Robert Edwards

Sinterklaas: The Feast of St. Nicholas – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

The Secret Society of St. Nick – Rebecca Frech, Shoved to Them

St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

St. Nicholas, Russian (Orthodox) Statuette – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

Yes, Virginia, There Was A Santa Claus – Nicholas Frankovich, First Things

The Jarring Secular Santa – Jacob Tawney, Roma Locuta Est

Wine in the Holy Gospel of Saint John – Thomas L. McDonald, Pths/God and the Machine

Get Ready to Celebrate St. Lucia’s Day! – Catholic Sistas

Logos Severed from Mythos: The Consequences of Our Forgetting – James M. Wilson

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – Sean Fitzpatrick, Crisis Magazine

In Praise of the Modern Atheist – Colin Gormley, Ignitum Today

Pope’s Latest Motu Proprio Signals an End to Dissent in the Church – A Reluctant Sinner

National “Catholic” Reporter ‘Quotes’ Newman – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

“I Wasn’t Trying To Show Off For The Ladies,” – Joseph Fromm, Good Jesuit Bad Jesuit

Quæritur: Are We Now in the End Times? – Fr. Z’s Blog

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The Book of Sung Gospels for the Full Liturgical Year – Jef. A. Tucker, The Chant Café

After Decades-Long Ban, Christmas Holds New Meaning for Cuba – EWTN News

Chinese Pro-Life Activist Calls for Reform, International Attention – Michelle Baumann

Quæritur: Can We Write Down Notes and Thoughts During Holy Mass? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Christendom College Launches New EWTN Radio Station – Matt Archbold, The CNS Blog

New Liturgy? What New Liturgy? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, National Catholic Register

Wilcannia-Forbes News: Manning Out; Kennedy In – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

R.I.P.: Dave Brubeck, Jazz Giant & Convert to Catholicism from “Nothing” – C. E. Olson

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Michael Voris and Father Zuhlsdorf Together! – Catholic in Brooklyn

I’ve Been Ex-communicated By National “Catholic” Reporter! – Acts of the Apostasy

The Real St. Nicholas: Not Fat and Not Very Jolly Either – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Eight Things You Need to Know About the Immaculate Conception – Jimmy Akin, NCReg

Vatican Office to Launch Pope Smartphone App – CNA/EWTN News

Civil Society is Solidarity’s Natural Home – Stephen White, Catholic Vote

What if the Other Spouse Doesn’t Want the Annulment? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law

The Bishops Promoting Fasting? Only if You’re a Muslim! – Kate Edwards, Oz Incognita

Divorce: A Widely Ignored Self-Inflicted Tragedy – Stephen M. Krason, Crisis Magazine

The Rise of Ecumenism – Peter Berger, The American Interest

Reviving the TLM in the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee – Augustinus, Rorate Cæli

Selfing Others Right in the Face – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

R.I.P.: American’s Demographic “Exceptionalism” – Carl E. Olson, The CWR Blog

The Measure of True Happiness – Christopher Kaczor PhD, OSV Newsweekly

Sensus Infidelium – Jeffrey Miller, The Curt Jester

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Students Revolt Against Worldly Jesuit Pres. at Jesuit Univ. – Mt. Archbold, The CNS Blg

The Seldom-Told Stories of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker – Christopher B. Warner

Duncan Stroik on the Rinascimento Project – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Blessed Phillip Rinaldi – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

Bread in the Holy Gospel of Saint John – Thomas L. McDonald, P/God and the Machine

Advent, Don’t Rush! It’s Not Christmas Yet! – Catholic Sistas

Story of Monarchy: Latin Jerusalem – The Mad Monarchist

Confession: A Great Opportunity to Get Right with God – Russell Shaw, OSV Newsweekly

The End of the Pro-Life Physician? – Christopher Kaczor PhD, Truth and Life Forum

Catholic League about New York Time’s attack on Bishop Robert Finn – Fr. Z’s Blog

