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FRIDAY EDITION

Colors of Hate Lighting Up the Empire State Building (Pic Credit: Crisis Magazine)

Cultural Realpolitik: The Homosexual Establishment

. . .the New York Pride Parade is an overwhelming display of establishment power.  As the head of the Human Rights Campaign said in 2006, “Corporate America is far ahead of America generally when it comes to the question of equality for GLBT people.”  Large corporations donate to LGBT causes, lobby against religious freedom laws, & present gay people as avatars of consumerism. . .

by Matthew Schmitz,

of First Things

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Enough Already – Anthony M. Esolen Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
Former Irish Official: Vatican Asked to Protect Church from Financial Claims – Crux
“Call No Man Father” vs. Priests Addressed as “Father”? – Dave Armstrong, NC Register
How to Choose a Catholic Study Bible – Douglas M. Beaumont Ph.D., Catholic Answers
Whatever Happened to French Rood Screens? – Canticum Salomonis
Argentina Defeats Abortion Bill, Abortionists Throw Firebombs at Pro-Lifers – M Bilger
The Unsolved Murder of Fr. Alfred Kunz – Joseph M. Hanneman, The Cthlc World Report
Report: Catholic Schools Prioritised Reputations of Monks Over Child Safety – C Herald
Sting: The Church’s Music & Liturgy Fed This Artistic Soul – Edward Pentin, NC Register
Religious Freedom as Freedom to Discriminate? – Michael F. Bird Ph.D., Public Dscrs
You Are Either With God or Against Him, There Is No Middle Ground – Fr. Bill Peckman
Understanding Marion Maréchal – Nathan Pinkoski, First Things
NFL Star Ben Watson Helps Pregnancy Center Save Babies from Abortion – Karen Ingle
Sometimes Prayer is The Only Answer – Alita Maria Covel Ngo O.C.D.S., Catholic Stand
The Power of Perseverance in Catholic Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski
Underground Priests Removed in China for Holding Summer Youth Camp – Crux
4 Things Your Hairstylist Wants You To Do – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic Fashion)
Language as a Political Tool – Stephen M. Krason Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
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McCarrick Watch: Friday Edition

Sermon & Deeds of the Antichrist by Luca Signorelli, circa A.D. 1500 (Pic Credit: NC Register)

Here’s What I Think About the McCarrick Mess

. . .we should ask the heavenly powers to fight with us & for us.  I might suggest especially calling upon the one who crushes the head of the serpent. . .

by Bishop Robert E. Barron, S.T.D.,

from the National Catholic Register

Name Names, No More Bureaucratic Responses – Rod Dreher, The American. . .
Cardinal Danneels: A Wolf in Shepherd’s Clothing – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
The Consequences if All the Bishops Resign – Fr. Z’s Blog
An American Priest’s Despair – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Bring on the Righteous Anger – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
This is Where We Are Now – Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register
Reflections on the Abuse Saga: It’s Not Just about McCarrick – Inés San Martín, Crux
Wickedness in High Places – Sam Guzman, The Catholic Gentleman
Roundup: Bishops React to McCarrick Scandal – Register Staff, NC Register
Sex-Abuse Survivor Says Cardinal Wuerl’s Proposals Don’t Go Far Enough – NC Register
Evangelical Episcopal Repentance – Daniel Philpott, Arc of the Universe
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THVRSDAY EARLY AFTERNOON EDITION

Francisco Cardinal Errazuriz (Pic Credit: La Croix)

Cardinal Errázuriz of Chile Responds to Homosexual Predation Cover-Up Allegations

. . .Crux recently published a three-part series by senior correspondent Elise Harris exploring ties between Cardinal Francisco Errázuriz of Chile, a close papal confidante, & Peruvian layman Luis Fernando Figari, who’s now accused of sexual abuse & abuses of power & conscience within the prominent lay movement he founded. . .

