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Growing Churches vs. Declining Churches: Study Says ‘Theology Matters’

by Terry Mattingly,

of Get Religion

What They Do With Beautiful Old Churches in the Brisbane Archdiocese – Frank Walker, SB
People in Spain have an “Uber” Version of the Confession and It’s Awesome – Justin McClain
God Bless the Egyptian Christians Who were Killed This Weekend by Jihadists – Dave Griffey
To Be Catholic at College – Kathryn Mihaliak, National Catholic Register
PostPersons – Guy McClung Ph.D. J.D., Catholic Stand
Legal Group: Federal Law Can’t Require Sterilizations at Catholic Hospitals – Cthlc Nws Agncy
The Many Benefits of the Gift of Forgiveness – Patti Maguire Armstrong, N.C. Register
For the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe Edition (12 December, AD 2017) click here.
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MONDAY EDITION

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A Netflix-Like Catholic Digital Content Service Available to Seekers and Believers

from The CWR Staff

at The Dispatch

via The Catholic World Report

Truth, Opinion, and the Divine Artist: Experiencing Transgender Inclinations – Andrew B.
BBC Admits It Underestimated the Church’s Opposition to Hitler – Dan Hitchens, Cthlc Herald
British Public Supports Bakers in ‘Gay Cake’ Row, Poll Shows – Staff Reporter, Catholic Herald
British Prime Minister Theresa May Appears to be a Serious Anglican Christian – Mark Kellner
The Gift of the Priestly Vocation: The Importance of Countercultural Formation – Mirus Ph.D.
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON EDITION:

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This Powerful Prayer Will Bring a New Springtime to the Church, Said B16

by Susan Klemond,

of the National Catholic Register

How Pornography Smothers Masculinity – Benedictine Augustine, Maccabee Society
Probability and the Death of Herod Agrippa – Bob Drury, Catholic Stand
Christian Mysticism and its Counterfeit – David Torkington, Catholic Stand
The Scandal of the Missing Halo, Is This A Case of Chronic Halo-tosis? – David Clayton, BoC
The Need for a Liturgical Conscience & Where to Get One (Part I) & (Part II of III) – C. Carstens
A Scientific Approach to God – Thomas Clements, Ignitum Today
Wisdom: The Art of Ordering Things Properly – Mitchell Kalpakgian Ph.D., Trth & Chrty Frm
Why Forgive? A Lesson for Millennials from the Jubilee of Mercy – Kathryn Jean Lopez, Crux
Biblical Roots of the Domestic Church: New Testament – Veronica Antz, Trth & Charity Frm

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SUNDAY MORNING EDITION

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Rather than Pulling a Nail, Pope Francis Finds Another Tool

by John L. Allen Jr.,

of Crux

When Someone Tries to Hold My Hand During the Our Father – Larry D, Acts of the Apostasy
Waiting for the War That Is Already Here – William Kilpatrick Ph.D., The Cthlc World Report
4 Screwtape Quotes that Explain the World Today – Steffani Jacobs, Catholic Stand
At the Very Moment of Your Death, Christ Will Judge Your Soul – Rebecca Hamilton, The Reg
Our Lady of Guadalupe gave Aztec Culture what It Desperately Lacked – Francis Phillips, CH
Worship God, Not Self – Brandon Schild, Catholic Stand
Sacrificing for the Faith vs. Sacrificing the Faith – William Kilpatrick Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
India Celebrates 400 Years of Christianity Through Thick and Thin – Nirmala Carvalho, Crux
Catholic Vietnam: Growing Despite Communist Oppression – The Catholic World Report
Pope Francis: Through Beauty, Artists Make the World Better – Hannah Brockhaus, CNA
Guantanamo Bishop Tapped to Head Camaguey Archdiocese – Elise Harris, Cthlc News Agency

