Big Pulpit

Stick It to Blue States a/k/a Country First – William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection

Gen. John Allen, FBI Agent Ensnared in Scandal – Alana Goodman, Commentary

The President’s Social Psychologists – Peter Lawler, PoMoCon

IMF and EU Now Bickering in Public – Via Meadia

Jindal: The Republican Party Is a Wreck – Seth Mandelm, Commentary

‘Whites Oppose Abortion ‘To Build Up the Race’ – Noel Sheppard, Newsbusters

Hedonist, Disciple or Bourgeois? – Eve Tushnet

Eric Holder Failed to Disclose Wife’s Abortion Clinic Ties – Steve Ertlet, LifeNews.com

Our Lecompton Moment – Matthew Schmitz, First Things/First Thoughts

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Catholic Alternative to Amazon.com Launched! – Mark Shea, Pths/Cthlc & Enjoying It!

Why Did God Put the Demons to the Test? – Fr. Jose A. Fortea, Cthlc Spiritual Direction

In Baltimore With Bishops & Bloggers – Thomas L. McDonald, Pths/God & the Machine

“Facebook is the New Parish Hall” – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

What’s Next for Christopher West? – Shane Kapler, Ignitum Today

Redefining Deviance: The Gay Assault on Franciscan Univ. – Anne Hendershott, Crisis

From Awe to Awful Architecture – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

Book Rvw: True Reform, Liturgy & Ecclesiology in ‘Sacrosanctum Concilium’ – S. Tribe

O Radiant Dawn, Preparing for Advent – Dan Burke, National Catholic Register

St. Francis Xavier Cabrini – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

Questions about Eucharistic Ministers – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

Runnymede – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

US Bishops & Catholic Bloggers Meet in Maryland – Thomas L. McDonald, Daily Reg

Commandments for Believers who Blog – Terry Mattingly, On Religion

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Ben Affleck’s Masterwork – Michael Totten, City Journal

We Treat Animals Well Because We Are Human – Wesley Smith, Human Exceptionalism

The Place of Majestic Man – R.J. Snell, Front Porch Republic

Only Real Men (and Especially Real Women) Cry – Peter Lawler, Big Think

Kofi Annan Reports: African Democracy a Sham – Via Meadia

Putting Together the Petraeus/Broadwell Investigation – Orin Kerr, Volokh

Restoring American Prosperity – Brian Domitrovic

The Rich You Will Always Have With You – Philip Bess, First Things/On the Square

On Suing Gun Manufacturers – Maverick Philosopher

Marxism Conference Packed with Teachers – Anne Sorock, Legal Insurrection

Palestinian Authority vs. President Obama at the U. N. – Via Meadia

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Advent Calendar of Hymn Tune Introits, Liturgical Year 2013 – K. Pluth, The Chant Café

Do Catholic Parents Have to Raise their Children as Catholics? – Cathy Caridi JCL

The Rosary Explained – Godwin Delali Adadzie, Ignitum Today

Quæritur: Must We Not Genuflect to the Blessed Sacrament During Mass? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Signs That Your Faith Is Changing You – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

The Recent Unpleasantness – Fr. C. J. McCloskey, Truth and Charity Forum

2013 Traditional Calendar Season – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

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Crdnl Dolan to USCCB: Bring Back Meatless Friday’s & Confession! – Catherine Harmon

Bloggers See Opportunity in Social Media for Catholic Church in U.S. – Michelle Bauman

Let the Men of God Arise! – Nathan Tran, Ignitum Today

Motu Proprio “Latina Lingua” Translation – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

Do Catholic Children Have to be Given Saints’ Names? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law

Why “Pro Multis” Means “For Many” & Why It Matters to B16 – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Cn Tl

Why Conservative Anglicanism is Doomed – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Secular Witch Hunts and Post-Modern Fairy Tales – Michael Coren, Cthlc World Report

Christianophobia – Mark Movsesian, First Things/First Thoughts

Oaf For A Day! Fr. Michael Tegeder Revisited – Fr. Z’s Blog

Black Pastors Must Take the Lead Against Abortion – Rachel Bohannon, LifeSiteNews

Gay Sex Almost Rates the Same Public Health Warnings as Smoking? – Th. Coy, MercNet

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The Sound of Heaven: Tchaikovsky – Hymn of the Cherubim

Time For Full Communion Between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches – C.O.

