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TVESDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

Reason, Faith & the Struggle for Western Civilization

by Samuel Gregg, D.Phil.

of Public Discourse

Why Did Virginia’s Leadership Order Police & Natl Guard to Stand Down? – R. McManus, CJ
Comicsgate – John C. Wright, Sci Fi Wright
Diversity! Update (Now With More Diversity) – William M. Briggs Ph.D., Statistician to. . .
Who Knows What Microaggression Lurks in the Hearts of Persons? – John C. Wright, Sci. . .
In Defense of Elizabeth Harman: Taking Pro-Choice Philosophers Seriously – S. Girgis J.D., PD
The Hypocrisy of the Modern World – Nicholas Senz, Crisis Magazine
US Life Expectancy Declines First Time Since ’30 Due to Suicide – John Stonestreet, Life Nws
South Korean Babies are Becoming Rarer – Marcus Roberts, Mercatornet
1,200-year-old Byzantine Wine Press Found in Israeli Desert – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
Can No. Korea Attack US Right Now with a Nuclear Weapon? – Dave Majumdar, The Natl Int
Marie Stopes Abortion Clinic Sends 11 Women to the Hospital in 3 Months – SPUC via Life Nws
We Need to Denounce Violence Without Tarring All GOP or Dems – The Federalist
Planned Parenthood-Run Sex-Ed Pgms Trump Defunded are Ineffective – Mch. New Ph.D., LN
MLK’s Niece: Abortion is Racism & Takes Away Civil Rights of Unborn Babies – S. Ertelt, LN
US Bishops Condemn Racism after White Supremacist Rally in Charlottesville – CNA via NCReg
White Supremacists Won’t Tear US Apart; We’re Better Than This – Sen. Ted Cruz J.D., Strm
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MONDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Review: A Great New Traditional Roman Hymnal

from Rorate Cæli

Fake Church News & Catholic Click-Bait – Nicholas W. Smith, OSV Newsweekly
Traditional Parish Thrives in Northern Kentucky – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy
Quæritur: Can I Go with My Children to SSPX Masses Twice a Month? – Fr. Z’s Blog
Wiseblood Books: Literature that Possesses a Sacramental Vision of Reality – C. Olson, CWR
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Catholic Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, Cthlc Fundraiser
17 Saints Every Student Needs to Begin the School Year – Theresa Williams, epicPew
Marcus Daly: Mercy & the Denial of Death – Patrick Coffin, Catholic Stand
Ancient Roman Bathhouse Leads to the Lost Home of Jesus’ Apostles – Zel. Caldwell, Aleteia
The Cathedral of Pistoia – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
The Catholic Victims of Communism in North Korea – Alison Basley, Catholic Vote
When Art came to the Rescue: Depicting Marian Doctrine – Elizabeth Lev, Aleteia
The Chinese Emperor’s Catholic Poetry – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Aleteia
Check in Your Luggage & Check in With God – Angelo Stagnaro, NC Register
“LIT” is One of the Best Catholic Resources Available – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew
‘8beats’ Team is Bringing a New Story to Film & They Need Your Help – Mat. Becklo, Aleteia
Human Embryos are Made in the Image and Likeness of God – Brianna Heldt, NC Register
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Serena Williams Isn’t Horrible for Celebrating Her Baby’s Sex, & Neither Are You

by Nicole Russell

of The Federalist

We Fought to Save Each Polio Victim, Now Disabled People Left to Die – W.J. Smith J.D., LN
Is the Baby Human? Maybe He Identifies as an Adult Lesbian Hippo – Jn. Zmirak Ph.D., Strm
The Missiles of August – Ross Douthat, The New York Times
Quotes Suitable for Framing: Niall Ferguson – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The Amrcn Catholic
ACLU Lawyer: ‘I Don’t Believe In Protecting Principle’ On Free Speech – Bre Payton, Fdrlst
Without Christian Witness & Culture, the West Cannot Resist Islam – Fr. Stravinskas, CWR
Gender Identity Folly – Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine
‘But if Not’: How Biblical Literacy Jolted Civilian Brits Into Action at Dunkirk – Pt. Hong, Strm
Welcome to the Ranks, Jay Stephens – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Chinese Forego Marriage, Repeating Failed Western Life Script – Nicole M. King, Mercatornet
August Bomb Follies 2017 – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Brexit’s £1.5 Billion Boon to Charities – Ben Johnson, Powerblog
Equal but Different: Mothers & Fathers are Not Interchangeable – Steven E. Rhoads, Mrctrnt
Archaeologists in Jerusalem Uncover Evidence of Babylonian Destruction – Jn. Burger, Aleteia
 A New Brand of Chinese Soft Power? – Sacha Cody, East Asia Forum
The Promise & Peril of New Genetic Engineering Technology – John Burger, Aleteia
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SVNDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Fr. Thomas Ewing Sherman, SJ, Son of General William Tecumseh Sherman

by Donald R. McClarey, J.D.

of Catholic Stand

Prayer Takes Practice: Five Ways to Improve Your Prayer Life – Fr. Ed Broom O.M.V., TCG
Is the “Sunday Obligation” Unreasonably Harsh? – Matt Nelson, Catholic Answers Magazine
Sts. Clare & Francis Show can be Achieved Thru Prayer, Fasting – Fr. Lucie-Smith Ph.D., CH
Raleigh’s New Cathedral Is a Beacon of Evangelization – Peter Jesserer Smith, NC Register
7 Reasons to Pray the Rosary, from “Secret of the Rosary” by St. Louis de Montfort – ChrchPp
4 Ways to Increase Patience – Charlie McKinney, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Solemn High Mass for 10 New Carmelite Nuns in Philadelphia – Matthew, A Catholic Life
Chicago’s Classic Churches are ‘Poetry in Concrete’ – Jim Graves, National Catholic Register
Concerning Concelebration, Variety, & Fraternity – Fr. Z’s Blog
On Going to Confession – Michael Cretaro, Catholic Stand
Art for the Soul – Christopher Akers, The Catholic Thing
The Never-Ending Process of Spiritual Growth – Vicki Burbach, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Serving the Poorest of the Poor, Photo of the Day – Aleteia
God Is The First Extremist – Dan Byron, Catholic Stand
Why We Need Sacred Things (Plural) – David Carlin, The Catholic Thing
Heraldry For Parish History – Fr. Guy Selvester, Exarandorum
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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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SATVRDAY CATHOLICA MORNING EDITION

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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