Christopher West Wrong on Custody of the Eyes – Kevin O’Brien, Godot to Leave

Interview with Fr. John Hollowell: On Homosexuality & Unnatural Law – Brandon Vogt

Pro-Family Movement: With This Strategy, Get Used to Losing – Matthew C. Hoffman

Out of the Wreckage – James Kalb, Crisis Magazine

Is Boston Archdiocese Violating ‘Motu Proprio’ on Charity – Boston Catholic Insider

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Federal Court Blocks California Reparative Therapy Ban – Kirsten Andersen, LfStNws

Make Advent Meaningful – Marge Fenelon, National Catholic Register

Hymn Tune Introits at Daily Mass – Kathleen Pluth, The Chant Café

Can You Imagine Living as a Stylite? – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Ad Orientem in Troy, New York – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

The Introduction to “The Will of God” by Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J. – Ignatius Insghts Scp

Pro-Obama Election Bias Among Catholic College Employees – The CNS Blog

The Expectation of Our Lady – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

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Pope Has Half a Million Twitter Followers in 24 hours – J. M. Heimann

Was There Marian Devotion in First 3 Centuries of the Church? – Dr. Taylor Marshall, CT

Modernity is an Attack on Being – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

Apparitions at Holy Love Ministries Revisited – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic Lane

More on Fulfilling Mass Obligations – Dr. Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

Bread in the Old Testament – Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

An Antique Black Chasuble – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Drone War vs. Just-War Teaching – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Eve and the Forbidden Pomegranate – Katherine Infantine, First Things/First Thoughts

Five Suggestions for a Tweeting Pope – Brandon Vogt, BrandonVogt.com

Jesuit Celebrates Mass With Woman, Priestly Faculties Suspended – Joseph Fromm

Subsidiarity in the Tradition of Catholic Social Doctrine – Joe Carter, Acton Institute

The Dating of Christmas – Jacob Tawney, Roma Locuta Est

Pro-Lifers Praise Pope for Ordering Church Charities to be Catholic – J. H. Westen, LSN

Contraception & Women’s Wellbeing: NFP, Disillusionment & the Poor – Helen Alvaré

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Abp. Bregantini of Campobasso-Boiano in a “Clown” Mass? – Augustinus, Rorate Cæli

More Christmas Masses than Meet the Eye – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Steps & Stumbles of David Cameron’s “Big Society” – D. Cooney, The Distributist Rvw

In Its Search for ‘Relevance’, the Anglican Church is Losing Relevance – Tim Stanley

Polls Claiming Britons Want Assisted Suicide are Misleading – Dr. Peter Saunders, Lf Nws

Sedated to Death Without Permission in the U. K. – Wesley J. Smith, Human Excptnlsm

Reporter Who Broke Savita Story: No Request for a ‘Termination’ – Hilary White, LSN

In Ireland, the Case for Legal Abortion is Built on Fraud – Phil Lawler, CC/On the News

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What’s the Difference Between Sisters and Nuns? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law

NPR’s Mary: Bitter, Angry, and Mad at Christians – Carl E. Olson, The CWR Blog

Credible Communion: The Witness of Apostolic Religious Life – Sr. Gill K. Goulding CJ

Sing We Noël! – Christopher O. Blum, Crisis Magazine

Pope’s Twitter Handle: What Does “Pontifex” Mean, Anyway? – Jimmy Akin, NCRegister

The Natural Law Is Not Enough – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

What ‘The Economist’ Meant to Say. . . – Patrick O’Meara, National Catholic Register

Vatican Report on Medjugorje Due this Month? – Catholic World News

Catholics Don’t “Believe” Life Begins at Conception – Rebecca Taylor, Catholic Lane

When Charlie Brown Grew Up. . . – The Larry D, Acts of the Apostasy

The Shadow of Ecclesia Dei – Côme de Prévigny, Rorate Cæli

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St. Francis Xavier – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

Pope Benedict XVI Joins Twitter – Tim Drake, National Catholic Register

Advent Customs, It’s Not Too Late to Start – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

