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Women ‘Priests’, Politics, and Holy Communion: What Pope Francis’s New Cardinals Believe

via Catholic Herald

Pope’s Choice of Cardinals Underlines Commitment to ‘Irreversible’ Change – Phil Lawler, C.C.
When it Comes to Infinity, the Confusion of Atheists is Boundless – Angelo Stagnaro, The Reg
Book Review: A Fiercely Intellectual Book on the Moral Complexities of Sex  – Fiorella Nash
Feminist Protesters Assault Catholic Cathedral in Argentina – Inés San Martín, Crux
Kudos to InterVarsity Christian Fellowship – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
What is the Difference between Radical Dissent and Non-Assent? – Fr. Basil Cole O.P., TaChF
We Must Speak Out More Boldly on Behalf of Persecuted Christians – Rebecca Hamilton, NCRg
Online Education: Helping Catechetical Leaders Thrive – Saint Joseph’s College, Crux
Catholic Assembly: E.U. Must be More Democratic to Avoid Break-Up – Simon Caldwell, C.H.
Bishop Ministers to the People behind the Kentucky Derby – Joyce Duriga, Crux
New York Archdiocese Offers Compensation to Victims of Sex Abuse – C.N.A. via The Reg

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MONDAY EXTRA

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Son of Susan Skinner consoled by mother after being expelled because parents objected to pornographic sex education course in Diocese of Nashville

Bishop and Diocese of Nashville’s Growing ‘Erotic’ Sex Scandal

by Pete Baklinski

of Life Site

Abp. A. Sample Points to ‘Troublesome’ Misuses of Pope’s Teaching on Family – C.N.S. via C.H.
24 Quotes from “Particles of Faith” that Richard Dawkins Would Never Say – epicPew
Trump vs. Clinton II: In Any Other Election Year . . . – Matthew Bunson, Natl Cthlc Register
Proposed Synod on Married Priests ‘was Voted Down by Pope’s Advisers’ – Catholic Herald
Cardinal Sarah: Reform the Liturgy! “The Future of the Church is at Stake” – Fr. Z’s Blog
On Heresy, Dissidence, And Scandal – Gene Van Son, Catholic Stand
One Fewer Christian-Owned Bakery after Religious Freedom Fight – Catholic News Agency
EWTN’s Tomkin Little Catholic Cowboy is So Sweet and Brilliant! – Chloe Mooradian, epicPew
How Should Catholic Educators Respond to Gender Ideology? – Catholic News Agency
Columbus, Catholicism and Courage – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Next Synod Will Be on ‘Young People, the Faith and Discernment of Vocation’ – Edward Pentin

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EASTERN RITE MONDAY EDITION

pope-francis-in-georgia-caucasusPope Francis’ Ecumenical Impact with the Orthodox World

by Andrea Gagliarducci

via Monday Vatican

Way Forward after Catholic-Orthodox Meet on Primacy & Synodality – A.A.J. DeVille Ph.D.
Christian Voices Speak from Aleppo – Alessandra Nucci, National Catholic Register
After Genocide, What’s Next for Iraq’s Christians? – Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency
100 Years of Genocide: Christians Under Siege in Iraq & Syria Featured in New Film – V. Gaetan
Group Presses for Christian ‘Safe Zone’ in Iraq – Rhina Guidos, Crux
Francis to Georgian Orthodox Church: We Are Called to Be One in Christ – C.N.A. via The Reg
Maronites Backing Michel Aoun to End Presidential Stalemate in Lebanon – AsiaNews.it
Has Anyone at an Orthodox Parish Near You Heard of St. Moses the Black? – Terry Mattingly
Rila Monastery in Bulgaria – Joel Morehouse, New Liturgical Movement
Motu Proprio on Aligning Latin & Eastern Rite Codes of Canon Law: English Translation – C.H.
Orthodox Schism May be Looming, Might Just be a Catholic Solution – Fr. Ale. Lucie-Smith

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MONDAY EDITION

blaise-cardinal-cupich-of-chicagoWith Pope’s Cardinal Picks, Bernardin’s ‘Seamless Garment’ is Back

by John L. Allen, Jr.

of Crux

Bishop in Belgium Calls for Rituals to Bless Adultery and Sodomy – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Francis Replaces Cardinal Sarah to Open JPII Institute’s Academic Year – Edward Pentin
Movie Review: Denial – Sister Helena Burns F.S.P., Catholic Lane
Are Children at Mass a Blessing or an Annoyance? – Steffani Jacobs, Catholic Stand
Poland and Abortion: Facts and Falsehoods – Filip Mazurczak, The Catholic World Report
How to Explain Sacramentals to Fundamentalists, Part I – Karl Keating, Catholic Answers
Columbus and the Virgin Mary – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
EpicPew Joins Sophia Institute Press – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew
New Film Documents the Persecution of Christians – K.V. Turley, Crisis Magazine
4 Advantages of Digital Silence – Fr. Matthew Schneider, Catholic Stand
To Make Real Progress Catholics & Anglicans Must Look to Scripture – Fr. Ale. Lucie-Smith

