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SATURDAY NUNTIUM EDITION

Saint John Paul II Wasn’t the First to Propose Luminous Mysteries for the Rosary

by Philip Kosloski,

of Aleteia

Is Christianity Unfalsifiable? Is Empiricism the Only True Knowledge? – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
Yes, Christians Do Have an Assurance, but Not an Absolute Assurance of Salvation – Pat. Madrid
Explaining the Crusades as an Analogy to World War II – Dave Armstrong, Biblical Evidenc. . .
100 Years on, Fatima is More Important than Ever – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith Ph.D., CH
Building the New Temple: Mass Readings Explained for 5th Sun. of Easter – Jn. Bergsma Ph.D.
Fatima at 100: Our Lady’s Harrowing Message of Freedom – Fr. Raymond de Souza, CH
Worse Than Adultery: Excommunicable Offense of 2nd Marriage – Paul Schultz, The Remnant
Is This a Photo of Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun? The Truth Behind the Popular Photo – ChrchPop
Father Solanus Casey — Priest, Prophet & Porter – Patrick Coffin, National Catholic Register
If Modern Feminists Truly Knew the Fundamental Values Priests are Called to Embrace. . . – Z
Some Reasons God Leaves Things Unresolved – Msgr. Charles Pope, MiC
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OUR LADY OF FATIMA

Three Children of FatimaThe Apparition that Changed the World: A Review of Jean Heimann’s New Book on Fatima

by Anne Marie Miller,

of Ignitum Today

100th Anniversary: 8 Incredible Facts about Fatima You Should Probably Know – Ch. Mooradian
What was Sr. Lucia’s Advice After Fatima Visions? Pray Everyday – Elise Harris, CNA
Did You Know There was an Angel at Fatima Who Taught the Children Prayers? – Patty Knap
Fatima at 100: Can a Scientist Take the Miracle of the Sun Seriously? – Fr. Andrew Pinsent, CH
Everything You Need to Know about Fatima (Part 1) – Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency
Everything You Need to Know about Fatima (Part 2) – Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency
Learn More About Our Lady of Fatima With These Resources – Jeanette De Melo, NC Register
On Fatima’s 100th, The Shepherd’s Message: “Honor Your Mother” – Rocco Palmo, Whispers
The Fatima Century: Lethal & Blessed – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register
The Rosary: The Peace Plan From Heaven – Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register
Fatima’s Other Miracle After the Sun Danced – Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register
This is the Miracle that Led to the Fatima Children’s Canonization – Alvaro de Juana, CNA
Saintly Devotion to Fatima: St. John Paul II, Pius XII & Fulton Sheen – Joseph Pronechen, NCRg
Fatima and the Traditional Latin Mass – Fr. Ladis J. Cizik, The Remnant Newspaper
Pope Francis and the Unexpired Call of Fatima – Fr. Roger J. Landry, Natl Catholic Register
Vatican in Brief: Holy See to Issue Special Fatima Stamp – Aleteia

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FRIDAY NUNTIUM AFTERNOON EDITION

Hollywood Composer Writes Requiem Mass for His Mother

by Kimberly Winston

of Religion News Service

Ratzinger Rising – William Doino Jr., First Things
Cardinal Bertone Talks about the Third Secret of Fatima – A. Gagliarducci, Cthlc News Agncy
More Parish Closings Nationwide – What Are We to Learn and Do? – Msgr. Charles Pope, CiM
Jesus Christ Will Never Allow His Church to Ordain Women to the Priesthood – Kathy Schiffer
The Deeper Meaning of Receiving at the Altar Rail – Susanna Spencer, Natl Catholic Register
An Inclusive Church Needs Brotherly Exclusivity – Jason Craig, National Catholic Register
The Apocalypse Art Prize: Website Restored – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
Miracle of the Sun Broke Darkness of Portugal’s Atheist Regimes – E. Harris, Cthlc Nws Agncy
The Supernatural Power of Confirmation – Bart Schuchts, Catholic Stand
Turn to Jesus Christ, Who Gives Life its Meaning – Rebecca Hamilton, NC Register
Mother’s Day Breakfast Recipes: Eggs, Waffles, Fruit, and Oreo Frappuccino – Cerith Gardiner
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FRIDAY NEWS EXTRA