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Study on Same-Sex Parenting Promptly Ignored

by Matthew Archbold,

of the Creative Minority Report

Why the Reform of the Reform is Not the Solution – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy
Why Do “Auxiliary Bishops Still Exist” – Liborius Lumma, Pray Tell
The Fixer Upper Witch-Hunt and What We Must Now Do – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
Walmart Earns 100% Homosexual Approval Rating on Homosexual Gps. Corp. Scorecard – LS
The Blood of One Martyr Inspires Another – Stephanie Mann, National Catholic Register
Where Can “Mutual Enrichment” Really Take Us? – Peter A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Lit Mov
Medieval Masterpieces in Modern Manhattan – Angelo Stagnaro, N.C. Register
Patton’s Weather Prayer – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Persons or Property? Celebrity Embryo Lawsuit Escalates – Anne Hendershott, The Dispatch
Euthanasia Movement Sells Assisted Suicide to the Depressed – Judie Brown, Catholic Lane
The Real Fundamental Option: Living as a Child of God – Kevin Aldrich, Catholic Stand

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SATURDAY MORNING EDITION

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The Nuns Who Have Doctors Baffled

by Quentin de la Bedoyere,

of Catholic Herald

Univ. of Notre Dame’s Fr. John Jenkins: Obama Yes, Trump No – D.R. McClarey J.D., TACthlc
No Condemnation, Even for a Pedophile – Julie Machado, Catholic Stand
The Catholic Mass in the Color of Your Choice – Angelo Stagnaro, N.C. Register
Quæritur: Are Deacons Required to Wear the Dalmatic at Mass? – Fr. Z’s Blog
Sofia Vergara is Being Sued by Her Own Frozen Embryos – Catholic News Agency
Rome’s Dangerous Gamble in China – Benedict Rogers, Catholic Herald
Five Untruths About the New Texas Rules for Fetal Remains – Cullen Herout, Crisis Magazine
New Rockville Center Bishop was Baptized by Fulton Sheen – Elise Harris, Cthlc News Agency
The Moral Case to Eliminate Wrongful Birth Suits – Joe Kral, Truth and Charity Forum
The Positive Human & Economic Impact of Catholic Ministries – Abp. C.J. Chaput O.F.M. Cap.
Terrorism, The Sanctity of Life, and Mercy – Anne De Santis, Catholic Stand

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Innovations Which Vatican II Did Not Call For, but Which We Got Anyway

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Hans & Sophie Scholl Exemplify the Moral Courage Every Christian Needs – Francis Phillips, CH
5 Common Misconceptions about Purgatory – Sara Spitt, epicPew
This Forgotten Fatima Note Reveals Sr. Lúcia’s ‘Holy Ambition’ for the Rosary – Dan. Blackman
Six Ways Not to Fight Temptation – Fr. Clayton Thompson, Those Catholic Men
Pope Francis Names New Archbishop of Krakow, Poland – Catholic News Agency
How Feminism Betrayed Childless Women – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald
France Attempts to Criminalize the Pro-Life Movement – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACthlc
Orthodoxy, Heresy and Objective Truth – Francis X. Cronin Ed.D. (ADB), Natl Cth Register
Harry Potter: from Aristotle’s Poetics to Christian Virtue – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Tdy
Modesty Is a Direction Not a Line – Fr. Matthew Schneider L.C., Catholic Stand
On Meeting Sally Read: Poet, Writer, Convert from Atheism – K.V. Turley, The Cthlc Wrld Rprt

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FRIDAY ADVENT EDITION

Brick by Brick! Parishes are “Turning Towards The Lord”, Going “Ad Orientem”

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

8 Christmas Songs That Have Nothing To Do With Christmas – Matthew Archbold, N.C. Rgstr
Advent’s 2 Big Marian Feasts Help Us Celebrate Christmas Right – Fr. Ale. Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
Waiting While Everything Goes Wrong: 3rd Sunday of Advent – John Bergsma Ph.D., TSP
St. Thérèse of Lisieux and the Christmas Blues – Russell Shaw, The Dispatch
Christmas Gift Guide 2016 – The Editors, National Catholic Register
Brother Orchid: The Seductive Power of Good – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The Amrcn Cthlc
Unique Family Christmas Traditions – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew
St. Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe – Catherine Mendenhall-Baugh, N.C. Register
Pilgrims on Horseback Pay Homage to Mary at Guadalupe Shrine – Joyce Duriga, CH
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Now a Diocesan Shrine in Denver – Carmen Elena Villa, CNA
We Are the Reason for the Season – Birgit Jones, Catholic Stand