by Crux Staff

of Crux

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
George Weigel’s Article is Delusional, Seriously Delusional – Rod Dreher, The Ameri. . .
Weigel, World Youth Day, & a Conservative Catholicism that Doesn’t Exist – Ste. Skojec
Who Profits? – Anthony M. Esolen Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
May Catholics Attend a “Gay Wedding” for Pastoral Reasons? – Fr. David Nix, Plgrm Prst
Losing the Labels: Let’s be Catholic Again – Steve Skojec, One Peter 5
Seven Secrets of St. Edith Stein – Suzie Andres, Catholic Exchange
Archbishop Sample: Liturgy According to the Mind, Heart of the Church – NC Register
They Probably Don’t Even Have a Starbucks! – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
Card. Maradiaga is Protecting Gay Seminarians in Honduras – Diane Montagna, Life Site
Culture War as Class War: How ‘Gay Rights’ Reinforce Elite Power – Darel E. Paul, FTh
The Paramount Importance of Daily Prayer – Dv. Torkington, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Anne Catherine Emmerich on the Blessed Sacrament; New Book – New Ltrgcl Mvmnt
Former Pennsylvania Chief Justice Backs Delay of Grand Jury Report – NC Register
World Youth Day 1993: The Turning Point – George Weigel, The Catholic World Report
Love, Economics, & Cheap Sex – C.R. Pakaluk, Public Discourse
Media Ignores FDA Decision to Purchase Body Parts From Aborted Babies – Katie Yoder
Argentine Senate Rejects Abortion Bill – Nick Hallett, Catholic Herald
Strength for the Journey: 19th Sun. in OT Readings Explained – The Sacred Page
Christian Heartland Opens a Window Into the Fight for China’s Soul – Yanan Wang
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The Death Penalty Final Edition

Noose (Pic Credit: AdobeStock via Catholic Answers Magazine)

Understanding the Catechism Revision on the Death Penalty

. . .Is this new revision an exercise of papal infallibility. . .

. . .No. . .

by Jimmy Akin,

of Catholic Answers Magazine

Everything Happens for a Reason, the Death Penalty Change – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Making a Mess of the Catechism, Especially on the Death Penalty – Fr. Martin Fox
The New Catechism Text Will Damage the Church – Edw. Feser Ph.D., Catholic Herald
Imagine No Religion, Too – Deacon James H. Toner, Crisis Magazine
A View on the Death Penalty to Offend Everybody – Richard M. Reinsch II, Law & Lbrty
St. Alphonsus: Public Authority is Given the Power to Kill Wrongdoers – Rorate Cæli
Development, Capital Punishment, & Dignitatis Humanæ – Korey D. Maas, Public Dscrs
Ask Tony: Did the CCC 2267 Rescript Change Catholic Doctrine? – A. Layne, Cthlc Stand
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McCarrick Watch: Thursday Edition

Archbishop Emeritus Theodore McCarrick (Pic Credit: CNA via NC Register)

How to Save the American Catholic Leadership from Itself

. . .Uncle Ted Groomed & Picked Our Bishops. . .

. . .The man who earned that millstone helped pick bishops all across the United States.  Names include Cardinal Blaise Cupich of Chicago, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, & Cardinal Kevin Farrell, now running the *cough* Vatican office for Laity, Family, & Life.  Farrell shared an apartment with McCarrick for years, but claims he had no idea about McCarrick’s sordid habits.  Right.  We believe that, don’t we. . .

by John Zmirak, Ph.D.,

Dear Card. Cupich: Sex Abuse Has Everything to Do with Homosexuality – C. Chretien
Healing: Bishops Should Consider Doing Public Penance – Dawn Eden Goldstein, C. Hrld
McCarrick, the Bishops, & the Sense of Sin – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Bishop Shawn McKnight: “It is Almost Unbearable” – K. Schiffer, National Cthlc Register
Time’s Up for the Bishops – Cynthia Millen, Catholic Stand
Where Are the Bishops Who Will Defend Faithful Priests? – A Diocesan Priest, Crisis
Silence Stops Now – Regina Magazine
Metuchen Bishop: Fear of Retribution Must End Seminarians – Peter Jesserer Smith
The Bishops & ‘Best Practices’, Does That Sound Familiar? – Ph. Lawler, Cthlc Culture
Young Catholics Sign Letter Calling for Investigation – Ch. Rousselle, Ntnl C. Register
Living Holy Lives Will Help Heal the Church – Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange
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VVEDNESDAY EDITION

Fr. James Martin Promoting Homosexuality (Pic Credit: La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana)

Can We Save the World Meeting of Families from the Gay Lobby?