‘Open Marriage?’ The New York Times Magazine Desperately Hopes, Hopes, Hopes That It’s a Trend

by Julia Duin,

of Get Religion

George Weigel, The SSPX, and Catholic Dissent – Thomas Storck, Ethika Politika
How the LDS Church Responds to the Boy Scouts Regarding LGBT Issues – Tr. Toone & M. Jones
Why Russian Orthodox Anxiety of Other Faiths Is Rising in Russia – Kelsey Dallas, Deseret Nws
9/11 Memorial Chapel Set to Close – Patty Knap, Aleteia
Doctor Told Couple to Abort Baby with Rare Disorder, They Refused, Now He’s Healthy – Ertelt
The Embryo Orphanage: A Cautionary Tale – Ana Maria Dumitru, Public Discourse
How Obama Turned Regulators Into the Speech Police – Maggie Gallagher, The Stream
Archdiocese Removes Girl Scouts, Citing Catholic Conflict – Ann Saladin, NC Register
Superior General Criticises Belgian Order’s Decision to Euthanasia in Care Homes – Nick Hallett
Iraqi Priest Protects Ancient Christian Manuscripts from ISIS – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia
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Russia’s Imperial Amnesia

by Kirk Bennett,

of The American Interest

France, Secularism & Religion: Macron Is a History Buff on Islam & Religious Strife – Erasmus
Socialism and Nationalism on the Danube – Owen Hatherley, Places
Why is Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro Still in Power? – S.G., The Economist
In Venezuela, Garbage Dumps have become Places to Eat – Catholic News Agency
Look at Their Democracy: The Pitfalls and Pitfalls of Democracy – Shalom Carmy, First Things
Air War: What If America’s Lethal F-35 Battled Russia’s Stealth PAK-FA or Su-35? – Schneider
Overpopulation? No, Delaying Marriage & Parenthood is Resulting in Too Few People – Life News
Where Has All the French Talent Gone – Philip Delves Broughton, The Wall Street Journal
Thousands of Pro-Lifers Flood the Streets in Canada’s March for Life – Micaiah Bilger, Lf Nws
The Annexation of Crimea Isn’t Going as Planned – Lily Hyde, Foreign Policy
Canada, the ‘Right to Die,’ and the Mentally Ill – Eric Metaxas & Roberto Rivera, The Stream
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I Cannot Attend Your Wedding, Because of Love

by David Roney,

of Catholic Stand

Ed Peters on Cardinal Coccopalmerio’s Alarming Assertion – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
We’re in Danger of Overlooking the Most Important Part of Fatima – Stephen Bullivant, CH
Getting Real with Reconciliation: The Essence of Making a Good Confession – Mark C. McCann
The 21-year Wait for Mother’s Day – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholics News & Inspiration
10 Books That Would Inspire Any Catholic School Educator – Justin McClain, epicPew
But. . .What Is a Verger? – Saint Gregory the Great Church
God and Hemorrhoids – Larry D, Acts of the Apostasy
Genesis Contradictory (?) Creation Accounts & Hebrew Time – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
How Are We Saved? Faith Alone? Or the Way Jesus Taught? – Dave Armstrong, NC Register
Fr. Ludwig Pichler S.J., R.I.P. – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
For Those Whose Dreams Won’t Seem to Come True, Here’s a Saint for You – Hunter-Kilmer
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Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio arrives for a cardinals’ meeting, at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Is the Vatican’s Top Canonical Official Undermining Canon Law?

by Phil Lawler,

of Catholic Culture

Planned Parenthood is Ditching the Failed “Pro-Choice” Label, Here’s Why – Micaiah Bilger, LN
How The Daily Telegraph Twisted Itself Into Pretzel Over Yoga-Rejecting Christian Parish – GR
Here’s How Badly Soviet Atheism Failed in Europe – Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today
Perversion As Progress – Rod Dreher, Rod Dreher’s TAC Blog
President Trump Nominates Notre Dame Law Professor as Federal Judge – Hadro, CNA via Reg
Bill Nye: Gender-Chromosome Correlation Is So ’90s – Daniel Payne, The Federalist
How Conversion Therapy Bans Will Trap Transgender Children – Marcus Gregory, The Fdrlst
Canadian Catholic School District Cancels Play Over Gender-Identity Concerns – CNA via NCRg
Legalism, Old and New – Russell Shaw, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report
Belgian Religious Euthanizers to be Investigated – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Catholic Education Service Denies Receiving Outside Funding for Homophobia Document – CH
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THURSDAY NUNTIUM EDITION

Questions in the Wake of Cardinal Coccopalmerio’s Comments on Anglican Orders

by Edward N. Peters, J.C.D., J.D.,

of The Dispatch

via The Catholic World Report

So About “Couples for Whom NFP Doesn’t Work” . . . – Jane the Actuary
The 5 Prayers Revealed at Fatima that Every Catholic Should Know – ChurchPop
How to Tell True Apparitions From False – Patti Maguire Armstrong, NC Register
Old Earth, Flood Geology, Local Flood, & Uniformitarianism – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
Catholicism & Evolution/Charles Darwin’s Religious Beliefs – Dave Armstrong, BEfC
Suffering–Our Great Gift from God* – Bob Kurland Ph.D., Reflections of a Catholic Scientist
Make Church Music Great Again – Deacon Lawrence Klimecki, Beauty of Catholicism
Emotional Video of Adopted Man Thanking His Birth Mother Goes Viral – Steven Ertelt, Lf Nws
Vatican Observatory Director: Science Tells Us How God Created the Universe – CNA via NCRg
The Easter Gospels of the Byzantine Rite – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
Jesus, Taxes, and Charity – Matthew Cooper, The Dorothy Day Option
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THURSDAY NEWS EDITION

