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SATURDAY EVENING EDITION

Canada: The Straight Story on the Ordinariate – Fr. Ch. Phillips, The Anglo-Catholic

Egypt Overthrow Followed by Conflict of Christians & Muslims – R. Spencer, The Tlgrph

120th Anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum – Fr. Robert J. Araujo S.J., MOJ

Jim Cavezial’s ‘Person of Interest’ Picked up at CBS – Michael Crider, ScreenRant

Huge Breakthroughs in Adult Stem Cell Research – Deacon Keith Fournier, Cthlc Online

U.S. House Speaker Delivers Address on Humility, Patience, Faith – Kathryn J. Lopez

US: Soros Group Behind Attack on Boehner’s Faith – Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in Media

Were Moses, Elijah, & John the Baptist Thieves & Robbers – Reginaldus, NTM

Wyoming Catholic College’s First Graduates – Joan Barron, Billings Gazette

Bad Career Move, Defending Marriage: Peter Vidmar – Joseph Knippenberg, First Things

He Put His job On The Line: Jack Church – California Catholic Daily

Catholic Faith and Governance – John, Party Hard Politics

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

The Purpose of Creation – Father James V. Schall S.J., Ignatius Insight

Is That Your Final Answer? (Making Difficult Life Decisions) – Dennis Buonafede, TICL™

Irish Catholics Show How to Treat an Improperly Dressed Priest – Richard Collins, LOTH

Would a Request for Meatier Sermons Offend a Priest? – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The ‘Morris-like’ Bishop-elect of Rodez, How’d This Happen? – Jane, TFACO

With So Much Shopping To Do, Who Has Time For Kids? – Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Papal Profile: Pope Saint Gregory VII – MadMonarchist, The Mad Monarchist

Usus Antiquior Mass Daily at Saint Peter’s 7am – Father Tim Finigan, THOC

Are Abortion Laws Unenforceable? – Howard Kainz, Crisis Magazine

If Everyone in the World were Catholic . . . – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

Bishops of England & Wales Respond to PB16’s Reform of the Reform – Dylan Parry, ARS

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

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FRIDAY EVENING EDITION

Countdown to World Youth Day – Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

The Controversy Over the 3rd Secret: Objections & Responses – Fr. A. Apostoli C.F.R.

5 Ways the Old Testament Foreshadowed the Eucharist – Joe Heschmeyer, Shmlss Ppry

8 Surprising Facts About Adopting HIV-Positive Kids – Jennifer Fulwiler, NCRegister

Catholic Sports Anchor Fired for Tweeting about Marriage?! – Thomas Peters, Cth Vote

A Catholic’s Gratitude to Evangelicals – Colleen Reiss, First Things/On The Square

N.T. Wright & the Death of Osama Bin Laden – Francis J. Beckwith, The Cthlc Thing

Thoughts About Oughts – Christopher O. Tollefsen, Public Discourse

Kudos to the Bishops of England & Wales: Meatless Fridays Re-established – Fr. Z

Even Jesus Sometimes Said, “No.” – Monsignor Charles Pope, Archdcs of Wshngtn

The Conversion of Bob Marley – Christopher Stefanick, Denver Catholic Register

10 Reasons Why Pro-Lifers Will Eventually Win – Marcel LeJeune, Aggie Catholics

Vatican Instruction on Summorum Pontificum Published – Edward Pentin, NCRegister

. . .Instruction on the Summorum Pontificum: Universæ Ecclesiæ. . .

. . .Universæ Ecclesiæ explanatory note. . .

. . .for complete coverage by ThePulp.it of the Universæ Ecclesiæ click here. . .

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FRI. EXTRA: UNIVERSAE ECCLESIAE II

Quick and Basic Summary – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

New Vatican Instruction Released on Tridentine Rite – John Thavis, Cthlc News Service

Drilling into the Latin & English (Training of Priests & Seminaries) – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Universae Ecclesiae, Chapel Veils, and You – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

PODCAzT 119: Instruction “Universæ Ecclesiæ” – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Reminder: Liturgical Manuals for the Extraordinary Form – Father John Zuhlsdorf

WDTPRS Poll: Universæ Ecclesiæ – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

VIS: Holy See Press Office statement about Universæ Ecclesiæ – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For Part I click here.

For Part III click here.