. . .the scandal of the bishops involved in homosexual activities or responsible for child and adult abuse has rocked the Church.  But we should realize that that the homosexual wave has reached such high levels in the Vatican that it is even influencing the next World Meeting of Families. . .

by Riccardo Cascioli

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
The Dictatorship of Sentimentality – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
7 Stages of Eucharistic Adoration – Birgit Jones, Catholic Life In Our Times
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Home Vandalized with Spray Paint, Condoms – Calvin Freiburger
Irish Heatwave Reveals Spot Where St. Oliver Plunkett’s Home Once Stood – Aleteia
Hey BuzzFeed, Che Guevara Was a Bloodthirsty Terrorist – David Harsanyi, The Fdrlst
Disabled Man Says Hospital Trying to Euthanize Him, Not Providing Medical Care – LN
Why Doesn’t God Give Everyone a Miracle? – Randal Rauser Ph.D., Strange Notions
Can Pp. Francis’ Council of Cardinals Still Deliver on Reform? – Ed Condon J.C.L., CNA
Timothy Murphy: A Catholic Robert Frost? – Jennifer Reeser, Benedict XVI Institute
Former Irish Pres. Claims Vatican Tried to Shield Church Archives – Cha. Collins, Crux
Embrace God’s Will to Grow in Spiritual Perfection – Fr. Philip Dion, Catholic Exchange
FDA Using ‘Fresh’ Aborted Baby Body Parts to Experiment on Mice – Grace Carr
How Are You Bringing Worth to Others? The Gift of Self – K. Sovak Ph.D., Those C. Men
Amazing 3-D Printer Helps Blind Mother “See” Her Unborn Baby – Dave Andrusko, LN
New Archbishop Installed in India’s Troubled Jharkhand State – Nirmala Carvalho, Crux
4 Things Your Hairstylist Wants You To Do – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic Fashion)
Google is Giving $10,000 a Month to Catholic Non-Profits – Brice Sokolowski
The Gift & Rights of Being Conceived – Francis Etheredge, Homiletic & Pastoral Review
St. Josemaría Escrivá & the Essence of Work – Max Torres Ph.D. J.D., Napa Institute
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McCarrick Watch: VVednesday Edition

Archbishop Emeritus Theodore McCarrick (Pic Credit: Screen Shot from PBS News Hour)

When Two Gay Catholic Tribes Go To (Cold) War

. . .the first tribe is the Progressives — some sexually active, others not — who believe homosexuality should be normalized by the Catholic Church, and are pushing openly for the Church to change its teachings to reflect that. . .

. . .the second tribe are Conservatives who live a double life.  Outwardly they advocate for traditional Catholic teaching on homosexuality, but they also live homosocially (in the sense of socializing with other gay conservative priests), and some have gay sex.  They, therefore, live in a state of cognitive dissonance. . .

by Rod Dreher

The Napa Institute Caught Up in McCarrick Scandal Fall-Out – Rod Dreher, The Amer. . .
A Saint to Remember in Evil Days – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
O’Malley Welcomed McCarrick to Boston Gala After Sex Abuse Letter – Ch. Niles J.D.
Wan’s Letter: Yes, Monsignor Abused Me at the Lincoln Seminary – Rod Dreher, The. . .
An Independent Commission to Investigate Bishops? Problems – Phil Lawler, C. Culture
Quæritur: Proper Form of Address for Former Cardinal McCarrick – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Theological Roots of the Present Crisis – Fr. D. Vincent Twomey S.V.D., The CWR
The Current Crisis & the Order of the Laity – Adam A.J. DeVille Ph.D., The CWR
Truth Needed to Free Church from Sacrilege of Prelate Scandal – Fr R Landry, NC Rgstr
Why Stay Catholic in Times Like These? – Sherry Antonetti, National Catholic Register
The Laity Demand Justice & Action – Katrina Fernandez, National Catholic Register
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TVESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Kevin Cardinal Farrell (Pic Credit: Life Site)

Rocked by Scandals, the Vatican Should Cancel the Pro-Homosexual World Meeting of Families

. . .claims of innocence are not going to be enough any longer, nor the protections of the old-boy networks.  Take the case of Kevin Cardinal Farrell, one-time auxiliary bishop of Washington D.C., who claims, implausibly, not to have known anything irregular about McCarrick, with whom he lived for six years. . .

. . .It seems highly unlikely, though it’s just barely possible.  And if so – a big if – Cardinal Farrell himself may now become a victim of McCarrick’s evil deeds.  Farrell will be one of the speakers at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin later this month.  Whether he’s to blame or not, his credibility as head of the new Dicastery for Laity, Family, & Life has been damaged.  And will not be restored unless there’s a thorough investigation of what he & others knew – & didn’t know.

