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SATVRDAY CATHOLICA AFTERNOON EDITION

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Catholic Fundraising

by Brice Sokolowski

of CatholicFundraiser.net

An Exorcist Talks About ‘Annabelle’ and the Power of Evil – Kathy Schiffer, NC Register
Why Do We Believe? & Why Doesn’t God Make It Easy? – Bob Kurland Ph.D., Cthlc Scientist
The Jesuits Who Survived Hiroshima at Ground Zero – Donal Anthony Foley, The Cthlc Thing
I’m Not Paranoid Just Because I Refuse a Microchip – Patti Maguire Armstrong, NC Register
Who Killed the Sabbath? – Fr. Robert McTeigue, Aleteia
The 15 Oldest Catholic Churches in America – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia
“LIT” is One of the Best Catholic Resources Available – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew
Is the Devil Making a Comeback in France? – K.V. Turley, National Catholic Register
Tradition = Vocations – It Isn’t Rocket Science – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Dating Game & St. Mark’s Gospel – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, NC Register
Pope Francis: It’s ‘Terrible’ Children Taught They can Choose Gender – Catholic Herald
Ecumenism, Influence-Envy, & the Real Manichean Division – George Weigel, The CWR
10 Inspiring Quotes from St. Ignatius Loyola – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
For Christ Alone: Andrea Polito Added to the Order of Virgins – Carmen E. Villa, Dnvr Cthlc
Vatican Official Hints at Unofficial Agreement with China on Bishops – CNS via Cthlc Herald
China and the Uselessness of War – Andrea Gagliarducci, Monday Vatican
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Portrait by Jakob Schlesinger, Berlin, AD 1831

The Philosopher Who Poisoned German Theology

by C.C. Pecknold

of Catholic Herald

‘Ecumenism of Hate’: EWTN and the Register – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, NC Register
Ed Peters Schools Austen Ivereigh about “Converts” – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Benedict’s Red Thread – Martin Mosebach, First Things
Quæritur: Not Adding Water to Chalices for Mass – Fr. Z’s Blog
Come, Let Us Adore Him – Sherry Antonetti, National Catholic Register
Whence The Convert Problem? – Marco Tosatti, First Things
Therese of Lisieux: Brevity of Life, Glory of Heaven, Beauty of Suffering – Dan Burke, CSD
The Still Small Voice of God: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – John Bergsma Ph.D., TSP
Combatants, Non-Combatants & Double Effect – Deacon Jim Russell, Crisis Magazine
Why We Have To Evangelize – J.P. Nunez, Catholic Stand
Can a Computer have a Soul? Theology of Sci-Fi, Redux 2 – Bob Kurland Ph.D., Cth Scientist
When JPII Met a Guitarist with No Hands – J-P Mauro, Aleteia
Gene Editing: Unmoored Science – The Editors, National Catholic Register
The True Dignity of Education – Bishop James D. Conley, Southern Nebraska Register
Mexico is the Most Violent Latin American Country for Priests – Catholic News Agency
Vatican: Pope Orders Belgian Catholic Charity to Cease Offering Euthanasia – E. Pentin, Reg
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SATVRDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

Zero Hour for Generation X

by Matthew Hennessey

of City Journal

KLM Takes Pride in Disordered Seat Belts as Ad Backfires – Matthew Archbold, NC Register
No One Expects The Google Inquisition, But It’s Coming – Robert Tracinski, The Federalist
The Future of America Could Be Totalitarian – Jim Tonkowich, The Stream
How to Expose Bad Arguments That Lead to Crazy Conclusions – Jn. Zmirak Ph.D., The Strm
The Once & Future Liberal – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Google’s Hypocrisy On Gender – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Googling Moral Purity – R.R. Reno, First Things
On Harvard, Blacks & Affirmative Action – Howard Husock, City Journal
Rucker’s Mindscape – Edward Feser Ph.D.
James Damore, Diversity Martyr – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Atheists Don’t Even Trust Other Atheists – Benjamin Wiker, National Catholic Register
The Science Says Google Guy Right About Sex Differences – Glenn T. Stanton, The Federalist
Jerusalem’s Security Visionary – Judith Miller, City Journal
Wilhelm Röpke’s Conundrums Over the Natural Family – Allan Carlson Ph.D., The Imagin. . .
The Ancient Incas and the Collectivist State – Richard M. Ebeling, Mises Institute
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FRIDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Bishop Hubertus Leteng

