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An Ordinariate Epiphany Carol Service in St. Mary’s – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Relics of Don Bosco to Begin Tour of Britain – Ed West, Catholic Herald

More Ordinariate News: London Church Designated – Shawn Tribe, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt

‘Confraternity of Catholic Clergy Briefing Paper on Same-Sex Marriage – Fr. Tim Finigan

The Magic Circle and the Soho Masses – George Conger, Patheos/Get Religion

Theocracy in Russia? – Matthew Cantirino, First Things/First Thoughts

Guardian: Paedophiles are ‘Ordinary Members of Society’ – Damian Thompson

Author of U. K.’s Abortion Act: Never Envisaged So Many Abortions’ – Niamh Ui Bhriain

End of the ‘Soho Masses’; Warwick St. Moves On – Matthaeus, Sub Umbra Alarum Suarum

Jimmy Savile and BBC: The Making of a Cultural Icon – Lis Howell, MercatorNet

Thank You Archbishop Nichols for Ending the “Soho Masses” – John Smeaton, SPUC

New Year, New Nuns! – Father Ed Tomlinson’s Blog

London: Soho Homosexual Masses to End, Parish Entrusted to Ordinariate – Fr. Z’s Blog

What Has the Church of England Ever Done for Us? – Cole Moreton, The Daily Telegraph

Bishop Conry ‘Misses’ Golden Opportunity – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

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“The Goodness and Humanity of God” – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, Crisis Magazine

Cardinal Koch on a Liturgical “Reform of the Reform” – Michael J. Miller, The CWR Blog

Can a Pope Ever Resign? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

Thousands to Join Hobby Lobby Appreciation Day Over Mandate Fight – Steven Ertelt

“Gay marriage”, Courts and the Executive Power – James S. Cole, MercatorNet

Hobby Lobby: Crafting Religious Freedom – BirgitJ, Catholic Sistas

Philosophical Folklore and the Reification Fallacy – Brandon Watson, First Things

Papal Mass Vestments – Fr. Simon Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

St. Stephen at Bourges – John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

Chicago Bishops: Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Would Be Damaging for Illinois – CNA/EWTN News

The Most Holy Name of Jesus – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

African Archbishop: Same-Sex Marriage Serious Crime Against Humanity – Pt. Baklinski

Notre Dame Punts – George Wiegel

Movie Review Les Miserables – Leticia Velasquez, Catholic Lane

Catholic Dorms at Secular Colleges Buck Trend of Secularization – Matthew Archbold

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Syrian Children Struggle in Refugee Camps – Amy Mina, CNN

What 2013 Looks Like From a Syrian Refugee Camp – S. Al-Jijakli, LatitudeNews

Bishops Visit Syrian Refugees – Christian Today

Syrian Refugee Families Short on Options – The Washington Post

Mideast Christians Persecuted – Yossi Shain, YNetNews.com

Work and the Meaningful Life Pt. 1 – Fr. Gregory Jensen, GGWB (OX)

Mother Thekla, Contradiction and Paradox – Glory to God For All Things (OX)

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OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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Russian Catholic Ordinations – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement (EC)

“Then Nothing Can Shake Us” – Kaiserswest (EC)

Food For Thought From St. Basil – Priest’s Wife, Fear Not Little Flock (EC)

St. Peter of Damascus on Hope – Gabriels Message (OX)

St. Nikolai Velimrovic: Letter 86 on Confession – A Sinner (OX)

Orthodox in Dixie: The Movie – Fr John Whiteford’s News, Comm., Refl. (OX)

Assyrian Church’s Theology of Icons – Fr. Ephraim Alkhas, East Meets East (OX)

Ethiopian Orthodoxy – Father David Bird, Monks and Mermaids (RC)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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Archbishop Closes “Gay Masses” – David Mills, First Thoughts / First Things

The Real Cliff – Christopher DeMuth, The Hudson Institute

It’s a Spending Problem – Yuval Levin, The Corner / NRO

Judicial Theocracy – Melissa Moschella, Public Discourse / Whitherspoon Institute

Tribe of 4000 Years Ago Cared for Disabled – Wesley Smith, NRO

Why the 2nd Amendment – Walter E. Williams, Townhall.com

Sperm Donor or a Father? – Eve Tushnet, First Thoughts/ First Things

“Justice” Comes to Islington – Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

The Mentally Ill Don’t Have Motives – Bethanny Mandel, Commentary

Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise Again – Lonely Conservative

Prairie Home Degeneracy – Rod Dreher, American Conservative

Stuff Your Faces to Live Longer? – Wesley Smith, NRO

Illinois Governor Throws Down Gauntlet – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

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Matthew the Poor on Solitude (OR)

Funerals Held For 2 Killed in Bombing at Copt. Orth. Church Libya – CoCC (OR)

A Byzantine Catholic Meets New Age Philosophy – Ric Ballard, ECSR (EC)

Pope Tawadros Visits Catholic Churches in Egypt – Or. Orth. Chur. News (OR)

The Call to Monasticism is All About Relationships – Abbot Tryphon, TMO (OX)

Porn and Sad Sex – Fr Ted’s Blog (OX)

Understanding Eunomius – Fr. Kimel, Eclectic Orthodoxy (OX)

Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov – A Sinner (OX)

10 Spiritual New Year’s Resolutions – Fr. Peter Michael-Preble (OX)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

Photo of Baby Reaching Out From Womb During C-Section Goes Viral – S. Ertelt

That’s not a Bishop, This Is A Bishop! – Joe, Southern Fired Catholicism

Sts. Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops & Doctors of the Church – J. Heimann