by Robert Royal, Ph.D.,

of The Catholic Thing

via Life Site

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Santa Rosa Bishop Orders Halt to Communion Services without a Priest – Calif. C. Daily
Essure Is Pulled From the Market, As New Netflix Documentary Is Released – G. Patti
Catholics Ask to Drop Pro-Gay Fr. Jm. Martin from World Meeting of Families – Lf Site
These Airport Chapels Offer Catholic Mass on Sundays – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia
Forty Anti-Catholic Lies; New Book – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Abuse Victim Forced to Share Room at Women’s Shelter with ‘Trans’ Man – L Laurence
How Liturgical Art Influences the Wider Culture – D. Clayton, New Liturgical Movement
Four Years after ISIS Onslaught, Iraqi Christians Struggle to Rebuild – Elise Harris, Crux
Parvis Imbutus Tentabis Grandia Tutus or, How to Succeed at Latin – Regina Magazine
Why Accompaniment Involves Apologetics – Bishop R.E. Barron S.T.D., Intgrtd C. Life™
If You Love Me, Keep My Commandments – Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing
The Power of Praying Marian Novenas – Fr. Ed Broom O.M.V., Catholic Exchange
Fr. James V. Schall Dissects the West via Islam – Samuel Gregg D.Phil., Law and Liberty
We Don’t Ban Fortune Tellers, We Shouldn’t Ban ‘Gay Conversion Therapy’ – C Greene
The Testing of Faith – Nathalie Fernandez, Ignitum Today
Roe v. Wade has Brought Women Grief, It’s Time to Acknowledge It – Veronika Winkels
‘We Must Pay So Dearly’: China’s Churches Raided, Silenced – Yanan Wang, AP via Crux
Back to Homeschooling with St. Therese of Lisieux – Michele Chronister, Cth. Exchange
What is Human? On the Genetic Modifications of Embryos – R. Kurland Ph.D., C. Stand
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McCarrick Watch: Tuesday Edition

Tithing (Pic Credit: flickr)

A Wealthy Catholic Donor Rebels

. . .His name isn’t ‘Steve’.  He’s a recently-retired Midwesterner, a convert to the Faith and a married man. . .

. . .He also donates in the mid-five figure$ to the Catholic Church every year. . .

from Regina Magazine

Albany Bishop: Laity, Not Bishops, Must Investigate McCarrick – Peter Jesserer Smith
A Roundup of Bishops Reactions to McCarrick Scandal – National Catholic Register
How to Fight Back:  Stop Tithing, Adopt a Parish – Sh. Schaetzel, Catholics Are Christian
Intrinsic Evil & McCarrick – Dan Hitchens, First Things
Card. Cupich Backs a Laity Involved Investigation of McCarrick Scandal – M. O’Loughlin
What Priests Do – Tom Piatak, Crisis Magazine
Abuse Survivor Says Card. Wuerl’s Solution Not Far Enough – E. Condon J.C.L., NCRgstr
Univ. of Notre Dame Won’t Revoke Honor of McCarrick, For Now – M Archbold, NCRgstr
Don’t Use the Sexual Abuse Scandal to Attack Confession – K.V. Turley, Ntnl C. Register
This Saint Can Teach Us about Responding to a Church Scandal – S. Jacobs, Cthlc Stand
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TVESDAY MORNING EDITION

Rainbow over the Vatican (Pic Credit: Vatican News via Roman Catholic Man)

St. John Bosco Told Us This Year Would Happen

. . .well known is St. John Bosco’s “dream of the two columns” where he foresaw the future difficulties of the Church, envisioned as a ship on stormy seas.  Several popes strive to moor the Church & anchor it between two columns which arose amid the dangerous waters.  The columns symbolized the two devotions to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament & to Mary Immaculate, the Help of Christians.  Calm & peace for the Church is won only when one of the popes finally succeeds in anchoring the Church between the two columns. . .

by Father Richard Heilman,

of Roman Catholic Man

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
We have Nothing to Fear from the Truth: 25 Years of Covering Clergy Sex Abuse – CWR
George Weigel on the State of the World – John M. Grondelski, National Cthlc Register
Can You Myth-Bust These 7 Anti-Catholic Lies? – Theresa Williams, epicPew
All the Rites of the Church, Including the Lesser-Known Ones, In One Diagram – ChPOP
Someday Roe v. Wade Will be Hated as Much as the Dred Scott Decision – Fr. S. Boquet
St. Alphonsus Liguori: Bearing the Cross of Mental Illness – M. Chronister, C. Exchange
What’s the Difference between a Convent & Monastery? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
The Lion of Munster – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Examination of Conscience & Repentance – Dav. Torkington, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Who Was Jeremiah the Prophet? – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission
A Woman Clothed with the Sun – J.P. Nunez, Catholic Stand
The Nun who Wrote Letters to the Greatest Poets of Her Generation – N. Ripatrazone
5 Saints Who Spent Extremely Long Hours Hearing Confessions Every Day – Aleteia
Shedding Light on Depression’s Darkness – Maria M. Maffucci, the Human Life Review
A Priest’s Silver Jubilee – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
4 Things Your Hairstylist Wants You To Do – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic Fashion)
A Big List of Saints from Big Families – Becky Roach, Catholic Link
Google is Giving $10,000 a Month to Catholic Non-Profits – Brice Sokolowski
Vocation Of Business: Putting A Stamp On Creation – Luke Birgis, Napa Institute
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MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Ordination of a Priest (Pic Credit: Fr. Jason Smith, L.C.)

