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The Secret to Protecting Yourself from the Antichrist’s Deception

by Karlo Broussard

of Catholic Answers Magazine

Quæritur: In Confession, Instead of Act of Contrition, Father Asked Questions – Fr. Z’s Blog
Fr. James Martin, “Bridges” & the Triumph of the Therapeutic Mentality – Eduardo Echeverria
Why Do Priests Wear a Chasuble at Mass? And What’s a Chasuble? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Have the People Recline – Suellen Brewster, Catholic Stand
How to Help Our Elder Brothers the Jews – Cale Clarke, Catholic Answers Magazine
Churches Worth Driving To – California Catholic Daily
An Update on the Drowned Toddler Who Made a Miraculously Recovery – Lori Hadacek Chaplin
Here’s Why There are Dolphins in the Christian Catacombs – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Three Reasons Why Catholic Classical Education is a Tough Sell – Mark Langley, Lion & Ox
What is Sacred Music? The History Is More Complex Than You Might Think – Msgr. Charles Pope
Only 3 Birthdays Celebrated on the Liturgical Calendar? (1 Is Coming Up!) – Aleteia
Corpus Christ 2017 Photopost (Part I) – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
Depicting the Stars & Planets, St. Alban’s Style – Alison Hudson, Medieval manuscripts blog
The Stories Behind the Bell Names in the Cathedral of Notre Dame – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
What is a Monstrance? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Videos of the Ambrosian Rite at Sacra Liturgia 2017 – Gregory DiPippo, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt
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Robert Cardinal Sarah

Robert Cardinal Sarah, Terror of Modernists

by Father John Zuhlsdorf

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Why Do Protestants Reject the Notion of “One True Church”? – Dave Armstrong, NC Register
Quæritur: Priest Says “For All” in Consecration; Invalid? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Quæritur: Is There an Archangel Uriel? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Pack Your Bags, Are You Prepared to Leave Your Affairs in Order? – Matthew Hennessey, FT
The Bible, the Reformation, and G.K. Chesterton – Dale Ahlquist, The Catholic World Report
St. Thomas More and London Bridge – K.V. Turley, Crisis Magazine
How to Fundraise for Your Pro-Life Charity – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
Why I Learned the Traditional Latin Mass – Fr. Richard Heilman, Roman Catholic Man
A “One Flesh” Sacramental Union – Eduardo J. Echeverria, The Catholic Thing
The Catholic Church and Science – Ray Sullivan, Catholic Stand
FSSP Ordinations in England – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
St. John Fisher, Cardinal-Martyr of England – Stephanie Mann, National Catholic Register
‘A Saint for Our Times’ – the Inspiring Story of Chiara Corbella Petrillo – CNA via The CWR
Memory: Human and Divine – Fr. Paul Scalia, The Catholic Thing
Matins Readings During the Octave of Corpus Christi – Gregory DiPippo, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt
El Salvador’s First Cardinal a Friend of Blessed Óscar Romero – Cthlc Nws Agncy via The CWR
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Pro Life Activist Stephanie Gray Talks at Google April 20, 2017. (Photo Credit: The Catholic World Report)

This Pro-Life Talk at Google’s Headquarters was a Hit

from the Catholic News Agency

via The Catholic World Report

5 Weapons Russia Would Not Want to Face in a War with America – Zachary Keck, TNI
Statehood for Puerto Rico? Lessons from Last Time U.S. Added a State – David Stebenne
Too Many Young People Think Life is a Reality Show – Barbara Lilley, Mercatornet
From Gay-Phobic to Gay-Friendly Evangelicals; NY Times Repeats Familiar Narrative – Julia Duin
Report: New Treatment for Children With Gender Issues Not Supported by Science – Desmond
The Cold War Is Over, but the Fight Against Communism Is Not – Charlotte Downing
The Party of the Poor? – Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine
Reviving Plutarch’s “Lives” – Steve Donoghue, The Imaginative. . .
Trump’s Problematic Gender Policy in Schools – Matthew Archbold, Natl Catholic Register
Euthanasia Mindset Looms Over Disabled Baby’s Legal Fight, Ethicist Warns – CNA via The CWR
One China, Dual Recognition: A Solution to the Taiwan Impasse – Edward A. McCord
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On the Island of Guam, Is the Eighth Commandment Discarded?

