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SATVRDAY CATHOLICA AFTERNOON EDITION

Cardinal Marx (Credit: Fr. Dwight Longenecker)

German Cardinal Thinks Climate Change Biggest Problem

by Father Dwight Longenecker

Exorcist Says There’s a Demon That Targets the Family – CNA Daily News via The CWR
Abp. Lépine Defends Giving Holy Communion to Trudeau – The Eponymous Flower
Praying for the Impossible? Try These Three Saints – Chloe Langr, epicPew
The Crisis of Pastoral Leadership – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Unworthy Communions: Key Point in Amoris Lætitia Debate – P. Kwasniewski Ph.D., LS
Cardinal Müller: Luther Had Disastrous Effect on the Church – Edward Pentin, NCRg
RIP: God? – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers Magazine
Video: Christian Survival in Iraq at Tipping Point After Kurdistan Vote – E. Pentin, NCRg
#MeToo: A Catholic Response – Ashley Sheridan Fox, Truth and Charity Forum
Is Catholic Doctrine Allowed at Georgetown University – Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion
The Church In Afghanistan – Giovanni Scalese, First Things
Govt Shouldn’t Force Bakers, or Anyone, to Support ‘Gay Marriage’ – S. Smith J.D., PD
A Loss Leader! How Jesus Can Use My Meager Offerings – Suellen Brewster, CS
Metropolitan Hilarion: Europe Must Defend Christian Roots – Edward Pentin, NC Register
Roy Moore Would be Senate’s Most Reliable Pro-life/family Advo. – G. Jones Esq., LS
Complexity, Uncertainty & Potentiality in the Euthanasia Debate – M. Somerville, M-net

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SATVRDAY CATHOLICA MORNING EDITION

Jennifer Fulwiler Show with Brice Sokolowski (Credit: Screenshot of Jennifer Fulwiler Show)

Exclusive: How to Follow Your Vocation (& Go on Holiday)

by Brice Sokolowski,

of CatholicFundraiser.net

Quæritur: The Irreverent Priest at a Funeral Mass – Fr. Z’s Blog +++
Weinstein vs. Wahlberg – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head
Islam and the Crucifixion – Ali ibn Hassan, Catholic Answers Magazine
Priest Exorcizes Vegas Shooter’s Hotel Rm w/Holy Water, Felt Evil Presence – ChrchPp
Amoris Lætitia & Serious Dialogue – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register
18 Cath-o-Lanterns Pumpkin Carving Ideas – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew
What Masterpiece Cakeshop is Really About – Steven D. Smith J.D., Public Discourse
Exorcist, Journalist Explores Eastern Meditation & Mindfulness – P. Armstrong, CSD
Least Religious Generation in U.S. History: Jean Twenge’s “iGen” – Bp. Barron, CWR
Why It’s Important for Boy Scouts and Altar Boys to be Boys – Brianna Heldt, NC Register
Beware of the Cult of Santa Muerte – Kathleen Naab, National Catholic Register
In Whose Name Should We Baptize? – Tim Staples, Catholic Answers Magazine
Christian Unity? Look in the Trenches – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
Free Speech: Its Legal History & Response as Catholics – Fr. N. Blackwell O. Carm., CS
USCCB Publish English-language Translation of Exorcism Ritual – CNS via CH
Pope Slams ‘Eugenic’ Mentality that Seeks to Eliminate Disability – CNA via The CWR

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FRIDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA

Katie Ascough (Credit: Catholic Herald)

Students at University Founded by John Henry Newman Vote to Impeach Pro-life Union President

