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VVEDNESDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

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Italy Faces ‘Dark Future’ After Passing New End-of-Life Law

by Edward Pentin,

of the National Catholic Register

The Special Papal Commission on Sexual Abuse has Ceased to Exist – Phil Lawler, CC
Things Catholics Must Know About Pornography & Church’s Teachings – ChurchPop
Quæritur: What Happens to Professed Religious in Orders That Don’t Make It – Fr. Z
India: Hindus Want Christmas Banned in Catholic Schools – AsiaNews.it
The Two Paths: 1) Be Christian, 2) Go Mad – David Warren, Essays in Idleness
Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue, Teach Me How to Pray – Guy McClung Ph.D. J.D., Cth Lane
Looking for the Historical Jesus—Again – Cale Clarke, Catholic Answers Magazine
The Shakespeareologists – Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
The Joy of Little Places: The Priestly Service in Small Parishes – Father Ed’s Blog
Acta Apostolicae Sedis Isn’t Exercise of the Magisterium – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., CC
Vatican Begins Restoring Recently Discovered Masterworks by Raphael – J-P Mauro, Al.
The Masculinity & Mortification of Auden’s St. Joseph – Patrick Malone, Catholic Stand
The Dilemma of the Essential & Nonessential Doctrines – Allison Low, Catholic Stand
B16 on the Dialogue of Religions – Eduardo J. Echeverria S.T.L. Ph.D., The Cthlc Thing
What Is Good Sense? – David Warren, Essays in Idleness
The Ascetic Prophet & the Everyday Savior – Fr. Hugh Barbour O. Præm., Cthlc Answers
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VVEDNESDAY ANGLICAN ORDINARIATE EDITION

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Shield of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

After New Female ‘Bishop’ of London, Dear Anglo-Catholics: Come Home to Rome!

by Father Dwight Longenecker

New London ‘Bishop’, Anglo-Catholics Draw Another Line in the Sand – Msgr. Barnes
Disgraced Former Anglican Bishop Turns Catholic to Live & Worship in Anonymity – CH
The Final Fall of the Church of England – William M. Briggs Ph.D., Statistician to the. . .
Bishop Bell Was Railroaded – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Vicar Being Punished for Writing Strong-Worded Letter to Congregation – Lucie-Smith
An Autopsy on the Anglo-Catholic Movement – Father Ed’s Blog
Top Church of England Vicar: Pray for Prince George to Have SSA – Rod Dreher
Erosion of “Common Ancient Traditions” bt. Anglicans & Catholics – Fr. John Hunwicke
Australian Anglicans Removing the “Seal” of Confession – Fr. John Hunwicke, FHME
CoE Cleric Apologises for Asking to Pray for Prince George to Have SSA – Oppenheim
Two New Ordinariate Priests in Scotland – Deborah Gyapong, The ACS
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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA

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Capital Pride Parade (Credit: Screenshot from The Federalist)

Top 4 Anti-LGBT Myths Of 2017

by Chad Felix Greene,

of The Federalist

Douthat, David French & I Debate on Christian Voters & Trump – John Zmirak  Ph.D.
Control of Language is the New Emerging Battlefield – David Warren, Essays in Idleness
A Saint’s Three Keys to Daily Conversion – Shaun McAfee O.P., Catholic Answers Mgzn
Dan Brown’s Factional Fiction – Carl E. Olson, Catholic Answers Magazine
10 Ways to Stop Gossip – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, National Catholic Register
Convert from Islam: First Rorate Traditional Latin Mass in Smyrna in Centuries – RCæli
The Five Idols of Christmas – Rick Yoder, The Amish Catholic
Jerusalem in the Islamic Imagination – Derya Little, Crisis Magazine
Quæritur: Blessed Candles for Use at Home – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope: Countries That Choose Not to have Kids have a Bad Disease – D. Agasso Jr., VI
Why Don’t America’s Rich Give More to Charity? – Helaine Olen, The Atlantic
Bored of Online Gaming? Take The Road to Bethlehem – K.V. Turley, NC Register
Opening Your Heart to Faith – Wendy McMahon, Catholic Stand
Jane Austen’s Characters Show Christian Values in Relationships – Susan Klemond, Reg
Wenzhou, a Prayer Campaign for Msgr. Shao Zhumin, Detained – Li Yuan, AsiaNews.it
Taiwan’s Catholic Church: Quest for National Identity – Victor Gaetan, NC Register
For the TVESDAY ADVENT EDITION (19 December AD 2017) click here.
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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