by Father Gordon J. MacRae

These Stone Walls

The Spiritual Womb: Thomas Aquinas on Parent and Child – Gregory Brown, Public Discourse
Leo and Luther—The Real Story of the Pope and the Heretic – Steve Weidenkopf, CA
Extraordinary Form Ordinations Take Place in England for ‘First Time in Decades’ – Cthlc Hrld
Another Huge Reason for Summorum Pontificum! – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
No Mention of Catholic Schools Promise in Queen’s Speech – Nick Hallett, Catholic Herald
Announcing Our Next Book: The Lord by Romano Guardini – Catholic Exchange
Peru Fights Back Against Gender Ideology – Victor Gaetan, National Catholic Register
New Book: Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness: Why the Modern Age Needs the Mass. . . – RC
China’s Catholics: Perseverance Under Peter – Anthony E. Clark Ph.D., The Cthlc World Rprt
Ancient Christian Manuscripts Saved from Muslim Terrorists, Exhibited in Rome – A. Herlin
5 Must-See Missions on the California Mission Trail – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
Do Not Fear Those Who Can Kill You (Sun. Mass Readings Explained Video) – Brant Pitre, TSP
Four Years of Grace – Cecily Lowe, Catholic Stand
‘The Cardinal Muller Report’ Expands on Christian Hope – Edward Pentin, NC Register
Can Relics Unite Catholics and Orthodox? Pope Francis Thinks So – CNA via The CWR
Meeting with NFL Hall-of-Famers, Pope Francis Promotes Teamwork – Catholic News Agency
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Hospital Holding Boy Hostage, Won’t Let Parents Seek Treatment Elsewhere

by Kathy Ostrowski

of LifeNews.com

Court Dismisses Charges Against David Daleiden for Exposing Planned Parenthood – S. Ertelt
Nike Close to Amazon Deal That Should Terrify Dick’s, Foot Locker & Under Armour – D. Green
The Little-Known Final Interview of Ted Bundy: Adult Films Motivated Me – Cthlc News Agency
America & the Geopolitics of Upheaval – Hal Brands & Eric Edelman, The National Interest
Open Marriages Happier? Not So Fast, Family Research Expert Says – Liberty McArtor
iPhone Happened because Steve Jobs Hated a Microsoft Worker – Matt Weinberger, BI
The Reason for Human Reason – Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture
Outdoor Clothing Company Patagonia Funds Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz – Micaiah Bilger
ls Large Scale Immigration the Only Answer to Population Decline? – Marcus Roberts, Mrctrnt
Dynastic Demolition in Singapore? – Michael D. Barr, East Asia Forum
How Elon Musk Will Recoup $1 Billion SpaceX’s Reusable Rockets – Dave Mosher, Bsnss Insdr
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Do Christians Not Care About Blasphemy Any More?

by Kevin Clark

of Crisis Magazine

Msgr. Nicola Bux: “We are in a Full Crisis of Faith!” Wherein Fr. Z Muses on the Times – Fr. Z
L.A. Archdiocese Rents Building to Abortionists for Big Planned Parenthood Conf. – M. Bilger
It’s Howdy Doody Time! How the Mass is Re-Imagined – George Weigel, First Things
Pope On Medjugorje: Why Visions Not Church Approved – Donal A. Foley, The Wanderer
4 Simple Tools to Help Navigate Your Way from Sin to Sanctity – Susannah Pearce, ICL™
Did You Know You Can Request Prayers from Nuns Online? – Alex R. Hey, epicPew
Kneeling at My First Mass – Tasman Westbury, Ignitum Today
Parenting in the Pop Culture: Prepping Our Children for Heaven or Hell? – Fr. R. McTeigue S.J.
Fordham Won’t Pull Plug on Pro-Euthanasia Efforts – Patty Knap, National Catholic Register
The Finsbury Mosque Attack, What’s Next? – William Kilpatrick Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
Catholic World Report Releases Redesigned Website – Chloe Langr, epicPew
Preaching and the Four Senses of Scripture – Randall B. Smith Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
Catholics Desire True Peace, Not Pacifism – Patrick Coffin, National Catholic Register
Indonesian Priests Appeal to Vatican after Accusing Bishop of Embezzlement – CNS via CH
God’s Attributes: The True Measure of Fine Art – Kenneth Odom, The Imaginative. . .
Our Dynamic YOUths are Hungry for Christ – Paul Oakes, Catholic Stand
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Parents of Transgender Kids have Enrolled Them in a Dangerous Experiment