from Catholic Herald

The Photo with Ratzinger’s “Black Eye” – Andrea Tornielli, Vatican Insider via La Stampa
The Occult, Religious Education, and Me – Ben Butera, The American Catholic
More than Harvey’s Secret is Out – Andrea Mrozek, Mercatornet
Are the Kids Really OK? The Australian Dystopia – Michael Cook, Mercatornet
G-town U Threatens Student Gp For Upholding Catholic Teachings – J. Gottry, The Fdrlst
Your Kids Can See Soft Porn On Snapchat Without Sexting? – Katie J. Read, The Fdrlst
Fr. Z’s Litany for the Conversion of Internet Thugs 2.0 – Fr. Z’s Blog
Sexualising Children has Dangerous Consequences – Chad Felix Greene, Mercatornet
Exorcism Prayer of St. Michael the Archangel – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Prayer, Spiritual Desolation & Internet Addiction – Dan Burke, Cthlc Spiritual Direction
The Catholic & Biblical Origins of Halloween – Scott Smith, All Roads Lead to Rome
Patrick Coffin: From Islam to Christ With Derya Little – Patrick Coffin, Catholic Stand
Can Religious Symbols Be Tolerated on Public Lands? – Thomas Acik, Crisis Magazine
Ontario: Now Illegal for Pro-Lifers to Help Women Outside Abortuories – M. Bilger, LN
How to Know if Trump is for Real about Helping Middle East Christians – J. Allen, Crux
After 50 Years of Legal Abortion, UK Pro-Lifers March Onward – K.V. Turley, NC Register
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FRIDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

St. Peters Square view from street level (Credit: Ask Ideas via Bing Search)

The Pope’s Five-Year Plan

by Marco Tosatti,

of First Things

Outstanding Sermon by Fr. Lankeit Responding to Homosexualist Agenda – Fr. Z’s Blog
Michael Voris is Leading a New Catholic Movement (Video) – Vice News
Never Forget the Bloody Horrors of the English Reformation – Dominic Selwood, CH
Scottish Cousins Who Turned Their Parish into a Social Media Sensation – I. Dunn, CH
People “Who Ought to Know Better” – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual. . .
Weinstein Scandal Drawing Attention to Hollywood’s Pedophilia Problem – The Stream
Exclusive: How to Follow Your Vocation (& Go on Holiday) – Brice Sokolowski, Cth Fndrsr
500 Years of Protestant Revolution: Why Luther is Heresiarch Par Excellence – RCæli
Mr. Boudway Would Like to Continue, Okay – Edward N. Peters J.C.D J.D., In the. . .
The Toxic Ideas that Enabled Weinstein & Others – Jennifer Roback Morse, Crisis Mgzn
Purgatory Is Not an Insult – Sarah Greydanus, Catholic Stand
The Lost Condemnation of Communism – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The Amrcn Catholic
Sententia Communis? Just ‘Sententia Communis’? – Edw. N. Peters J.C.D J.D., The CWR
Waiting Hearing, G-town Pro-marriage Gp Gets Support f/Catholic Leaders – The CWR
Love Pumpkin Spice & Catholicism? These Monks Have You Covered! – uCatholic
Of Law & Love: Readings 30th Week of Ordinary Time – John Bergsma Ph.D., TSP

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THVRSDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

A Spirit of Vatican II Teen Mass in the 1970’s (Credit: Fr. Z’s Blog)

That 70’s Mass

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

After Wahlberg, Kevin James asks God to Forgive Him for Paul Blart: Mall Cop – EotT
Help for Exorcists: How an N.Y. Psychiatrist Battles Demons – P. Armstrong, NC Rgstr
Canonist Ed Peters Contributes on Madison’s Funeral Policy & Homosexualists – Fr. Z
Card. Müller Scolds Bishop for Calling Reformation a Holy Spirit Event – M. Hoffman, LS
St. Michael the Archangel: Needed Now More Than Ever – Tom Collingwood, Cthlc Stand
Kent St. Mulls Saying ‘You Need Jesus’ is Hate Speech – C. Cortbus, The College Fix
How to Fit Fundraising Into Your Catholic Faith – Brice Sokolowski, Catholic Fundraiser
Great Pic: Doctors Removing Womb w/Unborn Baby to Fix Spina Bifida – M. Bilger, LN
Analysis: Will the 2019 Synod Discuss Married Priests? – Dan Hitchens, Catholic Herald
Pro-lifers Slam GOP for Not Passing Trump’s Judicial Nominees – Fr. Mark Hodges, LS
Thoughts on Christian Unity 500 Years After the Reformation – Justin McClain, NC Rgstr
Analyzing Fastiggi & Feser Debate on Capital Punishment – E. Peters J.C.D., ItLotL
Remember Hurricane Chainsaw Nun? New Drink Named After Her – Z. Caldwell, Alet.
G-town U. Refuses to Deny It Invests in Abortion Providers – A. Johnson, The College Fix
Will the U.S. Finally Act to Protect Iraqi Christians? – John Zmirak Ph.D., of The Stream
China’s President Seeks More Control Over Catholics – CNA/EWTN News

