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MONDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Some Wedding Planning Violations of Catholic Hospitality

by Anne Maloney

of Crisis Magazine

Pope Francis vs. America’s Gay Lobby – Jim Russell, The Catholic World Report
Italian Pro-Abortionist Speaks in Church; Catholics Ejected, Silenced – Edward Pentin, NCReg
Post Mortem of a Religious Order – Timothy J. Williams, Crisis Magazine
Did Pope Francis Insult Some Young Priests? Fr. Z Opines and Tells a Story – Fr. Z’s Blog
Michael S. Winters Nasty Remark About Converts, Wherein Fr. Z Rants – Fr. Z’s Blog
Msgr. Mannion Supports Ordination of Deaconettes, Fail – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Why Telling Your Story Improves Your Fundraising (Dramatically) – Brice Sokolowski
Holy Tattoo! A 700-year old Christian Tradition Thrives in Jerusalem – CNA via The CWR
Fear, Trust, and Skinny-Dipping in the Platte – Anthony S. Layne, Catholic Stand
On Embroidered English Church Kneelers – Joanna Bogle, The Dispatch via The CWR
Lifting Up the Faith Down Under at University of Notre Dame in Australia – Eddie O’Neill, Reg
Sub Tuum Praesidium Part II Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment
Embrace The Four Eyes Within You – Gabriel Garnica, Catholic Stand
Determination Means Giving 110% Even When It Is Hard – Scott Nolan, Catholic Stand
lit: Catholicism for Young Adults – T.J. Burdick O.P., Dominican Institute
Remembering That Christians Belong to God – J.P. Nunez, Catholic Stand

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MONDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

Why Science Can’t Ever Disprove the Existence of God

by Bishop Robert Barron

of ChurchPop

The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America – Janet Levy, The Amrcn Thinker
How Western Civilization Was Undermined & Gutted – Pedro Gonzalez Ph.D., The Imagin. . .
Catholic Fiction Picks for Your Summer Reading – Sarah Reinhard, Natl Catholic Register
15 Suggestions for Literature That Will Feed Your Soul – Susanna Spencer, NC Register
‘Cultural Climate Change’ – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Norway’s Political Elites Cheer for Islam – Fjordman, Gatestone Institute
Post-Christian U.S.: Superstitious and Intolerant – David French, National. . .
Trump’s Transgender Ban: Discrimination Is Good – William M. Briggs Ph.D., Statistician. . .
The West’s Vision Of ‘The Noble Death’ Has Become Dark & Sinister – Anna Mussmann
Trudeau’s Cognitive Dissonance: Euthanasia and the Holocaust – Rebekah Lamb Ph.D., TIC
Transgender Military Ban Applauded for Respecting Biology, the Common Good – Hadro, CNA
Legalizing Assisted Suicide is Dangerous, Just Look at Canada – Alex Schadenberg, Life News
Interview: Understanding China’s ‘Great Migration’ – Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat
Charlie Gard Is Our Child: May He Rest in Peace – The Editors, National Catholic Register
Central Asia’s Catechism of Cliché: From the Great Game to Silk Road – Alexander Morrison
Australia Plan to Legalize Assisted Suicide is Only the Beginning – Paul Russell, LifeNews.com

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SVNDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