Vatican Investigates Claims against Bishop after Dozens of Priests Resign

From Catholic News Service

via Catholic Herald

The Real Reason Catholics Can’t Be Freemasons – Ed Condon, Catholic Herald
Money Can’t Save German Catholicism – Anian Christoph Wimmer, Catholic Herald
Austen Ivereigh & His Calumny Towards Converts Who Disagree with Him – Fr. Z’s Blog
It’s Not Just Converts Who are Worried About the Church – Dan Hitchens, Catholic Herald
One Man’s Incredible Conversion from Islam to Catholicism – Jessica McAfee, epicPew
What They Didn’t Tell Me About the Church – H.L. Duncan, Catholic Stand
Rethinking How You Fundraise – The Catholic Approach – Brice Sokolowski, Cthlc Fundraiser
A Tyranny of Sexuality – Russell Shaw, OSV Newsweekly
Are We in the “End Times”? Live as If We Are – Fr. Z’s Blog
Green Scapular Story – Fr. Richard Heilman, Roman Catholic Man
Why YouTube Needs Catholics – Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report
The Truth about Pope Pius XI & His Much-Maligned Successor – Ros. T. Sullivan, Dppld Thngs
What Was Mary Thinking? – Alita Maria Covel Ngo, Catholic Stand
NFL Star Justin Tucker Will Blow You Away Singing Ave Maria & O Holy Night! – ChurchPop
“LIT” is One of the Best Catholic Resources Available – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew
Texas Bishop: Don’t Deport Mother of Young Cancer Patient – Catholic News Agency
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Reaping What We’ve Sown

by Anne Hendershott

of The Catholic Thing

Can America Last? – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
A Memo to Google Employees on the Recent Outrage – Kevin Clark, Crisis Magazine
Hiroshima, North Korea, and the End of Just War – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
The Western Baby Bust – Eric Metaxas, The Stream
How Christianity Can Ride The Tiger – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Overpopulation? Asian, Euro Leaders Begging Citizens to Have More Children – E. Metaxas, LN
Medical Waste Firm Cancels Contracts with Planned Parenthood – Steven Ertelt, Life News
Can there be Ethics without God? Theology of SciFi, Redux 1 – Bob Kurland Ph.D., RoaCS
If the Opioid Crisis Isn’t a National Emergency, Nothing Is – Matthew Walther, The Week
Almost 1 in 20 People in Netherlands are Killed in Euthanasia – Michael Cook, Life News
After Charlie Gard, UK Allows Another Baby to US for Needed Surgery – Micaiah Bilger, LN
Venezuela on the Brink – Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register
Religion & Politics at the Dinner Table: Challenging the Old Maxim – Christopher W. Love, PD
Guam, Target of No. Korea’s Threats, has a Majority Catholic Population – Jn. Burger, Aleteia
Does Marriage Help Men Become Better Earners? – Laurie DeRose, Family Studies
Countering Chinese Mercantilism – David Adler, City Journal

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THVRSDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

A Millennial Defense of Catholic Tradition

by Michael Warren Davis

of Crisis Magazine

Cheating God & Our Children with Shoddy Worship – Fr. Robert McTeigue, Aleteia
A Church That is a Home; For Converts Too, Despite Faggioli & Ivereigh – Mat. Schmitz, FT
Pope Orders Belgian Brothers of Charity to Stop Euthanasia – Simon Caldwell, Cthlc Herald
Quæritur: Priest Received Threat of Violence – Fr. Z’s Blog
What Makes a Marriage Valid? – Maria Mercedes Van Der Ree, Crisis Magazine
“LIT” is One of the Best Catholic Resources Available – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew
Rethinking How You Fundraise – The Catholic Approach – Brice Sokolowski, Cthlc Fundraiser
25 Middle Names that Pair Well with the First Name “Mary” – Cerith Gardiner, Aleteia
What Are Mass Intentions? – Fr. William Saunders, Catholic Exchange
Pope Francis Must Speak Out on Venezuela -Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
A Richer, Deeper Approach in Connecting Souls with the Faith – Thomas Clements, Ign Tdy
What Are You Looking For? – Jeffrey Stevens, Catholic Stand
A Catholic Holy Roller: The Story of the St. Anthony Chapel Car – Daniel Demers, Cthlc Stnd
A ‘Little Way’ Toward Digital Evangelization – Jessica Marsala, OSV Newsweekly
Making the Church Present to Military Women – Jessica K. Drake, OSV Newsweekly
Jesus Walks on Water, Video of (19th) Sun. Mass Readings Explained – Brant Pitre Ph.D., TSP

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(Screenshot of Washington Post video about Google)

