Big Pulpit

Virtual Violence and the Real Thing – John Hayward, Human Events

Presidential Power and the War on Terror – Greg Weiner, T.I.C.

Ben Carson: America’s Doctor – Jeffrey Lord, American Spectator

Black, Brown and Obama – Lloyd Billingsley, Front Page

Drones on the Fourth Estate’s Radar? – J.Harris, Intellectual Conservative

The ‘Nones’ and American Liberty – David Conway, Liberty Law Blog

Cruz Must Be Doing Something Right – Lonely Conservative

A B.A. in Three Years? – Samuel Goldman, American Conservative

The Politics of Impatience – Hans Eicholz, Liberty Law Blog

Conservatism and the Catholic Church – John Caiazza, First Principles

Provision, Payment, and Prevarication – Matthew J. Franck, First Things

Where the Green Graft Grows – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Saving Nature from the Hippies – C.R. Wiley, T.I.C.

150,000+ Show Up in Support of Pope Benedict XVI – Mulier Fortis
Ten Weird, Wonderful Foods for Lent – Mt. Schmitz, First Things
All Things Must Become Bitter: Some Thoughts For Lent – Jason Liske
Lent at the End of an Age – Fr. Bevil Bramwell OMI, The Catholic Thing
The End of a Catholic Moment – Ross Douthat, The New York Times
Goodbye, Catholic Moment – Rod Dreher
Why I Don’t Buy Matt McGuiness Column – Kevin Tierney
St. Francis de Sales and the Velveteen Rabbit – Jen. Hartline, Catholic Stand
The Denial of Being – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave
Dorothy Day: Anarcho-Capitalist, Perhaps – Bonchamps, The American Cthlc
Küng, Sex-Obsessed – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli
Is Tim Tebow a Religious Bigot?  A Second Look – Kat. Schiffer, Seasons of Grace
“Married” Homosexuals Die 20 Years Younger Than Natural Couples – C&W
Chen Guangcheng: 2018 Will Be Pivotal Year in Red China – LSN
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Gay Marriage: No Opt-Out for Christian Registrars – Jn. Bingham, Telegraph
UK: 98% of Abortions Done on Mental Health Issues – Dr. Peter Saunders
Last ‘Mass’ for Warwick Street – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow
Time to Set the Record Straight on Catholic-Bashers – Bre. O’Neill, Telegraph
Magdalene Laundries Put in Context – Matthaeus, Sub Umbra Alarum Suarum
Magdalene Laundries and the “Noble Lie” – Fr. Tim Finigan
Writing to Tories in Defence of Marriage Did Some Good – A Reluctant Sinner
Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Splits the Tories – Peter Smith, LifeSiteNews
Iceland May Ban Porn Due to Bad Impact on Women – Hilary White, LfStNws