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FRI. EXTRA: UNIVERSAE ECCLESIAE I

. . .Instruction on the Summorum Pontificum: Universae Ecclesiae. . .

. . .Universæ Ecclesiæ explanatory note. . .

New Guidelines for Tridentine Mass: 10 Key Facts – Catholic News Agency

The Key Points in Universæ Ecclesiæ – Doctor Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org

Vatican Instruction Released – Michael Brendan Dougherty, Crisis Magazine

Vatican Upholds & Strengthens Summorum Pontificum – Damian Thompson, The Telegraph

Fr. Federico Lombardi: Summarizing the Instruction Universæ Ecclesiæ – Carl Olson, IIS

That’s The End of the Novus Ordo –  Steve Kellmeyer, The Fifth Column

Two Masses for a Single Church – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Quaeruntur: Universæ Ecclesiæ & “Novus Ordo” Practices – Father John Zuhlsdorf

Quaeruntur: More Questions About Universæ Ecclesiæ – Father John Zuhlsdorf

The Traditional Latin Mass: Glasgow’s Shame – Damian Thompson, The Telegraph

Archbishop Nichol’s Cool Reception of the Universæ Ecclesiæ – Anna Arco, Cthlc Hrld

. . .Father John Zuhlsdorf fisks Archbishop Nichols reaction here. . .

For Part II click here.

For Part III click here.

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FRIDAY MORNING EDITION

Sneak Peek at the Universae Ecclesiae – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

. . .a clarification by Father John Zuhlsdorf here. . .

. . .Laramie of The Eponymous Flower has more here. . .

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels: Words & Deeds – Pat Archbold, National Cthlc Register

Speaker Boehner’s Catholic Critics Rush to Protect Welfare State – Fr. Robert A. Sirico

. . .Joseph Knippenberg of First Things summarizes well here. . .

Vatican Faces Lawsuit Over Sexual Abuse By Chicago Priest – CBS Chicago

A Petition Asking Villanova Univ. to Rescind Honor for Pro-Abort Sen. Casey – L. Graas

Outsourcing Parenting in Sweden – Jonas Himmelstrand, MercatorNet

TLM Girl Servers: What’s Cambridge Univ. Chaplain Proving – Dm. Thompson, The Tlgrph

Catholics Tend to Divide Into ‘Social Justice’ or ‘Social Issues’ – Russell Shaw, OSV

As Hollow as a Home-School Story Gets – Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

Behind a Bishop’s Removal – Anthony Barich, Catholic News Service

Hans Küng: An Ageing Enfant Terrible Going Nowhere – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

IL Civil Union Law Threatens Catholic Charities Adoptions – Matthew A. Rarey, TDR

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THURSDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Rerum Novarum & 7 Principles of Catholic Social Doctrine – Barbara Lanari, Ignts Insght

Ordinariate Talks Stall in Canada – Anna Arco, Catholic Herald

. . .Virtue Online has the exclusive report here. . .

Universae Ecclesiae Will Urge Seminaries to Teach the TLM – Dm. Thompson, The Tlgrph

Rethinking Single-Sex Dorms – Christopher Kaczor, First Things/On The Square

New Light on Pius XII Cause? – John Burger, National Catholic Register

How to Handle a Break Up, Catholic Edition (I) – Trista, Not-a-Minx

Saint Pancras – John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

The Faithful of the House of Savoy – MadMonarchist, The Mad Monarchist

Saint Leopold of Herzegovina: Zeal for God’s House Consumed Him – Theresa Rita

UK: At Last! The Guild of Blessed Titus! – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Egyptian Bishop Warns of ‘Anarchy’ After Church Attacks – EWTN News

A Heartless Defense of Children’s Dignity – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

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THURSDAY MID-MORNING EDITION

Timeline for a Dismissal of Bishop William Morris – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

. . .Father John Zuhlsdorf comments here. . .