The Tip of the Transgender Spear in Virginia

by Nancy Flory,

of The Stream

Jesuits of Fordham Stand Strong Against. . .Chick-fil-A? – Michael Matt, The Remnant Nwsppr
The Deadliest Aircraft in Russia’s Arsenal You’ve Never Heard Of – Tom Cooper, TNI
When Did the Catholic Left Decide Salvation Is Only About Works? – Dave Griffey, Dffy Thghts
American Universities Are Welcoming China’s Trojan Horse – Rachelle Peterson, Foreign Policy
Minnesota Bishop Rejects Claim He Pressured Alleged Abuse Victim – Catholic News Agency
Russia’s Imperial Amnesia – Kirk Bennett, The American Interest
Places Where Democracy Really Does Die in Darkness – Benjamin Weingarten, City Journal
Christians are Leaving the Girl Scouts Over Its Connection to Planned Parenthood – Mic. Bilger
Two Nations Convict Christians for Blasphemy Against Islam – John Burger, Aleteia
The Real Diogenes – Bradford Tuckfield Ph.D., TIC
Texas House OKs Giving Adoption Agencies ‘Religious Refusal’  – AP via The Stream
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WEDNESDAY NUNTIUM EXTRA

Quæritur: It’s Hard to be a Part of a Bitter Community

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Dress Up: What We Lost in the Casual Revolution – G. Bruce Boyer, First Things
Fatima, the Rosary, and hell – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia
The Last Great Homilist: Msgr. Ronald Knox – Matthew Walther, First Things
Cultural Renewal Requires Dreamers and Visionaries – John Horvat II, Crisis Magazine
It’s My Body – Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today
The Mask of Moral Relativism – Edward Sri, National Catholic Register
My Dear France,The Tender Daughter Of The Sacred Heart #3 – Edouard Belaga Ph.D., Ct St
Easter: The Fifty-Day Party – George Weigel, First Things
Peace of Soul and Humility – Charlie McKinney, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Saints of the Old Testament: St. Job, Prophet – Confitebor, Rorate Cæli
Life’s Struggles and Joys – James A. Toups, Hope in the Storm
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WEDNESDAY NEWS EXTRA

Why Sterile Heterosexual Acts and Homosexual Acts Are Not the Same

by Karlo Broussard,

of Catholic Answers Magazine

Here’s Why Christians Are Choosing To Leave The Girl Scouts – Margot Cleveland, The Fdrlst
Is Europe in Crisis or Stasis? – Ross Douthat, The New York Times
Christians Should Not Be Expected to Live According to Islamic Law – Fr. A. Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
The Ugly Racism of Karl Marx – Walter E. Williams, The Daily Signal
Moral Grandstanding: There’s a Lot of It About, All of It Bad – Justin Tosi & Brandon Warmke
Maritain & The Benedict Option – Rod Dreher, Rod Dreher’s TAC Blog
Ronald Reagan, John Paul II, and Fatima – Paul Kengor, Crisis Magazine
Flawed Pro-Abortion Guttmacher Institute Study Cites Itself to Trash Pro-Life Laws – Life News
What Does It Mean to Be a “Catholic Scientist”? – William E. Carroll Ph.D., Big Qstns Online
Pro-Life Advocates Optimistic as One of Their Own Gets Key HHS Job – Rachel del Guidice
A Short Primer on the Anti-Catholic Blaine Amendments; Video – The Federalist
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Want to Engage Secular Culture? An Irish Bishop Provides a Guide

from Catholic News Agency

Thanks for Everything, Pope Francis – James Zacchaeus, First Things
Wherein a Cardinal Waits on Tables – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Rigidity & Conversion Do Not Mix, But Don’t Be Fooled by Double-Speak – Jef. A. Mirus Ph.D.
A Conversation With Mother Miriam – Jim Graves, National Catholic Register
The Baptistery of Parma; Simply Beautiful – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
How to Preach Like the Apostles – Bishop Robert Barron, The Dispatch via The CWR
The Four Stages of Human Life – George Stanciu, TIC
Singing Aquinas in L.A. – Dana Gioia, First Things
An Artistic Reflection on St. John Paul II’s ‘Letter to Artists’ – Amanda Evinger, NC Register
Conspirator Spotlight: St. George – Rebecca Frech, The Catholic Conspiracy
How Nature Can Help Your Child Get Closer to God – Jenna McDonald, Aleteia
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