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FRIDAY MORNING EDITION

Wikileaks Bombshell: Even Stephen Colbert Took Orders from Hillary Clinton

by Aleister,

of American Lookout,

via Gateway Pundit

Bp. Libasci of New Hampshire Banned Communion from the Chalice in His Diocese – P. Inwood
Outcry Greets Holy See Decision to Reaffirm Ban on Same-Sex Attracted Priests – RNS
State vs. Family: The Tyranny of the “Emerging Orthodoxy” – Paul Diamond L.L.M., Pub Dis
A Spiritual Reading Program – Vicki Burbach, Pelican’s Breast
Pope as New Luther, Humor of German Section of Radio Vatican? – The Eponymous Flower
The Irrationality of Faith Shaming – Timothy P. O’Malley, OSV Newsweekly
Attack on TV Couple Recalls a Chik-Fil-A Story of Solidarity – Steve Green, Crisis Magazine
Lawsuit Defends Filmmakers in Following Conscience on Marriage in Minnesota – Cth Nws Agy
Democrats, Pro-Lifers Spar Over Planned Parenthood Investigation – Matt Hadro, CNA
Who’s on Which Side of the Lunch Counter? Civil Rights, Religious Acco. . . – S.D. Smith J.D.

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THURSDAY ADVENT EDITION

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10 Classic Catholic Books That Would Make Good Christmas Gifts

by Kevin T. DiCamillo,

of the National Catholic Register

Scientists Reconstructed the Face of St. Nicholas; Here’s What They Found – Cthlc Nws Agncy
The Pope, Christmas, and the “Fake News” about Hitler – George J. Marlin, The Cthlc Thing
Depressed and Single at Christmas – Michael Lichens, The Catholic Gentleman
The Three Godfathers – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
The O! Antiphons and the O! in Our Hearts – Marge Fenelon, National Catholic Register
2016 Last-Minute Christmas Gift Guide – The Editors, National Catholic Register
Why Christmas Should Bother Everybody – Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire
10 Simple Ways to Slow Down This Advent – Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble, Aleteia
The Unexpected Story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew
This Christmas, Set Out in Haste to Meet Our Lord – Ramon Antonio A. Aldana, Cthlc Stand
As Vatican Lights Christmas Tree, Pope Reflects on Nativity Scene – Hannah Brockhaus, CNA
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FEAST DAY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION EDITION

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Beer, Fried Chicken and the Immaculate Conception

by Father Dwight Longenecker,

of the National Catholic Register

Two Kinds of Feminism: Amal Clooney and Costanza Miriano – Kathy Schiffer, N.C. Register
What is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception? – Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur, Catholic Lane
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception 2016 – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
How to Make Marian Teachings More Appealing – Rachel Lu Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
Mary’s Wild Tranquility – Archbishop Fulton Sheen S.T.D. D.Phil., The Catholic Thing
Did Mary Need to be Redeemed? – Marge Fenelon, National Catholic Register
Vatican: Next Three World Youth Days Will Have Marian Themes – Elise Harris, CNA via NCReg
An Advent Doubt: Is He the One? – Tom Hoops, National Catholic Register
Advent Is Mary’s Time – Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register
Mercy, Mary, and the Advent of Christ – Peter Howard S.T.D., Catholic Spiritual Direction
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THURSDAY EXTRA

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How I Changed My Mind about Pope Francis

by Matthew Schmitz,

of First Things

The Meaning of Papal Silence – Joseph Shaw, LMS Chairman
Letter in Support of 4 Cardinals from Catholic Academics & Pastors – Joseph Shaw, Rrt Cæli
Swiss Bishop: No Last Rites for Those Seeking Assisted Suicide – Catholic News Service via CH
‘Unbelievable’, Persecuted Christian Bishops Denied U.K. Visas – Catholic News Agency
11th Anniversary of Fr. Z’s Blog – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Christian Florist Fights for Religious Freedom at Washington State High Court – Dustin Siggins
Italian Monastery Seeks Salvation in Beer After Terrible Quake – Elisabetta Povoledo, NYTimes
Ten Reasons to Retain Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions – Michael J. DeBoer J.D.
It is Time We Think of Politics More Like Religion – Arthur E. Farnsley II
Doctors Warn Australian State Against Legalizing Euthanasia – Catholic News Agency
Profits and an ‘Economy of Mutuality’ – Tom Nelson D.Min., Inst. for Faith-Work-Economics
For THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION EDITION (8 December, AD 2016) click here.
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