Robert Edwards

Sr. Joan and the “Organizing Committee of the Council of Elders” – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

Dissident Theologians Demand Respect from Bishops: A 1-Way Street – Phil Lawler, Cth Cltr

Med. Experts Blast Claim that Nuns Need Contraception – Michelle Bauman, Cth Nws Agncy

Obama: “Gay Rights” Now US Foreign Policy – California Catholic Daily

Mary Graw Leary on Sexual Abuse & Moral Indifference – Robert George, Mirror of Justice

Don’t Call Them Vegetables – Colleen Carroll Campbell, Catholic Lane

Sri Lanka’s Cardinal & the Buddhist-Catholic Axis – Gianni Valente, La Stampa

Ben Franklin’s Warning is Our Present Danger – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Movie Review: “The Greatest Miracle” is a Hit – Catholic League

Alexander Solzhenitsyn on the Culture of Death – John Burger, Daily Register

The Virgin Shall Conceive – Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

Wymynprysts yn Mynnysota – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Sr. Magdalena of the Cross, the Nun who Made a Pact with the Devil – Mystics of the Chrch

Public Life & Professions of Faith: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend – Fr. Rob. Araujo SJ, MOJ

France: Catholic Protest Grows against Theatre of Blasphemy – G. Galeazzi, La Stampa

Fundamentalist Catholics Protest Provocative Art – Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Get Religion

Star Trek TNG: To Blog Where No One Has Blogged Before – LarryD, The American Cthlc

A Gay Reader Writes. . . – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Teaching Tolerance in the Catholic School – Catholic Lane

St. John Roberts: Facing Martyrdom with Humor – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Guéranger: The Advent Ember Days – David Werling, Ars Orandi

Gaudete! – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Simple English Propers, Gaudete – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The New Liturgical Movement

Quæritur: How to get Gregorian Chant and a TLM in the Parish – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Quæritur: What is a “Stable Group”? How Big? How Small? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The True Meaning of Christmas – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

A “New” Bible for Spanish-Speakers of the Americas – Andrés Beltramo Álvarez, La Stampa

Devastated by Fire, Arizona Shrine is Being Restored – Bern Zovistoski, Cthlc News Agency

Ethical Stem Cell Treatments Showing Most Promise – Rebecca Oas PhD, HLI America

Hope After Poor Prenatal Diagnosis – Monica Rafie, Catholic Lane

Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Kristina Olney, First Things

Christmas War: Ways We Win – Tom and April Hoopes, Daily Register

St. Juan Diego’s Miracle – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

My New Sunday Missal is the Christmas Present I Will Cherish Most – Francis Phillips, C Hrld

Last Sunday after Pentecost Solemn Mass, Abbaye Ste-Madeleine du Barroux – S Tribe, NLM

The Criminal Justice System & the Teaching of the Catechism – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Messianic Prophecies, Micah 5:2 – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Evangelicals and Religious Liberty – Joan Frawley Desmond, Daily Register

The Christmas Addresses of Pope Pius XII – Charles J. Gangi, New Oxford Review

Huge Vietnamese Catholic Church to be Dedicated – Robert Cadwallader, FW Star-Telegram

Answering the Culture’s Objections to Heaven – Dr. Peter Kreeft, Integrated Cthlc Life™

Mini Pompey Discovered in Vatican’s Back Yard – Giacomo Galeazzi, La Stampa

Hope Flies on the Ascalon – Fr. George W. Rutler, Crisis Magazine

Texans Stand Up in Defense of Nativity Scene – Phil Boehmke, American Thinker

Abp Nichols Wrong on Civil Unions; No Way He Would Make a Good Anglican – Oddie, CH

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and 2 Peter 2 – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Dying Lutheranism Wants To Kill Catholic Church – Patrick Archbold, Creative Mnrty Rprt

Minnesota Bishops will be Attacked in the Press, Betrayed by Erstwhile Allies – Fr. Z

Sexual Perversion is Aggressive, Militant, & Evangelical – Mark Shea, Patheos/CAEI!

Why Are Some Icons and Gothic Faces Green? – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

The Pill for Nuns? Here’s a Better Idea – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture/On the News

George Weigel: English Bishops Using Wrong Strategy in Marriage Battle – Cthlc Nws Agncy

Why Is Catholic Music Such a Mess? – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Teaching Moments on Sexuality – Janet E. Smith, Daily Register

It’s a Baby When We Want it to Be – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Whether St. John the Baptist is Elijah? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

Geographical Travels of Feast of the Immaculate Conception – Taylor Marshall, Cntrbry Tls

Bl. Marianne Cope nears sainthood after Vatican approval – Catholic News Agency

Abp. Chaput’s Stunning Letter to Philadelphia – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

The Muslim-Catholic Forum: Can You Name the Animals? – Robert Reilly, The Cthlc Thing

The Last Empire Loyalist – Gerald J. Russello, Crisis Magazine

Giving Ourselves Over to God (The Suscipe Prayer) – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Why Gay Marriage Is a Bad Idea – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Clinton: Promotion of “Gay Rights” is Foreign Policy Priority – Cthlc Cul/Cthlc World News

Sebelius’ Morning After Pill Decision: Politics or ‘Anti-Science’ Pro-Life – DarwinCthlc, TAC

Evil in Human Guise: Reflections Occasioned by Plan B – Dr. Jeff Mirus, CC/In Dpth Anlyss

More than a Book for Boys – H.W. Crocker III, Crisis Magazine

More Inexplicable Behavior from Bp. Cupich of Spokane – Mark Shea, Patheos/CAEI!