Incensed Cleric Censes Sinner Insensate – Byzantine, Texas (OX)

St. Josaphat of Polotsk – Father David Bird, Monks and Mermaids (RC)

Today’s Saint: St. Josaphat of Polotsk – JesusCaritasEst (RC)

St. John the Merciful Commemorated Today – OCA.org (OX)

Online Fighting Over Bulgaria’s Next Patriarch – Ad Orientem (OX)

Bishops and Metropolitans – Fr. Ted’s Blog (OX)

Will the Catholic Church Be Unified? – Being Catholic…Really (RC)

Inspiration: Abba Mark – My Desert Heart (RC)

St. Nektarios: On Godly and Ungodly Zeal – John S., Mystagogy (OX)

A Guided Tour of Holy Ghost Church – Holy Ghost Byz. Catholic Church (EC)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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Priest Asks People Go to Confession Instead of Xmas Gifts, Huge Response – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Reinvention of Parish Music – Jeffrey A. Tucker, Crisis Magazine

Pontificia Academia Latinitatis – Fr. Christopher Smith, The Chant Café

Pastor Weathers Hurricane Sandy and Its Aftermath – Joseph Pronechen, Daily Register

Launch from the Fields – Devin Rose, Ignitum Today

Requiem in the Ancient Ambrosian Rite: Msgr. Angelo Amodeo – Shawn Tribe, Nw Lt Mv

Book Review: The Privilege of Being a Woman by Alice von Hildebrand – Mary Hartwell

St. Josaphat: First Eastern Catholic Saint – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

Did St. Thomas Aquinas Believe in Ghosts? – Br. John Maria Devaney OP, Dominicana

A Portrait of the Artist as a Businessman – G. Tracy Mehan III, MercatorNet

If the Bishop’s were Executives, They’d Have Been Fired Long Ago – Richard Collins

Papal Encyclical on Faith Announced – Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register

Understanding Married Priesthood – Brian Fraga, OSV Newsweekly

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Tocquevillian Reflections on the Meaning of the Election – Peter Lawler, Ethika Politika

Democracy ? as others see it – David Koyzis, First Thoughts

Re-elected, Obama takes aim at religious liberty – Tim Carney, Washington Examiner

The insatiable trolling of David Frum – William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection

Modernity and the Privatization of Purpose – Thomas Storck, Ethika Politika

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St. John (Maximovitch) DVD Trailer (OX)

The Feast of St. Josaphat and Ecumenism – Nathan Hicks, The Kitchen Sink (EC)

Memorial of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr – Catholicculture.org (EC)

St. Dimitry of Rostov: He Who Brought the Saints Close To Us – Pravmir (OX)

The Married Priest Problem – Ric Ballard, ECSR (EC)

Iconography of the Devil – J.R.P. Russell, Blog of the Dormition (EC)

A Deer Lost in Paradise -St.  Justin Popovich, Death to the World (OX)

Russian Orthodox Head Meets With Chief Rabbis in Israel – Pravmir (OX)

Book Review:  The Youth of the Apocalypse – Musings of an Orthodox Brit (OR)

Reflections on an Orthodox Funeral – Marcia C., Exploring Orthodoxy (OX)

Past the Tipping Point – This is Life! Revolutions Around the Cruciform Axis

Bishop Borys: Out of the Holodomor Rises a Stronger Church – St. Elias Today

Why Eclectic? – Fr. Aidan Kimel, Eclectic Orthodoxy (OX)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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The Limited Government Case Against Gay Marriage – Wil. Haun, Frs Thn/On the Square

Memory and the Damming State – Adam Webb, Front Porch Republic

Toleration and Reciprocity – Anthony Esolen

The Incompetent Hack – Edward Feser

Restoring the Deliberate Sense of the Community – Greg Weiner, Liberty Law Blog

Benghazi: Drip, Drip, Drip – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Solidarity: the Republican Blind Spot – R.R. Reno, First Things/On the Square

Obamacare and the “Great Chase” – Wesley Smith, Human Exceptionalism

No Partner in Libya – Via Meadia

The Americanness of the American Revolution – Myron Magnet, City Journal

Robert Reich on the New American Civil War – Maverick Philosopher

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The Political Reasons for Traditional Education & Formation – Dr. Taylor Marshall, CT

St. Elizabeth of Schonau on the Fate of Origen – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Dear USCCB: Tell the National ‘c’atholic Reporter to Drop “Catholic” – Fr. Z’s Blog

Quo Vadis; O, U.S. Bishops? – Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Five Temptations for Classical Christian Education – Brian Douglas, First Things

Who’s Got You?: Observations of a Catholic Homeschooling Father – Patti M. Armstrong

Catholic Bloggers Take the USCCB by Storm! – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

Sexting, Sexcasting, and Moral Foundations – Stacy Trasancos PhD, Catholic Lane

Interview with Author of Liberty, the God That Failed – Dr. John Rao, Distributist Rvw

Considering Youth Apostolate – Fr. Gary Dickson, Catholic Collar And Tie

Respice Finem – Matthaeus, Sub Umbra Alarum Suarum

On Spe Salvi and The Lord of the Rings – Cristina Montes, Ignitum Today

Cardinal O’Malley Lauds Rejection of Assisted Suicide Bill – Michelle Bauman, CNA

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