by Michael Cook

of Mercatornet

3 Men Get ‘Married’ in Colombia & There is No Slippery Slope – Michael Brown Ph.D.
We Need To Stop Treating Our Politics Like Religious Dogma – Gracy Olmstead, The Federalist
How This Millennial Learned that Any Job is Better than No Job or Mooching – Jacob Trunnell
Why Courts Weaponizing Against the White House Will End Badly for Us All – M. Pritchard
Elon Musk Releases Details to Colonise Mars; What a Planetary Expert Thinks – A. Coates Ph.D.
Gerrymandering Goes to the Supreme Court – Scott Lemieux, Democracy Journal
Why The Best Solution For Syria Is Partition – Robert Nicholson, The Federalist
Michael Wood on China: There Is No Such Thing as Destined in History – D.D. Wu, The Dplmt
Fortnight For Freedom: Bulwark of Freedom – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The Amrcn Catholic
Is Senate Going Soft on Affordable Care Act’s Taxpayer-Funded Abortions? – Chr. Jacobs
Travis Kalanick Resigns as Uber CEO – Bryan Logan & Biz Carson, Business Insider
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Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández. (Photo Credit: CNS/Paul Haring)

Engage in the “Battle for the Eternal Salvation of Souls” – Wherein Fr. Z Beats to Quarters

by Father John Zuhlsdorf

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Some Straight Talk on Sex – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head
Bible Answer Man Goes on Catholic Answers — Praises Catholicism – Shane Schaetzel, CitO
Five Ways to Improve Your Prayer Life – Fr. Ed Broom O.M.V., Catholic Exchange
The Vatican Auditor Resigns—Another Crushing Blow for Financial Reform – Phil Lawler, CC
Ambrose, Charles & Francis’ Choice In Italy & Beyond, All Eyes on Milan – Rocco Palmo, Whsprs
The Importance of Humanae Vitae, a Testimony to the Truth – Abp. C.J. Chaput O.F.M. Cap.
How a Young Couple Rejected Contraception & Embraced NFP – Shaun & Jessica McAfee, CE
Ordinations in the Ordinariate – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment
Idolatry: Perhaps All the “gods” are Simply Masks Behind Which Lies “the Same One God” – FJH
The Transfiguration of Death – Fr. Sebastian White O.P., First Things
A Pilgrim’s Guide to Ireland – Gretchen R. Crowe, OSV Newsweekly
Our Faith Is Not About Clean Uniforms – Gabriel Garnica, Catholic Stand
St. Thomas Aquinas on the Virtue of Religion – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement
40 Hours Devotion: Spending Personal Time with the Lord – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
Explore the Sacraments with Mother Angelica as Your Guide – Chloe Langr, epicPew
When Art Came to the Rescue of Mystical Love – Elizabeth Lev, Aleteia
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Review of Russell Hittinger’s New Book: Three Necessary Societies

by Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D.

of Mercatornet

Goldman Sachs: The Death of Malls will Fuel ‘Degentrification’ – Graham Rapier, Bsnss Insdr
Archaeologists Discover Previously Invisible Inscription on 2,600-Year-Old Artifact – Jn. Burger
Leading Law Journal: 14th Amendment Prohibits Abortion – Stephen Herreid, Catholic Vote
Ranked: The 20 Best Airlines in the World – Benjamin Zhang, Business Insider
Bottom Lines Still Matter: Amazon’s Lesson for Whole Foods’ John Mackey – Howard Husock
The Russian Army Will Soon Have Some New Big ‘Guns’ – Dave Majumdar, The Natl Interest
11 Books on Science Bill Gates Thinks Everyone Should Read – Chris Weller, Business Insider
Dozens of Studies in the Past Decade Show Abortion Linked to Breast Cancer – Joel Brind Ph.D.
Forget Not the Body: About Artificial Wombs – Anthony McCarthy Ph.D., Public Discourse
The Taipei-Beijing ‘Diplomatic Truce’ Crumbles: What Next for Taiwan? – Ankit Panda
No More Excuses, It’s Time to Defund Planned Parenthood – Kristan Hawkins, LifeNews.com
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Disgusting: “One Priest’s Plan to Queer the Catholic Church”