They Knocked Him to the Ground, but All He Cared about was the Eucharist

by Inma Alvarez

of Aleteia

The Creative Catholic: Dawn Eden Goldstein – K.V. Turley, The Catholic World Report
In Raleigh, The Church Has Arrived – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia
Egyptian Mummy Bears Tattoo of a Christian Saint – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia
A Timely Review, Including the Ultimate Priest Gift – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Why Human Suffering? – Dylan Jedlovec, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Avoiding Envy & Learning Acceptance in Suffering – Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange
NLM: Useful Study of Creation of the Novus Ordo Lectionary – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Why Benedict XVI Wrote ‘Summorum Pontificum’ – Chris Carstens, NC Register
Why I Love Being Catholic: Part I & Part II – Cecily Lowe, Catholic Stand
Using the Means at Hand for Spiritual Growth – Fr. Joseph Koterski S.J., Hmltc & Pstrl Rvw
Being Spiritually Active in Everyday Life – Todd Nolan, Catholic Stand
Summorum Pontificum & the Growth of Religious Life Part I & Part II – Fr. S.M. Manelli F.I.
Whatever Happened to the Twelve Apostles? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
“Going My Way” and the Attraction of Beauty – Nicholas Senz, The Dispatch via The CWR
Do We Have to Like the Saints? – Anne Maloney, Crisis Magazine
Tristan and Isolde and the Three in One – David Torkington, Catholic Stand

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FRIDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Can America Become the New Poland?

by Father Richard Heilman

of Roman Catholic Man

Why Rome is Doing Battle with American Culture – Matthew Schmitz, Catholic Herald
Why Telling Your Story Improves Your Fundraising (Dramatically) – Brice Sokolowski
8 Ways Not to Make a Good Confession – Shaun McAfee O.P., National Catholic Register
Trasmoz: The Only Cursed, Excommunicated Town in Spain – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
Cardinal Sarah and the Ordinariate Rite – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mtl Enrchmnt
Game of (Thrones) Rationalizations – One Mad Mom
Netflix’s ‘The Keepers’: Agenda-Driven Filmmaking Exploits a Nun’s Murder – Dav. F. Pierre Jr.
The Dating Game & St. Mark’s Gospel – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, National Catholic Register
Want to Change the World? It Starts with Joy, Archbishop Chaput Says – CNA via The CWR
What the Bible Reveals About Infant Baptism – Dave Armstrong, National Catholic Register
Scotland to be Consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary – Catholic Herald
“Letting Go and Letting God”: Dealing with Disappointment – Alaine DeSantis, Cthlc Stand
Edgar Allan Poe’s Unknown Friendship with the Jesuits – Patrick McNamara Ph.D., Aleteia
Carrie Gress, Ph.D.: A Survey of Beauty, Truth & Goodness Through the Ages – David Clayton
lit: Catholicism for Young Adults – T.J. Burdick O.P., Dominican Institute
The Parables of Jesus – Part 3 (The Mass Readings Explained; Video) – Brant Pitre Ph.D., TSP

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FRIDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

A Demagogic Bully: The Southern Poverty Law Center Demonizes Respectable Political Opponents as “Hate Groups”—and Keeps Its Coffers Bulging

by Mark Pulliam

of City Journal

Two Kinds Of California Liberals – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
The Waterloo Of Christian Colleges – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
I’m Thankful ‘Born Gay’ Wasn’t Yet a Dogma When I Looked for Help – Joseph Sciambra
Today In Dreherbait – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
The Gravitational Pull of Atheism – David Carlin, The Catholic Thing
Resist Government’s Nietzschean Transgender Proposals – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
Trump is Right, The U.S. Doesn’t Need a Transgender-Friendly Military – Michael Cook
Poverty is Not the Root Cause of Abortion – Stephen Phelan, The Catholic World Report
CIA Analyst: China Poses a Greater Threat than Russia – Bill Gertz, The National Interest
The Euthanasia Slippery Slope: A Failure of Memory & Imagination – M. Somerville D.C.L.
New Study Suggests Nearly All NFL Players Will Suffer from Brain Damage – J-P Mauro, Aleteia
Randi Weingarten’s Smear of School Choice – Rich Lowry, The Stream
Deaths in Venezuela Unrest Hit 102 as Vote Nears – Fabiola Sanchez and Christine Armario
Human Life Begins at Fertilization, Even if Scientists are Creating People in a Lab – Prentice
Trump Names Pro-Life Sam Brownback His Religious Freedom Ambassador – Micaiah Bilger, LN
Can Congressional Republicans Govern? – Rob Schwarzwalder, The Stream