Newt Gingrich, The Catholic Church, and Spousal Abandonment – Hilary Towers, CV

US: Amnesty Equals Abortion – John Zmirak, Crisis Magazine

US: An Open Letter To Claire McCaskill – The Catholic Knight

Flash: Fr. Z Agrees with Bishop William Morris & NCR. . . Yes & No – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

About Those Who’ve Never Heard the Gospel – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

For Your Family Night at the Movies – Allison Salerno, Why I Am Catholic

US: Mislaid, 26 million Catholics – Father Bevil Bramwell O.M.I., The Catholic Thing

Please Stop Distracting Me during Mass – Danica, Catholic Phoenix

Father Pfleger Vows to Preach at Other Churches If Suspension Isn’t Lifted – Cthlc Cltr

Life Doesn’t Have to be Easy to be Joyful – Jennifer Fulwiler, Conversion Diary

Catholics For Choice Slam Obama For Not Being Pro-Abort Enough – Donald R. McClarey

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WEDNESDAY EVENING EDITION

Universae Ecclesiae: Summorum Pontificum Instruction – Taylor Marshall, Cntrbry Tls

UK: New Papal Nuncio Address, Read Between the Lines – D. Thompson, The Telegraph

Lost Meaning of the Sacred – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Australia: Happy Land of Upside Down – Mark P. Shea, Crisis Magazine

Conspiracies And Controversies – LarryD, The American Catholic

On the Imprudence & Uncharitableness of Immodesty – Monsignor Charles Pope, AOW

Cardinal Schönborn to Announce “Restructuring” of Vienna Parishes – Tancred, TEF

Chicago: The Pfleger Follies Continue! – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Divorce and Malta – Jennifer Roche, The Daily Register

May is Mary’s Month, But Why? – Reginaldus, The New Theological Movement

What “God Said” Matters – William E. Carroll, The Catholic Thing

US: Why Have FEMA? AL Citizens Show Us Spontaneous Charity in Action – J. Mercer

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WEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

Mormon Convert: Richard Sherlock – Why I’m Catholic

Aquinas and Horses – George Weigel, The Catholic Difference

What’s Good? Wherefore Ought? – Thaddeus J. Kozinski, Public Discourse

Hans Küng: Unintentionally Funny (and Sad) – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Does the Church Condemn Capitalism? – Kevin Schmiesing, Crisis Magazine

The Guild Of Blessed Titus Brandsma. . .? – Mac McLernon, Mulier Fortis

A Message to Catholic Politicians and Others: The Presence is Real – Lisa Graas, TAC

Amy Wellborn’s New Travel Blog – Jay Anderson, Pro Ecclesia

Homosexual Men Twice as Likely to Have Cancer: Study – Rebecca Millette, LSN

Bishops Respond to Cairo Church Attacks – Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service

Indiana Gov. Daniels Signs Bill De-Funding Planned Parenthood – Steven Ertelt, LN

US Indicts Man for Death Threats Against Pro-Life Leaders – Kevin J. Jones, CNA


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TUESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Private Charity Vs. Government Welfare – Father C. J. McCloskey III, Crisis Magazine

Christians Struggle for Religious Freedom in Egypt Amid Violence – Lisa Graas

CNN: Gays More Likely to Get Cancer – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

The Will of God – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Zombies at the Mall – Father Scott Hurd, Archdiocese of Washington

Toowoomba’s Rousing Vocations Pitch – Jack Smith, The Catholic Key Blog

Quaeritur: Our Father Prayer Hand Holding, Fr. Z Rants – Father John Zuhlsdorf

Saint Damian the Leper Priest & his Protestant Defender – Stephanie A. Mann

Saint Damien of Molokai: Zeal for God’s House Consumed Him – Theresa Rita, Zeal

A Spanish Lesson – Robert Royal, First Things/On The Square

The Right to Kill Your Kid – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Biblical Thoughts on the Ship of Saint Peter – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

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TUESDAY MORNING EDITION

Irish Parish Mass for Osama bin Laden Causes Outrage – The Telegraph

The Return of Crisis Magazine – The American Catholic

A Cardinal’s Warning on China – Mary Kissel, The Wall Street Journal

Hans Küng’s Latest Book – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

Instruction on Summorum Pontificum Coming – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

. . .the name of this document is. . .

Thanks to Tomás Luis de Victoria: Singer, Composer, Priest – F. Weathers, YIMCthlc

More Than 340,000 Signed Up For World Youth Day – Catholic News Agency

It’s Never a Good Time to Have Kids – Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register

Ex-Catholic Charities Head Slams Faithful Bishops, Derides Church – Cal Cth Dly

12 Killed in Cairo Church Attacks – Catholic News Service

There Be Dragons – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

C.S. Lewis’ Gender Bender Controversy – Matthew Archbold, Creative Mnrty Rprt

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