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WEDNESDAY EXTRA: ALL SOULS DAY

All Souls Day, Purgatory & Prayers for the Dead – Marcellino D’Ambrosio PhD, ICL™

What’s Wrong With Dies Irae? – David G. Bonagura Jr, First Things/On the Square

The “Hymnus ad Exequias Defuncti” of Prudentius – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Mvmnt

Saints Without Names, Souls Without Number – DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

An Angel’s Message on All Soul’s Day – Lorraine Murray, Integrated Catholic Life™

All Souls Day – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

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WEDNESDAY LATE-MORNING EDITION

The Day I Met a Saint – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Spiritual Workout of a Former Saint – Bob Waruszewski, VirtuousPla.net

Why Believe In The Communion of Saints? – Vanessa Barnes, Gulf Coast Catholic

After Seven Billion – Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Egypt: Christian Experience the Worst in Centuries – ACN-USA News

Workers Plead Guilty in Philly Abortion House of Horrors Case – Th L. McDonald, NCRgstr

Justice and Peace “Note”: A Seed That Fell on the Rock? – Connie Marshner, HLI America

Rick Perry’s Marriage Problems – Phyllis Schlafly, Crisis Magazine

The Great Jewish Orthodox Comeback – Lawrence Grossman, Jewish Ideas Daily

Alternative to Obscene Girl Scouts: American Heritage Girls – Mark Shea, Patheos/CAEI!

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WEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

U.S: Catholic Ads to Air Nationally on Prime-Time TV – Tim Drake, National Cthlc Register

Collapse of Irish Catholicism: A Self-Induced Crisis? – Shane, Lux Occulta

SSPX Priest: No Agreement with Holy See – Ches, The Sensible Bond

Pentecostal, Jew, New Ager, Atheist & Finally Catholic – Leonard L. Adams Jr., WIC

A Reflection on the Healing Hope of Purgatory – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdcs of Wshngtn

Love Notes: A Catechesis for Marriage on the Brink – Lisa Mladinich, Catholic Lane

Swords & Trowels – Daniel McInerny, High Concepts

Saintly Apparel for Kids – Robyn Lee, Daily Register

Barbarian Invasion: Then and Now – Jared Dale Combista, VirtuousPla.net

Same-Sex “Marriage”: Voluntary Today Might be Mandatory Tomorrow – Dylan Parry, ARS

Satanism: A Primer – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, Crisis Magazine

Let’s End the Obsession with “Women Priests” – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

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TUESDAY EVENING EDITION

And Yet, It Moves – George Cardinal Pell, MercatorNet

Life Lessons from Joseph Stalin – Jason Jones, Crisis Magazine

A Supranational Authority, A Catholic Perspective – Fr. Rob. J. Araujo SJ, Mirror of Justice

The Call to Live Transformed Lives as Catholic Men – Maurice Blumberg, Catholic Lane

Confidence and Christians – Derek Caudill, VirtuousPla.net

Unearned Love – Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register

Why There’s Hope for Life After Abortion – Kathryn Jean Lopez, Daily Register

The Particular Imagination – Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, Dappled Things

Gingrich: Arab Spring is Really Anti-Christian Spring – Stephanie Samuel, Christian Post

Suicide of the Kansas City Star Newspaper – Bill Donohue, Catholic League

Episcopal Church Reports Lowest Membership in 70 Years – Catholic News Agency

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Shrewd Election Tactics – Samuel Tadros, Hudson Institute

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TUESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

A Spiritual Battle, How to Win the Culture War – Dr. Peter Kreeft, Integrated Cthlc Life™

Bankrolling Beauty: The Money Men of the 15th Century – Sarah Phelps Smith, MercNet

Georgetown’s Catholic Apologist for Islam – Robert Spencer, Crisis Magazine

The German Pope who took on the Secular World – Eamon Duffy, Catholic Herald

“Before Richard Dawkins Was. . . I Am.” – Frank Weathers, Patheos/Why I Am Catholic

Why the U.S. Needs DOMA – Catholic News Agency

Stout Hearts and Whizzing Biscuits – Nathaniel Gotcher, VirtuousPla.net

New Entertainment Co. Catholicizes Pop Culture – Daniel McInerny, Catholic Exchange

English Bishops’ Magic Circle Still Keeping Orthodoxy Down – Damian Thompson, Dly Tlgrph

Pondering Punishment in the Light of Love – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Wshngtn

Where Protestantism Goes Wrong: Biblical Inspiration & Church Authority – Carl Olson, IIS

Obscene – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

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TUESDAY EXTRA: ALL SAINTS DAY

On Saints and Souls – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The Catholic Thing

Torches from God – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

O Saints, Teach Us What You Know! – Elizabeth Scalia, First Things/On the Square

Dies Irae, or ‘Did Edgar Allen Poe Know Gregorian Chant?’ – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Halloween and All Saint’s Day – Brent Salkeld, Vox Nova