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Fr. John Jenkins (Credit: The Daily Domer)

Is the End Nigh for Fr. John Jenkins of the University of Notre Dame

by The Motley Monk

of Omnibus

Why John Paul II Restored This Saint to the Calendar – Thomas Craughwell, NC Register
Big Toy Store Will Lose $2.7M to Put Family First On Christmas Eve – C. Gardiner, Alet.
Adrienne von Speyr: Mystic & Inspiring Female Role Model – Carl E. Olson, The CWR
US Has Big Underpopulation Problem; Not Having Enough Kids – Jn. Stonestreet, LN
Want to Stop Sexgate 2017? Stop Feminism – Carly Hoilman, Catholic Vote
Change the Way We Pray & Over Time, What We Believe Will Change – Fr. Z’s Blog
Cosmetics & the Objectification of Women – Susanna Spencer, Natl Catholic Register
Abp. Kurtz Reacts to Injunction Against Religious Liberty Rules – CNA via The CWR
The Moral Limits of Consent – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers Magazine
About Our Epidemic of Sexual Aggression – Rick Fitzgibbons M.D., The Catholic Thing
Canada: New Bishop of MacKenzie-Fort Smith – Zenit
Non-Utopian Christian Vision for Europe: God, Brexit & EUtopia; Part III – S Copp, Actn
Defining Religion in America – David Carlin, The Catholic Thing
Facebook, Twitter & Google/YouTube Censoring Christians – Rach. Alexander, The Strm
Happiness: The Sun on Our Heart – Christian Daru, Catholic Stand
Beauty Reflects God’s Love for Us – Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange
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TVESDAY CVLTVRÆ EDITION

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Female Male Binary (Credit: iStockphoto via The Stream)

The Great PC Purge of Our Language Is Coming

by William M. Briggs, Ph.D.,

of The Stream

Liturgical Calendar: Interview, Architect Turned Artist – Scott Smith, All Roads. . .
Why Every American Should Study Western Heritage 101 – Joy Pullman, The Federalist
Ordinary People Against the Multiculturalist Intellectuals – Christopher DeGroot, TIC
What C.S. Lewis Can Teach Us About America’s Pronoun Wars – Sean Davis, The FdrlstPo
London’s Tunnel Project Reveals Layers of Archaeological Finds – Zelda Caldwell, Alet.
Beauty Will Save the World – Gregory Wolfe, The Imaginative. . .
How to Get Kids Interested in Classical Music – Lauren Turner, Aleteia
Trinity Dome at Mary’s Shrine Offers Encounter With Beauty – Jem Sullivan, NC Rgstr
Without Knowledge of Christianity, We Can’t Appreciate Religious Art – Fr. Lucie-Smith
Faith of Our Founders: The Role of Religion in America’s Founding – Mark D. Hall, TIC
What Is the ‘Judeo-Christian Tradition’? – Jeremy Fuzy, Big Questions Online
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TVESDAY ADVENT EDITION

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Hipster Nativity Créche Display

Hipster Nativity?

by Donald R. McClarey, J.D.,

of The American Catholic

Best Advent Hymn! I Wonder If You’ve Ever Heard of It – Msgr. Charles Pope, CiM
Let Us Now Praise Bishop Jean Dubois – Fr. George W. Rutler S.T.D. Th.D., NC Rgstr
A Punch in the Nose – David Warren, Essays in Idleness
With the Rooster Mass, Catholics Start to Prepare Christmas Celebrations – S Digal, AN
The Latest Magi Video – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Messianic Prophecies: Isaiah 11:10 – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Watch This Live Nativity from Benedictine College – Shaun McAfee, epicPew
Nativity Scene: What It Is, Where It Came From & Why It Still Matters – J. Regnier, SM
Heartfelt & Handmade: The Value of Story in Our Family’s Advent – Ch. Capolino, CL
Preparing to Receive the Word Made Flesh – Allison LeDoux, Truth and Charity Forum
From a Patrimonial Poet – Charles A. Coulombe, The Anglicanorum Cœtibus Society
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MONDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA