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VVEDNESDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA

Pope Blessed Paul VI (Credit: Fr. Z’s Blog)

The Darkness of Satan has Entered & Spread Throughout the Catholic Church, Even to Its Summit

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Facts About the Devil from an Exorcist – Charlie McKinney, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Do You Have Same-sex Attraction? Talk to Your Father – Anthony Esolen Ph.D., Crisis
Bill Gates Tacitly Admits Common Core Experiment Was a Failure – J. Pullman, Fdrlst
Has Halloween Horror Morphed f/Innocent Fun to Troubling Symptom – Dav. Mills, Alet.
Expert Canonist Ed Peters Explains Situation to Matthew Boudway Re: Fr. Murray – Fr. Z
Pregnant Women Is Offensive Because it Excludes Transgenders – S. Kruiser, Am Spect
The Girl Who Reversed Agincourt – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Which Reformation? What Reformation? – George Weigel, First Things
We’ve Forgotten How Great It is to Be a Catholic Woman – Melanie J. Juneau, Cthlc Stnd
Bp. Michael P. Driscoll of Boise, Idaho Passes Away of Natural Causes – KIFI/KIDK Boise
The Saints Behind Shakespeare’s “St. Crispin’s Day” Speech – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Pope Francis Appoints a New Bishop to Archdiocese of Tokyo, Japan – Vatican Radio
Memento Mori: Your New Halloween Playlist – Brooke Gregory, epicPew
What It’s Like to be a Missionary in Central African Rep. – Bar. Bustamante, CNA via CWR
Hungarian Govt to Press Trump to Help Persecuted Christians – Edward Pentin, NC Rgstr
FAQs: What is an Exorcism? – Catholic News Service via Catholic Herald
Card. Vidal Remembered as Peacemaker, Pastor – J.D. Flynn, Cthlc News Agncy via CWR
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For the MONDAY CULTURÆ EDITION (6 November AD 2017) click here.
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VVEDNESDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Robert Cardinal Sarah (Photo Credit: Bohumil Petrik via Catholic News Agency)

Why Did Pope Francis Write to Robert Cardinal Sarah?

by Andrea Gagliarducci,

from CNA/EWTN News

Cri de Coeur from Married Catholic Couple; Wherein Fr. Z Rants from His Heart – Fr. Z
National Catholic Reporter Commits Another Error in Smearing Bishop Morlino – Fr. Z
Why Modernist Catholics are Baying for Blood of Cardinal Sarah – Pete Baklinski, Lif Site
Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Scholastica Culpa – Rick Yoder, The Amish Catholic
G-town U. May Defund Student Gp. for Defending Catholic Teaching – McClarey, TACthlc
Capital Punishment, Papal Magisterium: Response to Ed Feser – R. Fastiggi S.T.D., CWR
How to Fit Fundraising Into Your Catholic Faith – Brice Sokolowski, Catholic Fundraiser
Rosary Brings Miraculous Help for Family in Napa Wildfire – Joseph Pronechen, NC Rgstr
What About Abortion in Cases of Life of the Mother – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery
Gay ‘Rights’, Religious Liberty & Details Buried in Wire Story – Bobby Ross Jr., Get Rlgn
Twitter Censors Pro-life Gp: No Advertiser Allowed to Use Phrase Killing Babies – Ertelt
Denver Archbishop Addresses Teen Social Media Use, Suicide Spike – CNA/EWTN News
We Strongly Support Rubio-Lee Plan to Double Child Tax Credit – Brn. Burch, Cthlc Vote
Release of Santa Fe Court Records a Step in Countering Abuse, Archdiocese Says – CNA
The Sacred Heart: From Toy Town With Love – David Torkington, Catholic Stand
Patriarch Younan Calls on Trump to Help Persecuted Christians – Edward Pentin, NC Reg
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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA

