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Rosalind Moss’ Unexpected Journey – Trent Beattie, Daily Register

Vatican’s Idea for Day Against Christian Persecution Draws Praise – David Kerr, CNA

Abp. Nichols, His New Bishop & Vaughan: How Gullible Are We? – Damian Thompson, Tlgrph

Collective Punishment Under Islam – Raymond Ibrahim, Hudson New York

John Lennon’s Bad Theology – Matthew Hennessey, First Things/On the Square

A Weimar Moment for the Arab World – Robert R. Reilly, MercatorNet

Christmas’ Most Shoplifted Items – Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Christmas in Public Schools? Yes, We Can! – Barbara Curtis, Arlington Catholic Herald

Of Booties & Killing, Translating the Vulgate into English – Tony Layne, Outside the Asylum

Against a Paganized Christmas Pageant – Gabriel Espinosa, New Oxford Review

Einstein, Imagination and the New Translation – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Crisis Magazine

Movie on The Mass Opens Friday – Tim Drake, National Catholic Register

The Immaculate Conception in Art – Stacy Trasancos, Accepting Abundance

Was Jesus Immaculately Conceived? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

What Mary Wore: Belts and Veils from Mary’s Closet – Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace

4 Latin Words You Should Memorize for this Day – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Pontifical High Mass for the Immaculate Conception (Video) – Fr. Lawrence Lew OP, NLM

Ineffabilis Deus: Apostolic Constitution Issued by Pope Pius IX – Donald R. McClarey, TAC

America’s Exceptional Patroness – Matthew Hanley, The Catholic Thing

B16’s Angelus Reflection on the Immaculate Conception – News.va/Vatican Radio

As Eden was the Paradise of Creation, Mary is the Paradise of the. . . – Carl Olson, Ig In Sc

Mother Marianne Cope May Become a Saint! – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

Is Hand-Holding a Necessary Component of Communion – Anita Moore, V for Victory!

Catholic Universities See Value of Single-Sex Housing – Emily Stimpson, Our Sunday Visitor

Vatican Newspaper Addresses SSPX Concerns – Jimmy Akin, Catholic World Report

Re-Branding “Women”? Another Silly Idea Takes Hold – Elise, Kissing the Leper

No, Ratifying CEDAW is Not about Unisex Bathrooms – Lisa Correnti, TBAB

What the Media Don’t Tell You & When They Don’t Tell It – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Special Report: Who Knew What in Kansas City Child Porn Case – Carey Gillam, Reuters

Kansas City Star Newspaper Anti-Catholic Attacks – Serviam!

Visionary who Reported Eight Apparitions of Mary Dies Aged 90 – Madeleine Teahan, C Hrld

John the Baptist and the Path to Joy – Marcellino D’Ambrose PhD, Integrated Cthlc Life™

On Rose Vestments – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

What is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception? – Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur, Cthlc Ln

Our Lady of the Southern Cross is Name of Australian Anglican Ordinariate – K Edwards, AI

Cdl. Maradiaga May Live to Regret Comparing Global-Warming to Apartheid – Wm Oddie, CH

Are You Dating a Pharisee? – Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

Most Important Religious Liberty Case of Past 30 Years – Michael Stokes Paulsen, Pblc Dscrs

Stupak 12? Now They Are 4 & Why They Will be 0! – Thomas Peters, Cthlc Vote/AmP

How Free are Clergy to Discuss Politics from Pulpit? – Jim Graves, Our Sunday Visitor

Jimmy Fallon on His Catholicism – Angela Santana, San Antonio Catholic Beat

Coercing Consciences – George Weigel, First Things/On the Square

5 Male Celebrities I’m Boycotting & Why (In Their Own Words) – Kristen Walker, Lv Actn

Dominican Parish to Create Columbarium – Valerie Shmalz, Catholic San Francisco

Abortion & Euthanasia Acceptance are Historical Aberrations – Mark Pickup, Catholic Lane

St. Ambrose: Silent Reader, Admired by St. Augustine – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Hand-Holding at Mass: Yes, Please Keep Your Cooties to Yourself – A. Moore, V for Victory

How to Defend the Faith, the UK Example – Austen Ivereigh, Our Sunday Visitor

Five Cool Catholic Apps – Jamie, Roman Catholic Cop

University: Want Your College Degree? Attend “Gay Pride” Parades – Carl Olson, Ign Ins Scp

The ACLU’S Siri-ous Abortion Problem – Tom McFeely, Daily Register

Jesus Christ, the New Temple – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

How Should I Pray when Someone Asks for My Prayers? – Sr. Laus Gloriae OCD, Int Cth Lf™

Obi Wan Kenobi and the Spanish Mystics – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

If Atheism Is True, Does Life Still Have Meaning? – Jennifer Fulwiler, Ntnl Cthlc Register

Atheist Now Catholic Revert: Maolsheachlann O Ceallaigh – Why I’m Catholic

St. Ambrose: Copycat, Rookie, Disliked by St. Jerome – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

14th Century Portrait of St. Ambrose – John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

The Role of Scripture and Tradition in Theology – Stacy Trasancos, Accepting Abundance

Book Review: “Ten Universal Principles” – Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

Contemporary Family Law: Divorcing Marriage from Children – Helen Alvaré, Pblc Dscrs

Are Jews Better Off in Israel? – Spengler, Asia Times

Strangers in a Strange Land – Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing