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Holy Bible (Credit: uCatholic)

Which Bible Should I Use? A List of Approved Catholic Translations

by Billy Ryan,

of uCatholic

A Quiet Departure: In Cardinal Law’s Last Days, Boston & Rome Braces – Rocco Palmo
US Faith Leaders Condemn Harmful Gender Ideology – CNS via The Catholic Herald
In Other Words: Not Changing the Our Father – Robert Royal Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
Evangelical Churches Embracing Liturgy? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
How Protestant Nativity Scenes Proclaim Catholic Doctrine – Dave Armstrong, NC Rgstr
The Mass in Slow Motion by Msgr. Ronald Knox – B. Kurland Ph.D., The Amrcn Catholic
Beware the Poisoned Apple of Feminist Ideology – Carrie Gress Ph.D., NC Register
The Possibility of a Catholic Social Order – P.J. Smith, First Things
How to Be Happy – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Will Ofsted Start Policing Thoughtcrime in Schools? – Dennis Sewell, Catholic Herald
False Gospel True Gospel – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Development, Dissent & Infallibility, Part II – Nicholas LaBanca, Catholic Stand
Are Europeans Making Themselves Stateless? – Will Jones, Crisis Magazine
Quæritur: Does a Priest Need a Dispensation to Say Mass Ad Orientem? – Fr. Z’s Blog
Natural Law Outside Catholicism? Regime-Agnosticism & Agnostic Regimes – T. Gordon
Following in the Footsteps of St. Junípero Serra – Christian Clifford, Catholic Exchange
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MONDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

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Priest in Jail (Credit: SignOfContradiction Blog)

Unfairly Accused of Sexual Abuse: Bishops Abandon Falsely Accused Priests

by Phil Lawler,

of Catholic Culture

Vatican Nativity: Dramatizes a Heretical Theology, Liberal Pelagianism – Longenecker
Meanwhile, TLM Groups are Growing in Number & Numbers. . . – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Protestantization of Latin America – Carlos Caso-Rosendi
Star Trek: Son of God – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
What Time Can Midnight Mass Begin Using the 1962 Missal – K.J. Wolfe, Rorate Cæli
Quæritur: Christmas Gifts for Priests – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope’s Personal Letter to Argentine Bishops Isn’t Particularly Important – P. Lawler, CC
3 Priests were Martyred for Refusing to Violate the Seal of Confession – CNA
Detached: Cutting the Threads That Hold Us Back from God – D. Cingoranelli, Cth Stnd
Does the Seal of Confession Help Criminals? – Jennifer Fitz, National Catholic Register
Keeping Christ in Christmas: Retailers Make the Naughty & Nice List – Flory, The Strm
Pope Francis: The State of Reforms – Andrea Gagliarducci, Monday Vatican
The Crib of Greccio, Bringing Christ Back into Christmas – D. Torkington, Catholic Stand
It May Be Inside Baseball, But Vatican Financial Reform Still Matters – J. Allen Jr., Crux
Catholic Church in Australia Ensures Justice for Sex Abuse Victims – CNA via The CWR
Pope Francis Urges Release of Six Kidnapped Nigerian Nuns – John L. Allen Jr., Crux
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MONDAY ADVENT EDITION

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Mary Did You Know Meme (Credit: epicPew)

The 6 Most Annoying Pet Peeves of the Advent Season

by Laura Ricketts,

of epicPew

Why (& How) of Daily Prayer & A Guide to Living the Catholic Advent Basics – NC Rgstr
Books for Christmas – George Weigel, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report
The Joyful, Particular Scandal of Advent – Carl E. Olson, The Dispatch via The CWR
Moving Melodies: How Advent Music Prepares Us for Christmas – Brian O’Neel, NC Reg
The Other Major Antiphons for the End of Advent – Gregory DiPippo, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt
Family Stories About Jesus & Mary – Fr. Hugh Barbour O. Præm., Catholic Answers Mgzn
I’m Dreaming of a Contemplative Christmas – Cristina Montes, Ignitum Today
St. Augustine Advent Sermons: Truth Has Arisen f/the Earth – D. McClarey J.D., TACt
Advent Devotional: God’s Promises & The 2nd Coming – B. Kurland Ph.D., Cthlc Stand
Throw Open the Doors of Your Heart to Jesus Thru This Advent Novena – S. Burns, eP
Our Advent Journey — Days of Comfort & Restoration – Mark C. McCann, Catholic Stand
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Revolution, Not Reformation; Final Edition