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SUNDAY EDITION

slawomir-zubrzycki-viola-organista-leonardo-da-vinci-inventionLeonardo Da Vinci Designed This Invention, but It was Never Built, Until Now

by Daniel Esparza

of Aleteia

Same-Sex Marriage vs. the Real Thing: A Gay Man’s View of the Big Picture – Doug Mainwaring
A Subtler Satanism – Julia Meloni, Crisis Magazine
The Modern – and Little Known – Miracles of Padre Pio – Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency
Secular Blindness – Rupert Shortt, First Things
Participatio Actuosa (Not “Active Participation”) in the Current Magisterium – Fr. Stravinskas
The Ten Commandments and Natural Law – Howard Kainz Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
New Spanish Video on Veiling (with English Subtitles) – Peter Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Lit Mov
A Quick Note on “Doctors of the Law” – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture
How Modernity Undermines Our Need for Rootedness – Brian Jones, Crisis Magazine
True and False Freedom – Jeremy A. Kee, Crisis Magazine
The Beautiful (and Exhausting) Work of an Organist – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

massachusetts-state-house-in-bostonShocking New Law Takes Effect in Massachusetts

by Dustin Siggins

of the National Catholic Register

13 Real-Life Pictures That Prove Being A Parent Is Awful – Rich Lamm, epicPew
The Infantilization of Parenting – John M. Grondelski, Crisis Magazine
Vatican Strives to Revive Idea That There’s Only One “America” – Inés San Martín, Crux
When Evangelicals Convert Catholics. . .Why? [Podcast] – Taylor Marshall Ph.D.
Satellites, the Internet, and the Communion of Saints – Bishop Robert Barron, The Dispatch
Four Steps to Turning Around Your Parish Finances – Fr. George Mahon, Catholic Herald
Shockingly Successful Collegiate Catholic Guard Makes It Big w/ N.Y. Knicks – Trent Beattie
Pope Approves New Rules for Canonization Process – Brian O’Neel, National Catholic Register
Knowing and Doing – Sam Guzman, The Catholic Gentleman
Come, Bless God’s Creatures Great and Small – Melanie Jean Juneau, Catholic Stand
Spreading Hope, Trust, the Center of Next World Communications Day – H. Brockhaus, C.N.A.

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SATURDAY MORNING EDITION

confessional-priest-jesus-alter-christusPriests Can Indeed Decline to Hear Confessions Face-to-Face

by Father John Zuhlsdorf

via Fr. Z’s Blog

What England’s Recusant Catholics Can Teach Us If Persecution Comes – Stephanie Mann
As Debate Rages over Medjugorje, Maybe a Place of Prayer is Enough – Inés San Martín, Crux
How Sir Kenneth Clark Defended Christian Civilization on PBS – Kevin Di Camillo, N.C. Rgstr
Images of Christian Refugees Suffering Hardship in Northern Iraq – Edward Pentin, The Reg
Cardinal Robert Sarah on “The Strength of Silence” and the Dictatorship of Noise – The CWR
Dioceses of Anchorage, Arlington Get New Bishops from Pope Francis – S. Harris, C.N.A.
Is Your Birth Control Making You Depressed? – Catholic News Agency
The Explosion of Love Unlimited – David Torkington, Catholic Stand
May God Grant Us Grace to See the Beauty in Our Suffering – Marcia Segelstein, N.C. Register
Poem: “Our Lady of Britannia” – Avellina Balestri, Catholic Lane
We Need More Memorials for the Unborn in Britain – Fr. Matthew Pittam, Catholic Herald

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FRIDAY EDITION

voiceless-movie-poster-2016“Voiceless” Blows the Whistle on a Major Scandal Within the Church: Abortion

by Stephen Herreid

of Catholic Vote

Tradinistas: Angry Church Millennials Who Scorn Freedom – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
Here’s What I Discovered That Made Me Become Catholic – Dave Armstrong, N.C. Register
1962: Of Manners in Church, of the Vernacular, and of Vocations – Fr. Z’s Blog
Living Under the Dictatorship of Relativism – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture
This 81-year-old Woman Got a ‘Don’t Euthanize Me’ Tattoo; Canada’s Culture of Death – C.N.A.
Teen Girl’s Life, Death the Stuff from which Saints are Made – Fr. Jeffrey F. Kirby, Crux
Occupational Hazards of Catholic Liturgical Music as a Profession – Joel Morehouse, Nw Lt Mv
New Threats to Religious Liberty – Russell Shaw, The Dispatch via The Cthlc World Report
Pope Benedict is Still Misunderstood in Germany – Marie Meaney, Crisis Magazine
Norms, Abnormality, and False Liberation – James Kalb J.D., The Catholic World Report
Must One Vote? – John Macias, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report
Podcast on Catholic Exchange About the New Masters in Sacred Arts – David Clayton, BoC