Why Google’s Firing Terrifies Non-Liberals So Much

by Erick Erickson

of The Washington Post

In STEM Careers, Non-Liberals Have Little Freedom, I Know Firsthand – W. Knight, The Strm
The Lost Adolescence of “Like”. . . Like You Know, Like, Yeah – Mark Bauerlein, First Things
Why Identity Liberals Can’t Fish – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Censorship is Happening, We Won’t Let it Stop Us – Michael Brown Ph.D., The Stream
Dangerous Ideas at Google & the Pain of Jordan Peterson – Thomas V. Mirus, Cthlc Culture
Female Leaders Say Google ‘Intolerant’ in Firing Engineer – Rachel Del Guidice, The Stream
Vocational Education & America’s High Schools – Steven Malanga & P. Beston, City Journal
Putin Still in Denial Over the Loss of Ukraine – Peter Dickinson, Atlantic Council
James Damore & ‘Ritual Defamation’ – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
New Book Debates If & How Islam can be Modernized – Timothy D. Lusch, The CWR
Damore Has Science On His Side – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
How the Humble Potato Fuelled the Rise of Liberal Capitalism – Rebecca Earle, The Cnvrstn
China’s Ready for War ― Against the U.S. if Necessary – Graham Allison, Los Angeles Times
In Celebration of Cult of Diversity, Google Sacrifices Employee – Wm. M. Briggs Ph.D., SttS!
Parents, Plural – Nick Saffran, City Journal
Democratic Party Divided Over Abortion Litmus Test for Candidates – CNS via OSV Nwswkly

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VVEDNESDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

10 Hilarious Twitter Reactions to the Knights of Columbus Regalia Change

by Katie Prejean

of epicPew

Abortion Activists Desecrate Altar Inside a Catholic Church – LifeNews.com
Want Enemies? Write About These Ten Things – Patrick Coffin, National Catholic Register
English Catholicism Is Roman Catholicism – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Natl Catholic Register
Vatican Official Researches Miraculous Apparitions in Texas – Chloe Langr, epicPew
Venn Diagram Ideology for Catholics! – Darwin, DarwinCatholic
Win 5 Copies of The Apostles and Their Times! – Justin McClain, epicPew
Rethinking How You Fundraise – The Catholic Approach – Brice Sokolowski, Cthlc Fundraiser
Vatican Clarifies: Gay Couple Received Std. Letter f/Pope, Not Endorsement – CNA via CWR
LCWR Assembly Begins! “Shifting from I to We” – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Mysterious Church on the Edge of the World – Bishop Robert Barron, The Cth Wrld Rprt
Brick by Brick in Montana! Priests Making the TLM Happen! – Fr. Z’s Blog
How to Approach Holy Communion Like a Child – Sherry Antonetti, Natl Catholic Register
How Spadaro & Figueroa Misunderstand the Motto “In God We Trust” – C.R. Altieri, The CWR
“LIT” is One of the Best Catholic Resources Available – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew
In Predominantly Catholic Guam, Clergy Sex Abuse Lawsuits Near 100-mark – Cth Nws Agncy
Murdered Florida Priest Wanted His Killer’s Life Spared – Chloe Langr, epicPew
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Google Is Being Evil After All

by Rod Dreher

A TAC Blogger

Here are All Media Outlets Blatantly Lying about the Google Memo – Bre Payton, The Fdrlst
Dangerous Implications of Southern Policy Law Ctr’s Influence in America – Dus. Siggins, Reg
Beware a Second Korean War – Donald Manzullo, The National Interest
Court: Residents Can’t Mention “Islam” at Public Hearing on Mosque Construction – T.M.L.C.
Stop Comparing LGBT Movement to History of Black Americans – M. Brown Ph.D., The Strm
The Left & Weaponizing ‘Truth’ – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
As Appetite for Soccer in U.S. Grows, So Does M.L.S. – Ken Belson, The New York Times
What is the Shia-Sunni Divide? – Ken Chitwood, Mercatornet
Fired Google Engineer Damore’s Diversity Suggestion List – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
The Death of an Indian Minority – Marcus Roberts, Mercatornet
When Britain and France Almost Merged Into One Country – Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic
What Is Capitalism and Where Did It Start? – Joseph Pearce, The Imaginative. . .
The Universal Basic Income is an Idea Based on Dubious Social and Moral Logic – A. Renn, CJ
Don Quixote: Saintly Knight – Brittany Guzman, The Imaginative. . .
Dear Fellow Journos: Stop Calling Maduro ‘President’, He’s a Dictator – A. Oppenheimer, MH
Enchantment, Realism, and the Imagination – Glenn Arbery Ph.D., The Imaginative. . .