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THVRSDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

The Lesson of Anglicanism: Liberalism Will Tear You Apart

by Father Ed Tomlinson

of Catholic Herald

For Goodness’ Sake, Own Your Faith, Fr. Martin! Analysis of Jesuit’s Activism – Fr. Z’s Blog
Quæritur: Can an Ex-Woman, a Trans “Man”, be Ordained? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Does the Catholic Church Need to be Reformed? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on. . .
Peter Kwasniewski’s New Book; Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness: Why the Modern. . . – Z
Fierce Catholic Bride – Beverly Stevens, Regina Magazine
Communion Would Be the Same as the Holy Eucharist, If It Wasn’t Different – Dan Byron, CS
Ascension Roundtable: Do’s and Don’ts of Catholic Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski
Bp. Paprocki Reiterates Catholic Teaching: Repentance Is for All Grave Sin – CNA via NC Rgstr
L’Osservatore Romano’s Latest Gambit: Preferring Culture to Truth? – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D.
The Tablet’s New Editor & Fr. Baldovin’s Doctrinaire Claim – Fr. Somerville-Knapman O.S.B.
Prenatal Memories and Ancient Hebrew Wisdom – Melanie Jean Juneau, Catholic Stand
Land O’Lakes (1967-2017): What have We Learned on Falsely Framed Freedom? – J. Garvey
Looking to the Future: A Balanced Vision – Sarah Greydanus, Catholic Stand
lit: Catholicism for Young Adults – T.J. Burdick O.P., Dominican Institute
St. Thomas the Apostle: A Saint For Our Times – Tom Collingwood, Catholic Stand
Annual Lake Garda Symposium Aims to Offer Catholics Fullness of the Faith – Edward Pentin

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THVRSDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

Transgender Suicides: What to Do About Them

by Chad Felix Greene

of Public Discourse

I was Once Transgender, Why I Think Trump Made Right Decision – Walt Heyer, The Stream
Fact Check: Are 15,000 Trans People Serving in the U.S. Military? – Holmes Lybrand
Our Cultural Waterloo – Carl R. Trueman, First Things
Reasons Transgender Accommodations Not Compatible w/Military Realities – Anderson Ph.D.
L’Osservatore Romano’s Latest Gambit: Preferring Culture to Truth? – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D.
Scientists Discover How Brain Controls Ageing, Manage to Slow It Down – Richard Faragher
Why Some People are Poorer than Others – Henry Hazlitt, Mises Institute
Another Charlie Gard? Father of Daughter Says Doctors are Leaving Her to Die – Micaiah Bilger
Black Pastor Slams Abortion: 1,800 Black Babies Killed in Abortion Each Day – Micaiah Bilger
Russia and the Rebirth of History – Glenn Davis Ph.D., The Imaginative. . .
Berkeley Ditches Richard Dawkins for Criticizing Islam, But Not Christianity – Benjamin Wiker
Reflections of a Conservative Democrat – Peter S. Rieth, The Imaginative. . .
Charlie Gard’s Mom Upset After Judge Says Charlie Will Die in Hospice – Steven Ertelt, Lf Nws
Trump to Nominate Sam Brownback to Religious Freedom Post – John Burger, Aleteia
When the ‘Right to Die’ Becomes the ‘Duty to Die’ – Fr. Michael Orsi, NC Register
UK and the Fight Over Legalized Assisted Suicide – Nancy Flory, The Stream
Families of Iran’s Prisoners Beg Congress to Advocate for Their Release – Matt Hadro, CNA
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VVEDNESDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