My Vocation Story: Father Jason Smith, LC

. . .if not for a hockey game, I wouldn’t be a Legionary of Christ priest today.  As a good Minnesotan, I naturally considered hockey as divinely inspired, a sign of God’s love for us.  But it’s what happened after the game that took me by surprise & lead me to know my priestly vocation. . .

by Father Jason Smith, L.C.,

of Ignitum Today

Live Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
The Priest Who Molested Him Was His Uncle in the Diocese of Lincoln – Rod Dreher
New Light on the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich – Pt. A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., NLM
Varadkar: I’ll Push Pope on Accepting Same-Sex Families – Catholic Herald
This Beautiful Religious Order is for Women with Down Syndrome – R. Scheel, uCthlc
The Newly Defined “Dark Ages” of Christian America – Jason Craig, Those Catholic Men
Catholic at Last: From Eastern Orthodox to the One True Faith – S. Nicholas, One Ptr 5
Classical v. Contemporary Sanctuary Arrangement – Sh. R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal
We Are Beginning to See a Catholic Revival in the Arts – Joseph Pearce, NC Register
Bishop Right to Publish Names of Clergy Accused of Abuse – Fr. A. Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
N.Y. Times’ Hit Piece on Mike Pence is Anti-Christian Bigotry – G.T. Stanton, The Fdrlst
Should the Catholic Church Sell Her Great Art to Feed the Poor? – K. Schiffer, NC Rgstr
A Generation Who Grew Up with Porn: How We can Help – Isaac Withers, Catholic Link
Woman Still Die from Legal Abortions, This Was Not Suppose to Be – Dave Andrusko, LN
NFP: The Antidote to Sexism – Sofia Abasalo, Catholic Stand
Want to be a Knight of Columbus? Now You can Join Online – John Burger, Aleteia
Providential Transfiguration – Robert P. Imbelli, First Things
The Virgin Mary & the Pro-Life Movement – Peter Darcy, Catholic Stand
Dominican Efforts Save Endangered Species of Salamanders – Chloe Langr, epicPew
Obamacare Still Forces Americans to Pay for Abortions – Steven Ertelt, Life News
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The Death Penalty Monday Edition

Fr. Gil Martinez Chaplain for Out at St. Paul (Pic Credit: Joseph Sciambra)

Fr. James Martin’s Favorite LGBT Ministry Asks Pope Francis to Change the Catechism

. . .St. Monica’s in Santa Monica hosts St. Monica Catholic Community Gay & Lesbian Outreach (GLO) where former member Arthur Fitzmaurice once served as the Chair of Archdiocese’s Catholic Ministry with Lesbian & Gay Persons.  At the 2015 LA Religious Education Congress hosted by Archbishop Gomez, which repeatedly features Fitzmaurice as a speaker on LGBT issues, he openly criticized “The Catechism of the Catholic Church”. . .

by Joseph Sciambra

Cardinal Dulles’s Dubia – Michael Pakaluk, First Things
Let’s Be Careful in Our Charges Regarding the New Wording – Msgr. Charles Pope, CiM
Catechism & the Death Penalty: are Catholics Right to be Worried? – Dan Hitchens, CH
Church History: A Brief Review of Papal Lapses – Pt. A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., One Peter 5
CCC 2358 on Objectively Disordered Homosexual Inclinations – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Pius XII: Death Penalty Not Conditioned by Historical Circumstances – Fr. Z’s Blog
Death Penalty Is Wrong But Not Intrinsically Evil or Infallible – Fr. Mt. P. Schneider L.C.
Latin of Change to CCC 2267 about Capital Punishment Now Available – Fr. Z’s Blog
Wrestling With Capital Punishment – Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register
A Little More on the New Catechism – P.J. Smith, Semiduplex
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