Robert Cardinal Sarah at the Prayer Breakfast (Photo Credit: National Catholic Register)

Cardinal Sarah: Europe was Undergoing a ‘Quiet Apostasy’ by Rejecting Its Christian Roots & Every Nation has a Right to Distinguish between Refugees & Economic Migrants

from Catholic Herald

The Medical Risks of Homosexuality & The Values Voters Summit – J. Morse, The Stream
On Discerning Spirits, James Martin Offers the Counsel of the Diabolical – Zmirak, Strm
Another Personal Parish for New England – Kenneth J. Wolfe, Rorate Cæli
The Myth of the Coat Hanger Abortion – Ann Farmer, Mercatornet
Bishop Kräutler Hopes Amazon Synod Leads to Married Priests & Deaconesses – La Croix
How the Last “Witch” Hanged in Boston was a Catholic – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia
Card. Cupich in Running to Head U.S. Bishops’ Pro-life Activities – Lisa Bourne, Life Site
Heretical Praxis – Pastor Ignotus, Crisis Magazine
Is Canada Committing Cultural Suicide? – William Kilpatrick Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
Quæritur: Can Permanent Deacon Perform a Baptism According to the Old Rite? – Fr. Z
Tough Conversations, Hard Choices: Staying on the Path – James Hooper, Catholic Stand
6 Saintly Warriors to Celebrate on All Hallows Eve – Laura Hensley, epicPew
Black Church Leaders Defend Baker in Wedding Cake Case – Casey Ryan, The Stream
Catholic Social Teaching Must Confront the Regulatory State – Philip Booth, Trnstlntc Blg
When Evil Triumphed: 100th Anniversary of Russia’s Oct. Revolution – S. Gregg, CWR
C. Anderson: US Has Unique Moral Obligation to Help Iraqi Christians – E. Pentin, NCRg

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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Communist China Propaganda Poster (Photo Credit: Fr. Z’s Blog)

Our New ‘Catholic Cultural Revolution’s Red Guard; Their Cadres and Their Tactics

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Secret Children of Priests: Solid A.P. Report Takes a Very Strange Turn – Ter. Mattingly, GR
The War Against Cardinal Sarah – Marco Tosatti, First Things
Pope Benedict XVI the Prophet – Shane Schaetzel, Catholic in the Ozarks
More About Indefectibility – Wherein Fr. Z Rants About Popes, Councils, Priests – Fr. Z’s Blg
Growing Old and Kinless in America – Marcus Roberts, Mercatornet
Why No One Should Be Shocked By Hollywood Sex Scandals – Fr. Bill Peckman, ChurchPop
How to Fit Fundraising Into Your Catholic Faith – Brice Sokolowski, Catholic Fundraiser
As We Enter Heaven, We’ll Be Greeted by Grateful Souls We Prayed for in Purgatory – RCM
John Turturro & Rupert Everett to Star in Umberto Eco’s Medieval Murder Mystery – Aleteia
Which Country is the Worst Persecutor of Christians? – John Clark, NC Register
Pro-Life Leaders Urge Caution After Bomb Threat at 40 Days for Life Prayer Event – Bilger
Catholic Ethics, the Trolley Car Problem, and Driverless Cars – Bob Kurland, TACatholic
Catholic Tradition, St. John Paul II, and the Death Penalty – E. Christian Brugger, Pub Dis
Same Kind of Different As Me: The Healing Power of Forgiveness – Patti M. Armstrong, CL
Let Prayer Be Your Air – Gabriel Garnica, Catholic Stand
Texas Bishops Criticize ACLU’s Support for Teen Immigrant’s Abortion – CNS via Crux
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TVESDAY CULTURÆ EDITION

The Original Modernist Design of the Sanctuary (Credit: Vox Cantoris)