Brothers of Egypt, But the Copts Are More and More Isolated – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Our “Catholic” Schools are in a Terrible State – Fr. Simon Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

Consequentialism in Chemical Purity – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

Priorities and a Life Filled with Meaning – Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™

Goofy CBS Video on Division among Catholics – Diane M. Korzeniewski OCDS, TDL!

I Blame the Catholics! – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Zeno’s Sickness unto Death – Fr. Gabriel Torretta OP, First Things/On the Square

Newt Gingrich, Redemption, and the Presidency – Francis J. Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

Chaput: “Complacency Is the Enemy of Faith” – Rocco Palmo, Whispers

Nunsense about the Pill – Alex Perrottet, MercatorNet

Archbishop Offers Window Into the Visitation of Women Religious – Edward Pentin, DR

2 Contradictory Examples of How Gay “Marriage” Is Being “Debated” Today – Th Peters

Death on Wheels: Dutch Mobile Euthanasia Units – Paul Russell, MercatorNet

The Rainbow Sash – Stephen White, Catholic Vote

A Furtive Political Calculation: Playing Both Sides to the Middle – Motley Monk, TAC

Pope Appoints 2 Americans to Council for New Evangelization – Ben. Mann, EWTN News

“This is Totally Not a Religious Thing, This is about Christmas” – Matthew Archbold, NCRg

Knights of Columbus Honored with Street Name in Rome – David Kerr, Cthlc News Agency

Francis X. Rocca to Succeed John Thavis as Chief of CNS Bureau in Rome – Cthlc News Srvc

Hollywood as a Precursor to Faith – Mary Claire Kendall, Daily Register

Christians Want to Fight, Abp. Nichols Falls Short in this Fight – Cristina Odone, Telegraph

C.S. Lewis on “X-Mas and Christmas” – Carson Holloway, Catholic Vote

Richard Dawkins vs. Richard Dawkins (Updated) – Edward Feser

So Close And Yet So Far Away – Donald DeMarco, HLI America/Truth & Charity Forum

A Hospice in the Womb – Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet

Book Review: “Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait” – Brandon Vogt, Thin Veil

Television Show Gives Pro-Life Message, Abortionists Freak – Matthew Archbold, CMR

Secularists (Self) Duplicity on Gay “Marriage” – Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

Architecture: Our Lady of the Rosary, Greenville, SC – Shawn Tribe, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt

Church as State – Ed West, Catholic Herald

Mary, the New Eve – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

The Happiness of Believing – Juncal Cuñado & Alejo Jose G. Sison, MercatorNet

G.K. Chesterton and the Use of the Imagination – Dale Ahlquist, Dappled Things

Combating Cultural Vandalism: The Scottish Example – New Oxford Review

The Brutality of “Population Control” – Marcus Roberts, Crisis Magazine

Is New Moroccan Government Inciting Muslims in Spain? – Soeren Kern, Hudson New York

Adults would rather play Herod than Joseph in Nativity Play – Martin Beckford, Telegraph

The Social Costs of Smut – Matthew Schmitz, First Things/First Thoughts

Report Challenges Jesuit Universities’ ‘Sexual Diversity’ Conference – M Bauman, CNA

Red Cross Promoting Abortion as a Human Right? – Susan Yoshihara PhD, TBAB

Hey! I’ve Got Another Book coming Out! – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Rick Perry: End Obama’s War on Religion – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Rosalind Moss’ Unexpected Journey – Trent Beattie, Daily Register

Vatican’s Idea for Day Against Christian Persecution Draws Praise – David Kerr, CNA

Abp. Nichols, His New Bishop & Vaughan: How Gullible Are We? – Damian Thompson, Tlgrph

Collective Punishment Under Islam – Raymond Ibrahim, Hudson New York

John Lennon’s Bad Theology – Matthew Hennessey, First Things/On the Square

A Weimar Moment for the Arab World – Robert R. Reilly, MercatorNet

Christmas’ Most Shoplifted Items – Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Christmas in Public Schools? Yes, We Can! – Barbara Curtis, Arlington Catholic Herald

Of Booties & Killing, Translating the Vulgate into English – Tony Layne, Outside the Asylum

Against a Paganized Christmas Pageant – Gabriel Espinosa, New Oxford Review

Einstein, Imagination and the New Translation – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Crisis Magazine

Movie on The Mass Opens Friday – Tim Drake, National Catholic Register

The Immaculate Conception in Art – Stacy Trasancos, Accepting Abundance

Was Jesus Immaculately Conceived? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

What Mary Wore: Belts and Veils from Mary’s Closet – Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace

4 Latin Words You Should Memorize for this Day – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Pontifical High Mass for the Immaculate Conception (Video) – Fr. Lawrence Lew OP, NLM

Ineffabilis Deus: Apostolic Constitution Issued by Pope Pius IX – Donald R. McClarey, TAC

America’s Exceptional Patroness – Matthew Hanley, The Catholic Thing

B16’s Angelus Reflection on the Immaculate Conception – News.va/Vatican Radio

As Eden was the Paradise of Creation, Mary is the Paradise of the. . . – Carl Olson, Ig In Sc