The Kingmen Who Will Influence the Conclave – Giorgio Bernardelli, La Stampa
A Figure of Impossibility – Carl E. Olson, The Catholic World Report
John Milbank on the Erotic Politics of Benedict XVI – Nat. Peters, Frst Thngs
What the Pope Can Do, Can’t Do, Etc. – Dr. Edward Peters, Canon Law
Pope’s Resignation Drama Beats Any Dan Brown Plot – Pt. Sanford, Telegraph
A Strange Grief: Losing Pope Benedict XVI – Hilary White, LifeSiteNews
An Earlier Conclave? Update – Catherine Harmon, The CWR Blog
What is the History Behind Papal Resignations? – James Akin, NCRegister
The Real Story Behind the Pope’s Resignation – Phil Lawler
The Latest Issue Regarding the Conclave – Dr. Edward Peters, Canon Law
Papal Electors & “Old” Mass; Initial Preview on the Conclave – Tancred
Benedict XVI, the Best-Dressed Pope – Charlotte Allen, Los Angeles Times
Nationality Not Important. . . – Giacomo Galeazzi, La Stampa/Vatican Insider
Pope Benedict and the Art of Fencing – Hilary White, LifeSiteNews
Whither the Church? – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita
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Three Hymns for the Transition – Kathleen Pluth, The Chant Café
10 Things That Changed My Spirituality – Jas. Liske, Ascending Mt. Carmel
Meet The Brothers in Black – T. J. Burdick, Ignitum Today
Ten Steps to Start {Catholic} Homeschooling – Catholic Sistas
Why Lent is Forty Days? – Marcellino D’Ambrosio PhD, Intgrtd Cthlc Life™
Pope To Move Crystal Cathedral To Rome? – Eye of the Tiber
God Loves A Beard – Rod Dreher
The Church Teach on Infant Baptism – Joel & Lisa Schmidt, Catholic Stand
Corporate Ladder to Heaven – Catholic Lane
Study Resource: Aquinas’s Div. of Pauline Corpus in Charts – Rorate Cæli
Gentlemen & Gentlewomen in an Ungentle Society – Jos. Knippenberg
Be Not Afraid, Be Very Not Afraid – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing
A Great Man – Traditium
Orthodox Priest: Pope Helped Heal East-West Divide – John Couretas
English Catholic History in the New World – Whiskey Catholic

Beastly Reporting by Barbie – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Irrelevant E. J. Dionne – Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report
Garry Wills and the New York Times, Wrong Again – Fr. Z’s Blog
Benedict’s Long View – Christopher Manion, From Under the Rubble
Putting the Pope and Church Bashers in Perspective – Fr. Z’s Blog
Papa Bene’s Lesson for Us this Lent – Sr. Theresa Noble, Ignitum Today
Pope Steps Down; Many Journalists Fall Down – Terry Mattingly, P/GR
No, Pope Benedict XVI is Not a Hitler Fan – Answering Protestants
Vatican & Global Financial Contexts of Pope’s Resignation – Dr. R. Moynihan
No, the Pope Does Not Worship a Fish God – Answering Protestants

 

Abbot Tryphon on the Monastic Vocation (OX)

Elder Cleopa on Prayer – Fr. Peter-Michael Preble (OX)

Salvation Through Mary – R. Ballard, Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal (EC)

The Oft Unspoken Yet Underlying & Foundational Catholic Reality – TDL (EC)

John X’s First Address @ Balamand as Patriarch – Notes on Arab Orth. (OX)

Armenia Tries to Help Christian Armenians Fleeing Syria – USA Today

Holy Father: An E. Orth. Christian Looks West P. 5 – T. Flanders, MONKROCK

Coptic Christians Seek Russian Refuge – BBC News

OCA “Holy Conversations Plan Moving Forward – Byz, TX (OX)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic
OX = Orthodox Church
OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)
RC = Latin Rite Catholic

St. Filippa Mareri – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire
Five Resources For Catholic Artists – Burke Ingraffia, Catholic Stand
Crdnl Mahony Finds Inner Peace – Mt. Schmitz, Frst Thngs/Frst Thghts
If Only the Church Were More Episcopalian! – D. McClarey, The Amrcn Cthlc
Pop Goes the Church, or the Errors of Pop Catholicism – Kevin O’Brien
What Makes For a Good Relationship? – Anthony Cavaliere, Sitz im Leben
Calling All Men! Time to Man Up! – Rob Hall, Road to Rome
Using the Tools We have been Given – The Eye-Witness
Learning Latin in a Year – James Preece, Catholic and Loving It!
Catholic & Orthodox Saints Born in the Present-Day US – Geographic Travels
Theology of the Wounded – Kevin M. Tierney, Catholic Lane
I Have Something You Need to Know – Amanda, Mommy in the Making
Search Continues for New U. S. Ambassador to the Holy See – Edw. Pentin
Cthlc Health Assoc.’s Dialogue is Code for Catholic Avoidance – Jef. Miller
Abp. Lori to Maryland General Assembly: End Death Penalty – CNA

Toward a Black Jesse James – Ta-Nehisi Cotes, The Atlantic

TB, or not TB? – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Adam Smith’s Moral and Political Philosophy – Matt Zwolinski, B.H.L.