Merry Christmas Still, So Leave Up Those Decorations! – J. Tawney, Roma Locuta Est

Latin Mass Society at Belmont Abbey Col. Thrives with New Media – The CNS Blog

Serial Bastardy As Entertainment – Rod Dreher

Caroling the Catechism – Don DeMarco PhD, Truth and Charity Forum

Rebuttals to Arguments for Same-Sex Marriage – Brandon Vogt, OSV Newsweekly

‘Getting to Know the Greek Fathers – Alcuin Reid, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Was It Okay for Jacob to Lie to His Father? – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

Midnight Mass @ Ordinariate Parish in Santa Ana, California – Matthew Alderman, NLM

Finding God with Basil, Gregory, and Newman – Christopher O. Blum, Crisis Magazine

Understanding the Liberty of the Church – Gerald Russello, The Catholic Thing

Does Ockham’s Razor Slice Through Transubstantiation? – Devin Rose, St. Jsph’s Vngrd

Roe vs. Wade: The Remarkable Shelf Life of a Lie – Steven Ertelt, Life News

Be Of Good Cheer: Pastor Brings In Cheerleaders For Mass – Acts of the Apostasy

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Abp. Vin. Nichols Ends ‘Soho Masses’, But. . . – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

New Community of Sisters in U. K. Ordinariate – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

U. K. Ordnrt Given London Church, Msgr. Keith Newton Comments – Fr. Ed Tomlinson

Ireland: New Video Calls Out Irish Times’ Abortion Bias – Ryan Bomberger, Life News

Abp. Vin. Nichols Ends ‘Soho Masses’ After Six Years – Mark Greaves, Catholic Herald

Soho Masses Stopped, Church Given to U. K. Ordinariate – Fr. Tim Finigan

Global Outlook Rosy; Europe’s Outlook Grim – Matt Ridley

Abp. Vin. Nichols Ends Soho Gay Masses – Damian Thompson, Telegraph/Holy Smoke

Are We a Nation of Takers? – David J. Armor, Liberty Law Blog

A Quick Public Choice Take on the Fiscal Cliff Deal – Jason Sorens, Pileus

Understanding Our Own Priorities, And Others’ – Noah Millman, American Conservative

The Real Problem Is the Policy Deficit – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

No Law Can Stop EPA From Conducting Poisonous Experiments – Lonely Conservative

The Boehner-Cantor Rift and the Speaker Election – Alana Goodman, Commentary

The Business Model for Massively Open Online Courses? – Kenneth Anderson, Volokh

New, Shocking Study Finds Humans Are Not Standardized! – Foxfier, American Catholic

Obama Isn’t Finished Raising Taxes – Lonely Conservative

Welcome to Very Scary Times – Victor Davis Hanson, Works and Days / Pajamas Media

Mandate Encountering Rough Reception in Court – Don. R. McClarey, The Amrcn Cthlc

A Boehner-Cantor Crackup? – Daniel Larison, State of the Union / American Cnsrvtv

Socrates Today – Mordecai Roshwald, Imaginative Conservative

Orwell’s Misreading of Evelyn Waugh – Matthew Walther, On the Square / First Things

Abraham Lincoln’s Constitutionally Modest Proposal – David Nichols, Liberty Forum

Complicated Act of Liberty and Justice – Allan Guelzo, Liberty Law Forum

So Much Power in So Few Hands – Marshall DeRosa, Liberty Law Forum

Hacked Subscriber Database of N. Y. Newspaper – Wil. Jacobson, Le•gal In•sur•rec•tion

Obamacare’s “Great Chase:” And They’re Off! – Wesley J. Smith, Human Exceptionalism

A Reflection on Christmas 2012 – Michael D’Emic, Ethika Politika

America’s Gunless Revolution? – Stephen Masty, Imaginative Conservative

A Nation of Takers – Nicholas Eberstadt, Liberty Law Blog

“Markets In Everything” Not Necessarily a Good Thing – Grover Cleveland, Pileis

“Let’s Give Up on [Parts of] the Constitution” – Jonathan Adler, Volokh

Life Under Compulsion: Bad Universality – Anthony Esolen, Front Porch Republic

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The Disgrace of Papal Blessing for Ugandan Homophobia – Marc Barnes, P/Bad Catholic

The NFP Generation – Mary C. Tillotson, Ignitum Today

How Same-Sex Marriage Suffocates Freedom – Bryce J. Christensen, Crisis Magazine

On Drama and Perfection, Subjectivity and Objectivity – Saint Etheldreda’s Place

John B. Tabb: America’s Forgotten Priest-Poet – E. L. Core, Catholic Lane

Three Kings—No, Forty—No, 60? Rethinking the Magi – K. Schiffer, P/Seasons of Grace

Satan’s Code Words – Jason, The Roman Road

The “Logic” of “Pro-Women” Progressives – Thomas M. Doran, The CWR Blog

It’s Past Time for the Supreme Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade – Allan E. Parker, Lf Nws

Am I My Boss’ Keeper? – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

On Being Human In a Civilization of Forgetfulness – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, Cth Wrld Rprt

Absentee Fathers and the Newtown School Shooting – Russell Nieli, Public Discourse

Faith in the Face of Evil – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

A Child’s-Eye View of the Pope at Prayer – Elizabeth Lev, Zenit News Service

Is Individual Fallibility the Great Leveler? – Devin Rose, St. Joseph’s Vanguard

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