by Father John Zuhlsdorf

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Hanoi Jane Excepted, Ora Pro Nobis – Guy McClung, Catholic Stand
Catholic Germany 1947 vs. Catholic Germany Today – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Looking for an Approved Catholic Version of The Bible? Not Much Help at This Site – Fr. Z’s Blg
St. Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes: I Only Fear Bad Catholics – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli
Want to Get Young People Involved in Church? Take Them on a Pilgrimage – Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition – Angelo Stagnaro, National Catholic Register
New Study: Beautiful Churches & Cathedrals Important in Individual Conversions – Ph. Kosloski
Newark Archdiocese Defends Welcoming of LGBT Pilgrimage – Kev. J. Jones, Cthlc Nws Agncy
Amoris Laetitia and the Four Last Things – Julia Meloni, Crisis Magazine
New Pontifical Academy of Life Appointee Supports Euthanasia by Starvation – A. Guernsey
10 Bible Verses All Catholic Should Know to Promote Chastity & Reconciliation – Jus. McClain
5 Ancient Symbols of the Eucharist in the Catacombs – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
On the “Hortensius” – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic Thing
Fortnight For Freedom 2017 – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Gift of Tradition: The Catechism – Editorial Board, OSV Newsweekly
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A Dutch Euthanasia Pioneer Surveys the Wreckage and Despairs

by Michael Cook,

of Mercatornet

Canada Passes Law Criminalizing Use of Wrong Gender Pronouns – Rob Shimshock, The Strm
This Mesmerizing Bridge that Transforms into a Tunnel is an Engineering Wonder – L. Garfield
She Was Considering Aborting Her Triplets, Then This Happened – Micaiah Bilger, Life News
Haunted by a Player’s Death, a Coach Walks Away From His Sport – Malika Andrews, NY Times
The Left Bank of the Rhine – Edmund Waldstein, First Things
The Only Kind Of Protest That Works – Ben Domenech, The Federalist
Tank War: Israel’s Merkava Tank vs. America’s M1 Abrams (Who Wins?) – Sebastien Roblin, TNI
Ancient DNA Reveals How Cats Conquered the World – Janet Hoole, The Conversation
Hong Kong: Change in the Air? – Tung Chee Hwa, The Diplomat
Senators Seek to Stop Government Subsidies for Sports Stadiums – Katrina Willis, The Stream
Puerto Rico’s Statehood Debate – James McBride, Council on Foreign Relations (link fixed)
The ‘Silver Way’: An Alternative to ‘Thucydides Trap’ – Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales
How to Build a Bridge, Leonardo Da Vinci-Style – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
Prejudice and the Blaine Amendments – Philip Hamburger, First Things
Religious Adoption Agencies Can Reject LGBT Parents in Texas – Joshua Gill, The Stream
A Responsible Rhetoric – Richard M. Weaver Ph.D., The Imaginative. . .
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Cardinals Carlo Caffarra and Raymond Burke at a Rome conference, May 19, 2017. (Photo Credit: Edward Pentin)

Dubia Cardinals Seek Papal Audience

by Edward Pentin

of the National Catholic Register

Full Text of Dubia Cardinals’ Letter Asking Pope for an Audience – Edward Pentin, The Reg
What Jesus, the Church Have Always Taught about Divorce, Remarriage – Fr. Richard Heilman
Quæritur: “Annulments” and Appealing to the Roman Rota – Fr. Z’s Blog
St. Charles Borromeo: The Provocative Reformer Translated into English after 400 Yrs – DM
Catholic Herald: “Cardinal Kasper Chases the Spectre of Luther” – Fr. Z’s Blog
Finding Your True Self in Marian Devotion – Laura DeMaria, Catholic Stand
All About Saints – Foxfier, The American Catholic
Is Belief in Evolution and Cosmology Heretical? – Bob Kurland Ph.D., A Catholic Scientist
Understanding the Subtext of LGBTQ “Welcome” – Deacon Jim Russell, The Cthlc Wrld Rprt
Why I Love the Work of Thomas Aquinas – Christopher Malloy Ph.D., Rorate Cæli
Maynooth Seminary to be Overhauled after Turbulent Period – Patsy McGarry, The Irsh Times
Skip the Debt, Get a Master’s & Start Teaching in Catholic Schools – Nicholas Wolfram Smith
Panis Angelicus – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Immigration in the Spotlight with L.A. Mass, Resource Website – CNA via The CWR
I’m Cool about a Certain Popular Devotion, Wherein Fr. Z goes all ‘Rah!’ – Fr. Z’s Blog
Interview: Husband of Chiara Corbella on Wife’s Sacrifice, Possible Canonization – Rvst Misión
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