Traditional Latin Mass Movement in Peril in the Diocese of Tulsa

by Laramie Hirsch,

of Vox Cantoris

The Oldest Known Copy of the Our Father – Billy Ryan, uCatholic
3-Dimensional Wooden Crucifix Icon by Francis Koerber – Pt. A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., NLM
New Sacred Music: Recordings and Remarks – Peter A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Lit Mov
Seven Ways that the Catholic Church is Catholic – Stephen Beale, Catholic Exchange
Liturgy and Anthropology – Body, Soul, and Spirit – David Clayton, Claritas
The Story Behind “The Mass of Saint Basil” Painting – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
St. Nicholas Feast Day Upgraded in Italy – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
Now More Than Ever: Blessed Karl of Austria – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy
Liturgy, Authority, and Postmodernity – Dom Alcuin Reid, The Catholic World Report
Tag Yourself: Church Architecture Edition – Rick Yoder, The Amish Catholic
Santa Maria Antiqua in the Roman Forum – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
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TVESDAY ANGLICAN ORDINARIATE EDITION

Fr. Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke (Photo Credit: Public Domain via National Catholic Register)

How England Became Protestant

by Father Dwight Longenecker,

of the National Catholic Register

Cardinal Burke’s Smashing Buckfast Abbey Talk on Message of Fatima – Fr. Z’s Blog
Gunpowder Is Violent, But That’s How England Treated Catholics – Fr. Lucie-Smith, CH
Churches Merge, Close: We No Longer Live in Christendom – Jon. M. Pitts, The Balt. Sun
So What Did I Put Off Being an Anglican to Become Catholic? – Deborah Gyapong, ACSB
Who Are We?  Anglicans?  Ordinariaites?  Anglo-Catholics? . . . – Deborah Gyapong, ACSB
The Vicar on the Anglican Ordinariate – Fr. Humphrey Blytherington via Fr. Dwight. . .
Pope to Methodists: Reconciliation is More Than Talk, Needs Action – H. Brockhaus, CNA
Bishop Praises Anglican Ordinariate & Our Anglican Liturgy – Christopher Mahon, ACSB
Is There a Statistician in the (Catholic) House? – Fr. H. Somerville-Knapman O.S.B., Dma
Cardinal Newman’s Rules for Blogging – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Book Review, Great Christian Jurists in English History – Stephen F. Copp, Trnstlntc Blg

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MONDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA

Pope Francis leads his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican 21 October 2015 (Credit: Catholic News Service by Paul Haring via Crux)

Why was Pope Francis so Quick to Answer Cardinal Sarah’s ‘Dubia’?

by John L. Allen Jr.,

of Crux

Mark Wahlberg: Prayed to God for Forgiveness for Boogie Nights – K. Janssen, Chic Trbn
Why Your ‘Sexy Nun’ Costume isn’t Funny – CNA/EWTN News via The Cthlc World Report
Does Jesus Want G-town to Side w/Pagan Persecutors? Ask James Martin – Zmirak, Strm
Should Catholics Believe in Ghosts? – Billy Ryan, uCatholic
Nigeria, Faithful See a Miracle of the Sun Like in Fatima – Andrea Tornielli, Vtcn Insider
Who Are the Christianophobes? – Ben Butera, The American Catholic
BBC Accused of Hiding Survey Showing Public Opposition to Abortion – Catholic Herald
Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Faith Alone? – Trent Horn, Catholic Answers Magazine
Quæritur: Latin for 4-year-olds – Fr. Z’s Blog
Politics of the Reformation: It Was as Much About Power as Religion – M. Bunson, NC Reg
Catholic Attitude Towards Abortion: Go and Sin No More – Cynthia Millen, Catholic Stand
Australian Churches Vandalized in Same-sex ‘Marriage’ Vote – Fr. Mark Hodges, Life Site
Pro-abortion Feminists Try to Set Fire to Cathedral in Argentina – Mat. C. Hoffman, LS
Censorship Fears as the Philippines Fails to Renew Catholic Radio Licence – CNS via CH
Poor in Spirit or a Poverty Spirit – Ken Kniepman, Catholic Stand
Pope Backs “Marshall Plan” for Bringing Christians back to Iraq – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

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