – Big Pulpit (October 28, 2105)
Post-Synod Update for Thursday – Big Pulpit (October 29, 2015)
For the FRIDAY EDITION (October 16, 2015) click here.
For the FRIDAY EXTRA & Synod Update (October 16, 2015) click here.
For the WEDNESDAY EDITION (October 28, 2015) click here.
For the WEDNESDAY EXTRA (October 28, 2015) click here.
For the THURSDAY EDITION (October 29, 2015) click here.
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Nine More Things You’re Doing Wrong at Mass

by David Rummelhoff

of Epic Pew

Abp Longley Rejects Synod Proposal on Communion for Anglican Spouses – Simon Caldwell
Beginning the Benedict Option Today – Leah Libresco, Unequally Yoked
Humanitarian Aid to Middle-East Refugees Is Fully Mobilized – Victor Gaetan, The Reg
A Highly Recommended Catholic Fiction Novel: Macabre, Yet Clean – Taylor Marshall PhD
Vatican Aiming for Child-Protection Norms Custom-Fitted Per Culture – And. Gagliarducci
The Stumbling Block of False Apparitions – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Cth News & Insprt
Columbus, Clemson, and the Perpetually Offended (Updated) – Kathy Schiffer, SoG
The More the Merrier: Fatherhood in an Anti-Kid World – Sam Guzman, The Cth Gntlmn
David Cameron Deplores ‘Systematic’ Persecution of Christians – Catholic Herald
Be Hopeful, Despite Everything – Steve Greene, Crisis Magazine
Finding Beauty Amid Pain: Divorce in the Church – Jessica Trygstad, The Catholic Spirit
Synod Update for Tuesday – Big Pulpit (October 13, 2015)
Post-Synod Update for Thursday – Big Pulpit (October 29, 2015)
The Catholic Academy Brouhaha Over Ross Douthat – Big Pulpit (November 1, 2015)
For the THURSDAY EDITION (October 29, 2015) click here.
For the THURSDAY EXTRA (October 29,2015) click here.
For the LATE SUNDAY EDITION (November 1, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY BYZANTINE EDITION (November 2, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY EDITION (November 2, 2015) click here.
For the TUESDAY EDITION (November 3, 2015) click here.

Is the Ambiguity in Synod Documents Intentional?

by Robert L. Kinney II, Ph. D.,

of Crisis Magazine

Diverse Synod Groups United in Concern Over ‘Gender Ideology’ – Andrea Gagliarducci
What the Synod Is Really About – Father Raymond de Souza, Catholic Herald Magazine
Pope Benedict Already Settled the Question of Communion for the Divorced – Lisa Duffy
Cardinal Sarah: ISIS & Gender Ideology Are Like ‘Apocalyptic Beasts’ – Edward Pentin
At Synod, Cardinals’ Letter Controversy & Doctrinal Issues Take Spotlight – Edward Pentin
How the ‘Shadow Council’ Is Trying to Influence the Synod – Andrea Gagliarducci
Method of Teaching On Family Can Alienate People, Synod Members Say – Cindy Wooden
It’s Vital That Canon Lawyers Do Not Repeat the Mistakes Past – Kurt Martens, Cthlc Hrld
Married Couples Have Their Say at the Synod – Edward Pentin, The Ntnl Cthlc Register
How Is the Marriage of Joseph & Mary a True Marriage? – Peter Kwasniewski Ph. D., NLM
Synod Update for Thursday – Big Pulpit (October 15, 2015)
For the TUESDAY EDITION (October 13, 2015) click here.
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The Bitter Fruit of Brittany Maynard’s ‘Private’ Choice

by Chelsea Zimmerman

of Reflections of a Paralytic

The S. S. P. X. and the Catholic Church: A House Divided – Peter Lyons, Catholic Stand
Sometimes, It’s Best Not to Innovate – Karl Keating, Catholic Answers
Loving the Elderly Requires the Blessing of Presence – Susan Klemond, The Register
Pray For Me: Understanding Pope Francis – H. L. Duncan, Catholic Stand
Yard Statues Offer Reminders of Mary – Tom Wetzel, The National Catholic Register
Holy Tunic of Argenteuil, Reputed Relic of Christ’s Passion, To Be Displayed in 2016 – Alt
The Myth of the War Between Science & Religion – Bishop Robert Barron, Strng Notions
The Golden Rule In The Workplace – John C. Connell, Catholic Stand
Unpink Cancer Support: A Decade of Gratitude – Birgit Jones, Catholic Stand
What Is Custody of the Senses? – Fr. John Bartunek L. C., Catholic Spiritual Direction
What Is a Charism? – Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, CSD
Faith as a Scientist; Faith as a Catholic – Bob Kurland Ph. D., A Catholic Scientist
The Story of a Family, of St. Thérèse Lisieux (Tan Books) – Stuart Dunn, Stuart’s Study
The Order of a Synod in the Traditional Pontifical – Gregory DiPippo, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt
Synod Update for Monday – Big Pulpit (October 12, 2015)
Synod Update for Tuesday – Big Pulpit (October 13, 2015)
The Catholic Academy Brouhaha Over Ross Douthat – Big Pulpit (November 1, 2015)
For the LATE SUNDAY EDITION (November 1, 2015) click here.
For the MONDAY BYZANTINE EDITION (November 2, 2015) click here.
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