When Bishops Refuse to Ask the Right Questions on Why Seminaries are Empty

by Daniel Attard

of Regina Magazine

HIV, Gay Marriage, and the Crisis in Male Homosexuality – Joseph Sciambra
Quotes Suitable for Framing: Anthony Esolen – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The Am Catholic
Are There Animals in Heaven? – Nada Mazzei, Catholic Stand
When the Ghost of Gene Roddenberry Designs a Church – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
“Game of Thrones“ – Sister Helena Burns F.S.P., Hell Burns
Fr. de Souza Responds to Responses about Reconciliation Both Forms of Latin Rite – Fr. Z’s Blg
Ascension Roundtable: Do’s and Don’ts of Catholic Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski
Busting the Myth of the Tridentine Mass – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy
On the Temptation and Fallacy of “On-Going Revelation” – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The CWR
Why Do Monks Have Strange Haircuts? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Anglican Patrimony Groups – Shane Schaetzel, Catholic in the Ozarks
Spadaro’s American Christian Straw Man – Stefano Gennarini, The Stream
How a College Mission Trip Inspired a Coffee Business – Catholic News Service via The CWR
The Idea of a Catholic University 50 Years After Land O’Lakes – Fr. George W. Rutler, Crisis
lit: Catholicism for Young Adults – T.J. Burdick O.P., Dominican Institute
A Filipina Who Promoted the Feminine Genius before John Paul II Did – Simone Lorenzo

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VVEDNESDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

The Day the Music Died in the Muslim World

by William Kilpatrick, Ph.D.

of Crisis Magazine

Researchers Want Kindergarten Teachers to Train Kids in Perversion – Wil. M. Briggs Ph.D.
Charlie Gard is Dying, Like the West – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
Neurologist Says Videos of Teenager Declared Brain Dead Show She is Still Alive – Mic. Bilger
Does UK Have World’s Best Health System? Only If You Ignore Outcomes – George Pickering
Italy Looms On The Eurozone’s Horizon – Adriano Bosoni, Stratfor via Forbes
Black Education Leaders Slam Teachers Union for Historic Racist Comparison – Amber Randall
Victims of the Affordable Care Act Have a Warning for Senate GOP – Fred Lucas, The Stream
How Much Money Each State Saves Thanks to Homeschooling – Annie Holmquist, Intllctl Tkt
So-Called Fact Checkers Keep Butchering Facts on Affordable Care Act – David Harsanyi
Secularists Still Deny Importance of Matrimony to Escape Poverty – W. Bradford Wilcox, CJ
Hospital Refuses to Allow Charlie Gard to Go Home – Dave Andrusko, LifeNews.com
To Get Science Agencies Back to Science We Need to Cut Their Funding – John Droz Jr.
Charlie Gard and Exercises in Medical Futility – Mary Pesarchick, Catholic Stand
Learning From Old China – Tanner Greer, The Scholar’s Stage
Media Covers Baby Orca’s Death More Than Fight to Save Charlie Gard’s Life – Katie Yoder, LN
As Senate Health Care Vote Nears, Will Pro-Life Provisions be Included? – CNA via The CWR

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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

When the Church Defames Her Priests

by Joseph R. Maher & David A. Shaneyfelt, J.D.

of Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Could Cardinal Sarah Bring an End to the Liturgy Wars? – Kathy Schiffer, NC Register
Striking Phenomena During This Centennial Year of Fatima – Fr. Richard Heilman, RCM
Dear Catholic Bloggers Who Defend Game of Thrones – One Mad Mom
Former Anglican Bishop Finds a Home in the Catholic Church – Jim Graves, The CWR
What Do We Know about the Regensburg Scandal? – Lucandrea Massaro, Aleteia
lit: Catholicism for Young Adults – T.J. Burdick O.P., Dominican Institute
Ascension Roundtable: Do’s and Don’ts of Catholic Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski
Quæritur: Can I Wear a Rosary Like Warriors Wear Weapons? – Fr. Z’s Blog
A World War Being Waged, Not with Weapons, but Ideas – Fr. Roger J. Landry, ICL™
In Communion Debate, Cogent Arguments All On One Side – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, CH
Chaplains to the Zeitgeist – Tom Piatak, Crisis Magazine
A New Catholic Moment in the U.S.: Recap of the Catholic Convocation – Matthew E. Bunson
From Reversion to Reversion: How a Deist Became a Theist, Part I – Alex Wolke, Cthlc Stand
Helping the Children Victims of Divorce – Lynn Cassella-Kapusinski, NC Register
Is It Time for a New Land O’Lakes Statement for Higher Education? – Tom Hoopes, Aleteia
The Myth of Autonomy: Catholic Univs. Needed, Now More Than Ever – The Editors, NCReg