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THURSDAY EDITION

episcopal-church-sign-decline-anglicansCrucified “Christa”: A Sign of Faith Lost; The Episcopal Church

by Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D.,

of Catholic Culture

Diocese of Rome’s Guidelines for ‘Amoris Lætitia’; Wherein Fr. Z Rants, Offers Solution – Fr. Z
On Voting by Not Voting – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Dispatch
To Understand Why the Church Battled Communism, Just Look at Russia – Francis Phillips
“Now All That Is Gone”: The Vanishing Christian Communities of Iraq and Syria – K.V. Turley
Introibo: A New App for Traditional Latin Mass Altar Servers – Gregory DiPippo, New Lit Mov
Burying the Denial of Jesus’ Burial – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers
Football and the Hail Mary – Carrie Gress Ph.D., National Catholic Register
Fr. Donald Calloway: Champions of the Rosary [Podcast] – Taylor Marshall Ph.D.
Full Text: Common Declaration of Pope Francis & the Archbishop of Canterbury – Cthlc Herald
Pope Francis and China – Attempts for a Thaw? – Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency
After Hurricane Matthew Strikes Haiti, Relief Agencies are on the Move – Kev. J. Jones, C.N.A.

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WEDNESDAY EXTRA

clown-mass-spirit-of-vatican-ii-liturgical-abuse-liturgy-liberalism-smoke-of-satanSome Catholics Defend Using the Internet for ‘Liturgy Shaming’

by David Gibson

of Religious News Service

via Crux

The Pope’s Confusing Statement on Gender Theory: A Follow-Up – Phil Lawler, Cthlc Culture
Eye of the Tiber or Real Headline? Can You Tell the Difference? – Theresa Williams, epicPew
10 Urgent Facts About Exorcisms this Catholic Peritus Wants You to Know – Shaun McAfee O.P.
Confidence in the Dialog between Faith & Science: New Book by Stacy Trasancos – M. Baruzzini
Medieval Advice for Students Living Away from Home – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
Tonight’s Channel 4 Programme Attacks My Pro-Life Org., Here’s What They Won’t Say – C.H.
How to Discourage Socialism Among the Young – Richard Becker, Crisis Magazine
Pence vs. Kaine: V.P. Debate Gives Voice to the Pro-Life Cause – Matthew Bunson, N.C. Rgstr
The Pill and the Modern Myth of Progression – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald
How St. Francis’ Reformation Differed from Martin Luther’s “Reformation” – T. Marshall Ph.D.
Being a Good Neighbor Every Day – Deacon Greg Lambert, Catholic Stand

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WEDNESDAY EDITION

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Time to Head Off Confusion in Canada; Funerals for Those that Commit Suicide

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

of The Dispatch

via The Catholic World Report

Neither Worthy Nor Worthless; Responding to Christine Horner of HuffPo – Erin Cain, Ign Tdy
Is Pope Francis a Heretic? Part II – Tim Staples, Catholic Answers
A Tale of Two Catholics – Mattias A. Caro, Ethika Politika
St. Francis on Treatment of the Eucharist, Communion, Ornaments of the Altar – Fr. Z’s Blog
Anglican-Catholic Events in Rome This Week Raise False Hopes of Unity – Edward Pentin
9 Times God Showed Us He’s the Best Pyrotechnician Ever – Laura Hensley, epicPew
A True Catholic Hero: Jerome Lejeune – Stephanie H. To, Catholic Stand
The Gift of Redemptive Suffering – Vicki Burbach, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Need Your Help: The Mass Readings Explained Video Series; Kickstarter – Brant Pitre, TSP
‘Pro Bikers for Life’ Saves Babies on the Streets of New York – Patty Knap, N.C. Register
Contraceptive Pill Linked to Depression & Teens are Most at Risk – Brianna Heldt, The Reg

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TUESDAY EXTRA

shadow-girl-boy-woman-manCatholic Teen Sexologists, Rumblings in the Diocese of Nashville

by Kevin Aldrich

of Catholic Stand

Why The Roe Effect Is Not Occurring – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report
New! Cardinal Sarah on Silence, Liturgy, and “Turning Toward the Lord” Again, Amazing – Fr. Z
Quæritur: Do I Have to Confess Everything if People Might Overhear? – Fr. Z’s Blog
Vanquishing the Vikings . . . But on T.V.? – Regis Martin S.T.D., Crisis Magazine
5 Reasons Christians Should Never Ever Celebrate Che Guevera – Matthew Archbold, The Reg
Baby Born in Jungle Symbolizes Suffering of India’s Christians – Nirmala Carvalho, Crux
“Bring Back the Good Old Days of Diocesan Laws that have the Form of Law” – Fr. Z’s Blog
How Globalism Marginalizes Religious Communities – James Kalb J.D., Crisis Magazine
Moved by Mercy: Proclaiming the Gospel of Life – Allison LeDoux, Truth and Charity Forum
U.S. Supreme Court & States to Revisit Use of Death Penalty – Catholic News Service via C.H.

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