Illegal To Refuse To Hire Convicts? – Lonely Conservative

Don’t Believe the Hype – Yevgeniy Feyman, City Journal

Key Democrats Turn on Obamacare – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

How Dare Ted Cruz? – Jonathan Tobin, Commentary

Assisted Suicide is Suicide – Wesley Smith, N.R.O.

Alan Bloom & Moral Relativism: 1987 – Neo-Neocon

Kristol vs. Oakeshott – Jake Kerwick, Modern Age

The Car-less Generation – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

The Tea Party Movement – Leslie Eastman, L.I.

Hope Springs Eternal – Midwest Conservative Journal

Consecration to Mary – Barb Lishko, Catholic Lane
The Commentary of Ten Popes on St. Thomas Aquinas – H. H. Ambrose
A Short Discourse on Love – Ink Not Quill, Ignitum Today
Fed’l Gov’t Tries to Block Homeschooling Refugees – Jos. Knippenberg
Benedict, Dawkins, and the Fullness of Reason – Francis J. Beckwith
Easy The Devil’s Parody – Dr. Pet. Kwasniewski, Corpus Christi Watershed
Amnesty Equals Abortion – John Zmirak, The Bad Catholic’s Bingo Hall
She Who Faces Death by Torture. . . – Foxfier, Catholic Stand
Benedict XVI: Vatican II as I Saw It – Shawn Tribe, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt
Simple English Propers & New Translation of Roman Missal – A. Bartlett
Intact Families, #1 Factor Reducing Future Illegitimacy: New Study – LSN
Our National Sex Day – Caitlin Seery, Public Discourse
Fixing the Classics? – Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register
Catholics Speak Regarding Scandalous Monastery – Laetificat
Father of Infant Crushed by Communist Family Planning Talks – Life News
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Another Way to Destroy the Church: Follow Brazil’s Example – Fr. Z’s Blog
Will Next Pope Fight Against the Dictatorship of Relativism? – Wil. Oddie, CH
Resignation Aftermath: Pope as CEO? – Joan F. Desmond, Daily Reg
The Left Lobbies for a Liberal Successor to Benedict – Geo. Neumayr, Crisis
Progressives: Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting for Vatican III – Anthony S. Layne
The Problems with Prophecies – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head
Malachy, Lightning & Peter – Thomas J. Neal PhD, Neal Obstat Theological Opining
Breaking News: New Pope to be a Catholic! – Father Ed Tomlinson’s Blog
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A New Dawn for St. Peter’s Polyphony? – Jef. A. Tucker, The Chant Café

About Fra Angelico’s Work – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement
Shakespeare for Lent – Peter J. Leithart, First Things/On the Square
The Feast Day of St. Claude de la Columbiere – Jean M. Heimann, CF
How to Create a Strategy for Lent’s Meatless Fridays – Dr. Taylor Marshall
Including People Out – Donald DeMarco PhD, Truth and Charity Forum
Muskrat on Friday? You Must Be in Michigan! – Kathy Schiffer
Humility Speaks Loudest – Kaitlin Davis, Ignitum Today
Not Just Romance: Marriage has Wide-Ranging Social Benefits – Sar. Torre
Deacon Bill Steltemeier, Faithful Servant – Jos. Pronechen, Daily Reg
Check Your Blind Spot: What Is Marriage? – Sherif Girgis, Public Dscrs
Sr. Simone Campbell & Formerly-Catholic Holy Wisdom Monastery – Laetificat
God Can’t Save Me From the Lion’s Den – Emm. Joseph, Catholic Stand
The Reason Why The Holy Father Abdicated – Acts of the Apostasy
Poll: New Yorkers Opposed to Abortion Law Expansion – CNA
Why The Secularist Is Torching Downton Abbey – Jerry Bowyer
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