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Martin Luther (Credit: Fr. Z’s Blog)

A “Tour de Force” About Protestants & Martin Luther

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

When the “Reformers” Abandoned the Eucharist – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., Crisis Mgzn
Reformation Reconsidered: On Re-Discovering the Word of God – Rick Becker, NC Rgstr
More Martin . . . Further Facts about the Fraterculus – Fr. John Hunwicke, FHME
Why the Prosperity Gospel Is Bankrupt – Trent Horn, Catholic Answers Magazine
Peter Kreeft on Healing Reformation’s Wounds – Stephen Beale, Natl Catholic Register
What Would Hilaire Belloc Think of the Reformation ‘Celebrations’ – F. Phillips, The CH
3 Effective Biblical Refutations of Sola Scriptura – Dave Armstrong, NC Register
A Catholic Visits London’s French Calvinist Church – K.V. Turley, NC Register
The 95 Theses: 8 Things to Know & Share – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register
Protestants Worldwide Venerate Statue Of Martin Luther For Reformation Day – EotT
One Last Look at 500th Anniversary of the ‘Reformation’ – G. Van Son, Catholic Stand
Prejudices Abound in Luther – Allison Low, Catholic Stand
Reformation Essentials – Paul Senz, National Catholic Register
Leader of Real Reformation, Charles Borromeo Saw a Need, Filled It – N. Senz, Alet.
Proselytism, Evangelization & “Ecumenism of Return” – Eduardo Echeverria, H&PR
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SVNDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

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The Significance of the Eucharist in the Apparitions at Fatima

by Richard Nicholas, Ph.D.,

of Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Why You Should Keep Holy Water in Your Home – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald
On Limits – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic Thing
There is No More Important Job Than Being a Good Mother – Marcia Segelstein, NC Reg
FSSP Mission Trips in 2018 – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
The Son, The Ordained Priest at The Cross – Guy McClung Ph.D. J.D., TACatholic
Young Adults Ask Christ, What Would You Have Me Do With My Life – S. Klemond, Reg
Just A Mother: My Call, Vocation & Witness – Melanie Jean Juneau, Catholic Stand
Via Dolorosa, or “The Way of Suffering” – Janet Meyer, Catholic Stand
Is There Something Attached to Your Giving? – Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™
When Mary Became Our Mother – J.P. Nunez, Catholic Stand
Preparing Our Children for Success With Seton – Daneka Cairnie, Seton Magazine
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SATVRDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Trinity Dome Mosaic (Credit: Tyler Orsburn of Catholic News Service via The Catholic World Report)

The “Crowning Jewel” of America’s Catholic Church 

by Father Seán Connolly

of The Catholic World Report

Cardinal Hosts “LGBT Service” in Cathedral Featuring a Drag Queen – L. Bourne, LSN
Pro-SSM Vatican Adviser Tweets Immodest Image of Mary – D. McLean, LSN
Papal Envoy Backtracks on Medjugorje Comments – The Catholic Herald
Happy Birthday, Blog! – Fr. Z’s Blog
Insanity is a Lack of Judgment, Not a Lack of Brains – Fr. G. Rutler S.T.D. Th.D., NCRg
Catholic Hospital Mega-Merger Assessed by Church Officials – CNA via The CWR
Centesimus Annus: Christian Social Ethics in the Digital Era – Marina Droujinina, Zenit
No Size or Space in Subsidiarity – Brandon, Siris
God’s Resistible Grace – Tim Staples, Catholic Answers Magazine
A God-Bathed World – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers Magazine
Fr. Andrew Apostoli Remembered as a Bright Beacon of Light – J. Pronechen, NC Rgstr
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