Saints Inspire Kids in Holiness – Kerry Crawford & Patricia A. Crawford, Daily Register

The Feast of All Saints, 2011 – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

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TUESDAY LATE-MORNING EDITION

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TUESDAY MORNING EDITION

Why do we Catholics Celebrate the Feast of All Saints – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Remember the Iraqi Martyrs in Your Prayers Today – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hdgrw

When Ultra-Christian French Fundamentalists Attack – Mollie Ziegler, Get Religion

Too Many People? Ignore the UNPFA & Welcome Baby 7 Billion – Steven T. Mosher, NCReg

The World’s 7-Billionth Baby Is a Gift, Not a Problem – Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

New Missal: An Opportunity in Sacred Music – Brian MacMichael & Michael Roesch, OSV

Benedictine Monastic Life in Italy (new video) – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

In Philadelphia, A Model School Kindles Hope – Kevin E. Schmiesing, Acton Institute

You Are Autumn – Sarah Babbs, VirtuousPla.net

Desperate Churchmice – George Weigel, NR

Mother AND Teacher: The Church, Financial Reform, & Realism – John Médaille, Cth Lane

Senate Republicans should Defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) – Catholic Vote

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MONDAY EVENING EDITION

The Fighting Nun in Rome & the Pope Pius XII Museum – Dr. Robert Moynihan, Cthlc Lane

Moral Economics 101 – Anna Williams, VirtuousPla.net

The Nanny State as Mother Church – Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

How Many People Can the Earth Support? Some Thoughts – Brett Salkeld, Vox Nova

Authentic Dialogue & Same-Sex Attraction – Melinda Selmys, New Oxford Review

What Fools We Mortals Can Be – Fr. John A. Leies SM, HLI America

The Idea of Real vs. False Progress – Fr. Denis Lemieux, Life with a German Shepherd

Is There Such a Thing as Moral Progress? – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

New Translation: Eucharistic Prayer IV, Part III (Epiclesis. . . ) – Jake Tawney, RLE

New Bible Software is Steeped in Traditions of the Church – Th. L. McDonald, Dly Rgstr

Bishops Power, Morris et al: is it just Cowardice? – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Westboro Problem: Free Speech, Public Decency, & Constitutional D. – C. Holloway, PD

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MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

New Translation of the Mass Restores Its Beauty & Splendor – Anthony Esolen, First Things

“Religious Liberty is also Prior to the State Itself. . . “ – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Evelyn Waugh’s Correspondence with Card. Heenan, Battling Modernity – Dylan Parry, RS

On Indecency in the Great Books – Mark Adderley, Cowboys-Philosophers-and-Poets

Path to God – Sr. Lisa Marie Doty FDCC, VirtuousPla.net

5 Heresies I Would’ve Believed Without the Authority of the Church – Jen. Fulwiler, NCRg

Kansas City Star (newspaper) vs. Catholic Church – Bill Donohue, Catholic League

Catholic PAC Pressures Obama on Key Issues – Ashley Lopez, The Florida Independent

Egypt’s Massacre of Christians: What the Media Will Not Tell You – Raymond Ibrahim, HNY

A Global Central Bank: Unjust! – Dr. Shawn Ritenour, Crisis Magazine

John Rist on the “White Paper” from the Pontifical Council for Justice & Peace – Fr. Z

Verbicide Must Precede Homicide – Kathryn Jean Lopez, NR

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MONDAY EXTRA: Hallows’ Evening

The Surprisingly Holy Origins of Halloween – Brad Noel, Southern Fried Catholicism

A Catholic Ghost Story – Lorraine Murray, Integrated Catholic Life™

Halloween: The Real Story – Fr. Augustine Thompson OP, The Crossroads Initiative

Witches are Real – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Movies: The Horror – Robert R. Reilly, Crisis Magazine

The Problems with Possession – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Poem: “All Hallow’s Eve” – Hilary McRee Flanery, Catholic Lane

On the Emptiness of our Modern World – Devin Rose, St. Joseph’s Vanguard

Happy Counter Reformation Day – Brad Birzer, Catholic Vote

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MONDAY LATE-MORNING EDITION

Thank You, St. Jude! – Matthew Hanley, The Catholic Thing

Maryknoll Celebrates 100th Anniversary – Catholic News Agency

Why Wrongful Convictions Should Matter to You – Fr. Gordon J. MacRae, Catholic Lane

Why America might Pull through the Demographic Collapse – Denyse O’Leary, MercNet

Largest U.K. Supermarket Chain Partners with London Gay Pride – Catholic Family News

A Mormon-Catholic Ticket Would be Groundbreaking – Matthew Warner, Ntnl Jrnl

Cain: Abortion Now OK In Case of Rape or Incest – Matthew Archbold, Crtv Mnrty Rprt

Teach the Children Well – Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register

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