The Pope on Twitter: All Eight Accounts – H. H. Ambrose, Saint Peter’s List

Promoting the Angelus as an Advent Devotion – Edward Looney, Catholic Lane

Should there be a Diocese that Covers the Internet?  – Joe Luedtke, Catholic Tech Talk

Leo XIII Decried the Pernicious Impact of Divorce – Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine

Tradifying a Church Exterior – Kenneth J. Wolfe, Rorate Cæli

The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker – Thomas Storck, Distributist Review

Rupert Shortt and a Church Besieged – William Doino Jr., First Things/On The Square

The True Spirit of Vatican II – Douglas Bushman, Catholic World Report

Parishes in Queens Remain Ravaged by Hurricane Sandy – Carl Bunderson, CNA

John Lennon & Bob Marley Embraced Traditional Faith Late in Life – Dave Hartline, TAC

National “Catholic” Reporter Rejects Infallible Teaching on Ordination – Matt Archbold

The Church Should Not be Ashamed of Its Missionary Past – Francis Phillips, Cthlc Herald

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Two Mass Obligations Means Two Masses, But . . . – Dr. Ed Peters, Canon Law

How to Establish a Family Altar & the Family Rosary During Advent – Dr. Taylor Marshall

Advent: A Time of Penance and Preparation – Catholic in Brooklyn

Memo to Catholics: Gregorian Chant Belongs to You – Kathleen Pluth, The Chant Café

Musical Reparation: 7 Examples of Beautiful Christian Music – Jason Liske, Ascn Mt. Crml

Awful Liturgical Art by Oregon Crummytacular Publishing (OCP) – Thomas L. McDonald

What is the Solution to our Stressful and Anxious Lives? – Msgr. Charles Pope, DC Archd.

Holy Impatience – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput OFM Cap, First Things/On The Square

Benedict: Catholic Charities Must Act in Accordance With Cthlc Teaching – Hilary White

Secular Society Should be Grateful for Confession (Australia Especially) – Ber. Toutounji

New York Time Readers: Do Not Go Forth and Multiply – Don McClarey, The Amrcn Cthlc

Parents are the Solution to Bullying, Not Government: Think Tank – Peter Baklinski, LSN

Catholic Priests Pushed to Become Better Preachers – Tim Townsend, Washington Post

Fr. Sirico: Politics isn’t the Solution to Our Economic Problems – Fr. Z’s Blog

Protecting Life by Recognizing & Responding to Signs for Suicide – Chris Stravitsch

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Floor Tiles from Cleve Abbey in Somerset – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

The Cardinal and the Love Letter – Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma

Crdnl Scola Doubles the Number of Exorcists in Milan Archd. – The Eponymous Flower

EU: Ban Children’s Books Depicting Traditional Families, ie, Gender Stereotyping – LSN

The Fallacy of the “‘Hitler Card’ Fallacy” – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

No Catholics in the New Europe – George Conger, Patheos/Get Religion

HIV Diagnoses in U. K. Homosexual Men at All-Time High – Thaddeus Baklinski, LfStNws

Science a Replacement for Religion? – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Bp. William Murphy: New Law Will Make Abortion Widespread in Ireland – Michael Kelly

Half of Those on Liverpool Care Pathway Never Told – Laura Donnelly, Daily Telegraph

The High Price of Establishment – Wesley J. Smith, First Things/On The Square

Animals are Much Easier to Understand than Women – Fr. Levi, The Way Out There

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Premonstratensian Chant from St. Michael’s Abbey – Shawn Tribe, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt

Womb Fight! – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Other than the Latin Mass, is there Anything more Beautiful than This? – Richard Collins

Healed by Sticks (Or Why I Love Going to Confession) – Ryan M., Ignitum Today

Yad Vashem Honors Italian Cardinal Who Rescued Jews – Catholic News Agency

U. S. T. (Houston) Awarded $1.25 Million Grant for Special Ed – Matt Archbold, CNS Blog

Baby with Rare Heart Defect is Saved by Surgery – Doug McGee, Texas Right to Life

It’s Advent in Lego City! – Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

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