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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA

(Photo Credit: Edward Pentin)

Cardinal Burke’s 10 Ways to Overcome Crisis of Confusion, Division in the Church

by Edward Pentin

of National Catholic Register

Hey American Spectator Mag., Yep! It’s Still Pornography; Re Game of Thr. . . – One Mad Mom
Let’s Show High Church Anglicans They’re Welcome in the Ordinariate – Francis Phillips, CH
Five Ways the Devil Attacks Marriage – Fr. Ed Broom O.M.V., Catholic Exchange
On Being a Lapsed Catholic – Anthony Burgess, First Things
In Defense of The Right Type of Rigidity – Christian Daru, Catholic Stand
Thank God for Evangelicals! – Shane Schaetzel, Catholic in the Ozarks
How to Tell the Difference between a Monsignor, a Bishop & a Cardinal – Ph. Kosloski, Aleteia
Why Feast of St. Dominic Not Actually Dominicans’ Biggest Feast Day – Han. Brockhaus, CNA
Edith Stein’s Journey to Sainthood – Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda, Catholic Exchange
Dante’s Tribute to Saint Dominic – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
5 Flowers & Their Spiritual Symbolism – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Review of “Christian Dating Simplified” – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Today
Excavation Sheds Light on Importance of Ancient City Near Rome – CNA via The CWR
Ministries Struggle to Recruit Men to Help Bring Christ to the Youth – CNS via OSV Nwswkly
On Technically Enhanced Man – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic Thing
Turning Points – Jim Dougherty, Catholic Stand
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Google Fires Engineer For Noticing Men & Women are Different

by Inez Feltscher

The Federalist

Sexual Liberation and the Emergence of Transhumanism – Sean Haylock, Crisis Magazine
Doctors Accuse Oz Med. Assoc. of Misleading Public on ‘Marriage Equality’ – M. Cook, Mrctrnt
What’s Wrong With Millennials? Partly, Their Parents’ Divorces – Joshua Charles, The Stream
On Hearing Sir James Macmillan’s “A European Requiem” – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Demographic Crisis in Australia – Leah Ruppanner, The Conversation via Mercatornet
Deforming Teens’ Moral Imagination – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Asian Students Hide Race to Avoid Rejection Due to Race Based Adm. – H. Raleigh, The Fdrlst
Time to Repeal 17th Amendment & End Direct Election of Senators – Connor Mighell, Fdrlst
Has China’s Rise Topped Out? – Michael Shuman, Bloomberg View
A Coming Crisis Over Taiwan? – Andrew Tan, East Asia Forum
Parents, Not Schools, are Key to Our Children’s Knowledge Gap – Toby Young, The Spectator
Could the Soviet Union Have Survived into the 21st Century? – Samuel Bendett, TNI
4 Reasons to Pick a College That Won’t Destroy Your Principles – Chandler Lasch, The Fdrlst
The Only Solid Foundation for Human Rights is Natural Law – John Lawrence Hill, Mrctrnt
Like Charlie Gard, A Hospital Gave Up on Baby Dezmen – Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews.com
Why the Culture Matters for Economic Flourishing – Joseph Sunde, Powerblog
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One Way to Debunk Transgender Philosophy

by Karlo Broussard

of Catholic Answers Magazine

Wherein Homsexualist Activist Jesuit Fr James Martin is Schooled – Fr. Z’s Blog
Our Bishops & Priests Need Direct Support & Protection, Can We Help? – J. Mirus Ph.D., CC
Gorgeous Traditional Catholic Images from Poland: Ars Celebrandi – Rorate Cæli
A Word That Every Catholic Needs to Know: Theosis – Carl E. Olson, Catholic Answers
Benedict XV, Rudyard Kipling, John Bunyan & G.K. Chesterton – D.R. McClarey J.D., TACthlc
“LIT” is One of the Best Catholic Resources Available – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew
Rethinking How You Fundraise – The Catholic Approach – Brice Sokolowski, Cthlc Fundraiser
From Privilege to Ragpicker: The Life of Servant of God Satoko Kitahara – Brn. O’Neel, NCReg
Luther & His Progeny Addresses Legacy, Influence f/Catholic Perspective – J. Slayer, The CWR
If You Don’t Teach Your Kids About Sex, Guess Who Will? – Leila Miller, Catholic Answers
“Hounds of the Lord”: The Little-Known Meaning of the Dominican Dog – ChurchPop
August 1, 1917: The Pope’s Peace Plan – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
NFP is a Low-Profile But Best-For-You Method – Patty Knap, National Catholic Register
Is Suffering Really the Greatest Evil? – Robert Barbry II, epicPew
Video: Kishore Jayabalan on Anti-Americanism at the Vatican – Caroline Roberts, Powerblog
Assisted Suicide for Mental Health Issues? A Catholic Response – CNA via The Cthlc Wrld Rprt
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