Big Pulpit

Gian Lorenzo Bernini – Fr. Michael Keating, Crisis Magazine

Chaput Emerging as a Warrior-Bishop – David O’Reilly, Philadelphia Inquirer

The Incredible Story of Pro-Life Heroine Ruth Pakaluk – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

The Altars of Santa Prassede – Fr. Lawrence Lew OP, New Liturgical Movement

Lent is Near: Fr. Z’s 20 Tips For Making A Good Confession – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Art of Giving – Omar F. A. Gutierrez, Regnum Novum

Book Interview: Faith at Work: Finding Purpose Beyond the Paycheck – Randy Hain, ICL™

Video: 1969 Elvis Presley Singing in a Mass – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Make This Your Best Lent Ever, With St. Louis de Montfort – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, Nw Th Mv

The Catholic Betrayal of Religious Freedom – George Weigel, NRO

5 Simple Ways to Share Your Faith On Ash Wednesday – Marcel LeJeune, Aggie Catholics

Hitchens, Chesterton, and “The Fall into Mysticism” – Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Quæritur: Purifying Fingers After Handling the Eucharist. . . Not – Fr. Z’s Blog

Massacio: Holy Trinity – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Pope Benedict to Canonize Seven Saints Next October – David Kerr, Catholic News Agency

A Quintessential Gospel for Quinquaegesima Sunday – Fr. Paul Wharton, Hearts on Fire

Papal States are Guarantee of Popes’ Legal & Political Independence – David Quinn, Irs Ind

What If We Just Said, ‘Stop Talking About Religious Liberty?’ – Johannes Faber, Gldn Strw

Santorum vs. Obama: The Debate America Needs – David G. Bonagura Jr, The Cthlc Thing

Mocking Religious Women By Militant Secularists Will Backfire – Dave Hartline, The Amr Ct

Criticize Homosexuality in Sweden and Go to Jail – Hilary White, LifeSiteNews.com

Social Engineering is Destroying Us – Fr. Z’s Blog

Social Issues and the Santorum Surge – James Taranto, Wall Street Journal

Bring Out Your Dead – Steve Kellmeyer, The Fifth Column

Obama Responds to Belmont Abbey Lawsuit, Epic Fail – Mt. Archbold, Card. Nwmn Scty Blg

Quæritur: Ashes, Very Small Children, and You – Fr. Z’s Blog

10 Random Thoughts on Confession – Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP PhD, Domine!

England’s Marian Apparition: Our Lady of Walsingham – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tls

State Capitalism – Yves Pernet, The Distributist Review

Obama Nullifies Catholic Resistance Thanks to Bishops’ Past Complicity – S. Jalsevac, LSN

Economic Illiteracy & Moral Arrogance: Bp. Stephen E. Blaire – Ron Kozar, Into the Tiber

Cowards Die Many Times Before Their Deaths, The Valiant. . . – J. Q. Tomanek, Igntm Tdy

Why Having A Large Catholic Family Is Fun – Patti Maguire Armstrong

Cardinal Dolan’s Battles in New York Tradition – George Marlin, New York Post

Consecrate this Lent to Jesus through Mary, Once-in-a-Lifetime. . . – Fr. Erlenbush, NTM

New Evangelization Draws Students to New Catholic Colleges – Jos. Pronechen, Dly Rgstr

The Modern Demand for Religion Free Public Sector is Extremism – Msgr. Ch. Pope, AOW

WDTPRS 7th Ordinary Sunday “Active Participation” – Fr. Z’s Blog

Controlling Human Genetic Engineering Before it Controls Us – Rebecca Taylor, Cthlc Lane

The “Goodness” of Priests will Depend on “Quality” of Their Educators – La Stampa/Vt In

The U.N., Sustainable Population Development, & Easter Bunny – The Motley Monk, TAC

I Promised God If He Saved My Baby, I’d Leave Homosexual Lifestyle – M. C. Hoffman, LSN

Our Bleeding Hearts – Elizabeth Hillgrove, Ignitum Today

Catholic Social Thought and the HHS Mandate – Francis J. Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

An Enjoyable & Successful 2nd Meeting of the Guild of Bloggers – The Guild of Bloggers

Documentary about Actress Turned Nun Nominated for Oscar – Kevin J. Jones, Ct Nw Ag

Quæritur: Confession to a Priest Who is a Family Member – Fr. Z’s Blog

British Delegation to Vatican a Success, Holy See Preparing for Battle – William Oddie, CH

A Priest Need Not Celebrate “Versus Populum” – Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

Religious Liberty: A Council Ahead of it’s Time? – Jake Tawney, The American Catholic

Timothy Cardinal Dolan! – Tom Crowe, Catholic Vote

The Painter Who Would Not Pick Up a Brush Without First Saying a Prayer – Cthlc Herald