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TVESDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

CNN Offers Lyrical View of Islamic Spain, But are Crucial Details Missing From This Image?

by Julia Duin

of Get Religion

How the LGBT Movement Used Fake Science to Push Gay Marriage – Austin Ruse, The Stream
Richard Dawkins Banned; Not Ok to Criticize Islam, But Ok to Criticize Christianity – M. Brown
China Will Never Westernize, Ever, at Our Peril – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
The Unspeakable Evil of the Tennessee Eugenics Program – Matthew Walther, The Week
Is American English Replacing British English in the UK? – The Economist
How Would Christopher Dawson Redeem the West? – F. Russell Hittinger Ph.D., The Ima. . .
Why Demanding Equality In All Things Makes Us Narcissists – D.C. McAllister, The Federalist
NFP: It’s Not Just a Catholic Thing Anymore – Catholic News Agency via The Cthlc Wrld Rprt
Voter Fraud Database Tops 1,000 Proven Cases – Jason Snead and Emily Hall, The Stream
Current Arguments in Favor of Eugenics Seem Oddly Familiar – Matthew Archbold, NC Rgstr
UK Government ‘On the Verge of Dropping Catholic Schools Promise’ – Nick Hallett, CH
The Most Effective Way to Reduce Child Poverty – Rev. Ben Johnson, Acton Institute
To Fix Our Societal Ills, We Need To Focus On More Than Handouts – Gracy Olmstead
Charlie Gard’s Parents End Fight to Save Terminally Ill Baby’s Life – Catholic Herald
Charlie Gard’s Parents: Hospital Delay Made It Too Late for Experimental Treatment – Bilger
Official: China Crackdown on Catholic Church Will Go On – Catholic News Service via CH

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MONDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Eamon Duffy’s “Reformation Divided” Revises Assumptions, Offers Historical Insights

by Michael B. Kelly, Ph.D.

of The Catholic World Report

Can Catholics Still Create Great Art? One Man is Showing the Way – Fr. Alx. Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
Atheist Anthony Toohey Defends His Deconversion (Pt. 1) – Dave Armstrong, Biblical Evi. . .
Our Elders are Lonely – Do We Care? – Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report
Why the Son sits on the Father’s ‘Right Hand’, According to St. Augustine – Stephen Bullivant
Divorce and the Duties of Catholic Lawyers – Edward N. Peters J.C.D. J.D., The Dispatch
Ascension Roundtable: Do’s and Don’ts of Catholic Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski
Even if a Million Deaths is a Statistic, a Single Death is a Tragedy – Stacy Trasancos Ph.D.
How to Fix the “Annulment Mentality” – Deacon Jim Russell, Crisis Magazine
Contraception and the Standard Bearer’s Battle Hymn – Rebecca Frech, NC Register
Anti-American Projections & Trendy Scapegoating – Adam A.J. DeVille Ph.D., The Dispatch
Is it Too Easy to become a Saint? – Michael Davis, Catholic Herald
Greed: A Meditation on an Underreported Sin – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission
Bishop Conley: 50 Years after Land O’Lakes, Catholic Education Needs Renewal – CNA
Free Will, Fulfillment and Excommunication – Hudson Byblow, Crisis Magazine
Black Catholic Congress Emphasizes Unity, Action – Catholic News Agency via The CWR
Recognizing Neighbor in Today’s World – Birgit Jones, Catholic Stand
The Creative Catholic: Vivian Dudro – K.V. Turley, The Dispatch via The Cthlc World Report
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