Tong Cardinal Hon: The 7th Chinese Cardinal – Gerard O’Connell, La Stampa/Vatican Insdr

New Cardinals and Their Churches in Rome and Cardinalatial Trivia – Fr. Z’s Blog

When Heads of State Placed Cardinals’ Birettas – Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

Catholic Evangelism – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

The Blessed Mother’s Parenting Style: Angelic Sweetness – Katie Sciba, Truth & Charity

Distributism and the Labor Market Divide – Thomas Storck, The Distributist Review

Four Ground Rules for Healthy TV Habits – Dr. Ray Guarendi, Integrated Catholic Life™

How can I Better Prepare for Lent? – Fr. Edward McIlmail, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Confessions of a Spiritual Insomniac – Nathan Kennedy, Ignitum Today

Narcissus and Contraception’s Curse – Brian Killian, Catholic Lane

The Apostolic Visitation in Historical Perspective – Ann Carey, Catholic World Report

Call to Greater Responsibility – Edward Pentin, Daily Register

The Corrupt & Scandalous Sr. Carol Keehan & the Catholic Health Assoc. – Into the Tiber

Facebook Censors Pro-Life Image, But Allows Abortion Instructions – John Jalsevac, LSN

Fr. Robert Barron on Obama’s Secular Totalitarianism – Mark Shea, National Cthlc Register

Teresa Tomeo on “Free Birth Control” & Contracepting Catholics – Carl Olson, Ign Ins Scp

The Bloated Budget of the Archdiocese of Boston – Boston Catholic Insider

Sebelius Escapes Charges Over Destroying Abortion Files – Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com

Sec. Sebelius Already Barred from Holy Communion under Canon 915 – Fr. Z’s Blog

When Does Anointing of the Sick Cause Physical Healing? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Thl Mv

EF Friendly Ordinary Appointed Bishop of Lourdes – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Mvmnt

Should Government be Involved in Marriage? – Thomas Patrick Burke, MercatorNet

Father Adrian van Kaam (1920-2007) On Prayer – Fr. Paul Wharton, Hearts on Fire

Keep Coming Back to It – Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register

Catholic Charities Clarifies Its Position On The Compromise – Pia de Solenni, Cthlc Vote

The Revival of Monastic Life – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Introducing Chant into the Domestic Church – J. Jacob Tawney, New Liturgical Movement

For Once, Richard Dawkins is Lost for Words – Stephen Pollard, Daily Telegraph

Dawkins Failed His Own Orthodoxy Test – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Receiving the Sacraments is Not a ‘Right’ – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Gerry Connolly: Former Seminarian-Congressman-Anti-Catholic Bigot – D. McClarey, TAC

Grace & Glory: 11 Quotes on Beatific Vision of Mother Mary – C. Urbina, St. Peter’s List

Darwinism the Root of the Culture of Death: Expert – Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSiteNews.com

A New Year of “Dhimmitude” for Egypt’s Copts – Raymond Ibrahim, Stonegate Institute

Catholic Bishops Fight for Authority Over U.S. Flock – Church Report

When Does the Virtual Community Become the Real Community? – Etheldredasplace

Queer Logic: Why ILGA-Europe Levies No Membership Fees – J. C. von Krempach JD, TBAB

Culture, Liturgy, Beauty and Anthropology – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

You Can Only Use NFP for Serious Reasons, What are These Reasons? – Dr. T. Marshall, CT

Ceci N’est Pas Une Pipe – Ink and Quill, Ignitum Today

Immaculate Conception, Assumption: Post-Reformation Innovations? – J. Heschmeyer, SP

Leviathan Groaning – Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine

The Pope on the Financial Sector’s Divinity – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Cthlc Culture/On the Culture

How Stalin became a Catholic – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

“Under the Control of the State” – Fr. James V. Schall, Catholic World Report

Medjugorje and the Church – Mystics of the Church

What is This Shrine & Pilgrimage Thing? Is it Important to My Faith? – Dan Burke, Ct Sp Dr

The Mayan Calendar 2012: End Timing Is Not Everything – Steve Weatherbe, Daily Register

Nancy Pelosi: Yes the Catholic Church Should be Forced to Cover Contraception – Hot Air

Catholic School Principal Orders Girl Not to Wear a Chapel Veil During Mass – Fr. Z’s Blog

On Being Made For Infinity – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Turn Away From Sin: My Thoughts – Joe Sales, Ignitum Today

What Do Single People Need From the Church? – Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register

The Parable of the Kosher Deli – Bishop William Lori, Daily Register

We Need to Support “Respect for Rights of Conscience Act” – Cardinal DiNardo’s Blog

Susan G. Komen’s Missed opportunity – Barbara Curtis, Arlington Catholic Herald

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