Jimmy Fallon, Liturgical Traditionalist – Matthew Schmitz, First Things/First Thoughts

Holy See Joins International Organization for Migration – Catholic News Agency

Social Muddle – Jonathan Witt, The American Spectator

Friend or Foe of Christmas? – Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register

Wreckovation: Before and After – Carl VDW, Ars Orandi

Gay Brownshirts Routed in PayPal War – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Violence Rising Among Secularists – J. Matt Barber, Catholic Lane

Does Hollywood Face a Child-Molestation Crisis in Casting? – Kurt Orzeck, Reuters/Wrap

Egypt’s Christians Deserve a Democratic Future Too – George Grant & Fleur Brading, Tlgrph

False Visionaries, Mediums, Clairvoyants, & Healers in the Church – Mystics of the Church

Is the Vatican Declaring War on U.S. Secularism? – The Motley Monk, The American Cthlc

Haunted by a Phantom Heresy – Matthew Cantirino, First Things/First Thoughts

Identity Crisis for the Neo-Catechumenal Way – Chris Gillibrand, Cthlc Chrch Conservation

Could Obama Flip on Religious Exemptions for Health Care? – Bob Laird, HLI America

Ad Targets Obama on Religious-Liberty Issues – Tom McFeely, Daily Register

U.K.: EnCourage Call for Chaplains – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Garden Tools and First Amendment Rights – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

No Mean Wretch: Against the New Pelagian Captivity – Philip Primeau, Catholic Lane

Does Card. Schönborn Have Any Control Over His Diocese? – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

Lawyers Unleashed: Anti-Catholicism Infects Court Filings – Dave Pierre, The Media Rprt

Pope ‘Amused’ by Seat Belt Complaint – John Thavis, Catholic Herald

Seven Reasons to Own Your Own Missal – Dan Burke, National Catholic Register

Could the Dead Sea Completely Vanish? – Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

Why Bother Going to College? – Fr James V. Schall, Crisis Magazine

How Catholic Is Newt Gingrich’s Immigration Position? – Charlotte Hays, Daily Register

Should Catholics support a ‘Flat Tax’ Proposal? – Brian Fraga, OSV Newsweekly

Obama: US Soldiers Must Promote Sodomy Around the World – Susan Yoshihara PhD, TBAB

Gay “Marriage”: Time for Australian Bishops to Stand Up & be Counted – Kate Edwards, AI

Homosexuality/Pedophilia Correlation? – Robert Struble Jr, Catholic Lane

S.F. Loses Tax Case Against Church in Retaliation for Prop 8 Support – P Reilly, Forbes

Australia: Same-Sex “Marriage” is a Mortal Threat to Marriage – Michael Cook, MercNet

St. Nicholas Reveals the True Spirit of Giving – Susan Klemond, Daily Register

Vatican’s Gaudi Exhibition Proves Popular – David Kerr, Catholic News Agency

Where Theology Keeps Her Crown: Thomas More College – John Zmirak, Crisis Magazine

Praying for the Holy Souls in Purgatory – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

Pornography or Persons as Objects – Dr Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

Abp. Wenski Reminds Pro-Obama Catholics of What Chumps They Are – D McClarey, TAC

How to Beautify the Church or Ten Reasons Nuns Should Wear Habits – K Soze, NS!

St. Nicholas Punched This Heretic in the Face. . .Who was He? – Taylor Marshall, Cnt Tls

Sinterklaas; the Feast of St. Nicholas – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Did St. Thomas deny the dogma of the Immaculate Conception? – Fr R Erlenbush, NTM

Ancient Catholic University Removing All Traces of Catholicism – Rorate Cæli

Quæritur: Mixing Latin and English in the Ordinary Form – Fr John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Just a Dad Playing Hero – Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register

Kreeft Launches Volley after Volley in the Culture War – Tom Crowe, Catholic Vote

1960: Card. Siri Urged Women Not to Wear Pants, He May Have Had a Point – F Phillips, CH

Why Does the Catholic Church Oppose Embryonic Stem Cell Research? – R Taylor, CL

Is Archbishop Hepworth a True Bishop? – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Which More Damaging: Priest Sex Abuse or Pro-Abort Catholics? – Teresa Rice, Cthlbrtrn

Mission: Save Catholic Schools – Thomas L. McDonald, Daily Register

Where Do Tabernacles & Other Items Go when a Church Closes – Craig Smith, Pit Trib-Rev

What Does It Mean to Be Baptized With the Holy Spirit? – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

St. John the Baptist, Forerunner – Frank Sheed, Ignatius Insight Scoop

How to Cultivate a Spirit of Evangelization – Eric Sammons, OSV Newsweekly

Seven Good Reasons to Send Christmas Cards – Jennifer Fulwiler, National Cthlc Register

Our Heritage of Beauty – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing

English Chant for Immaculate Conception – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Distributism in Eastern Europe – Dr Ovidiu Hurduzeu, The Distributist Review

Traditional Family Law: Connecting Marriage with Children – Helen Alvaré, Public Dscrs

Forest Fires and Social Democracy – R R Reno, First Things/On the Square

Another Catholic School in Peril, Coloma Southwark’s “Vaughan” – Richard Collins, LOTH

Homosexuality and the Church Crisis – Brian Clowes, Catholic Lane

No Communion for Outlaws, But the Pope Is Studying 2 Exceptions – Sandro Magister, Chs

More Confusion than Clarification by Archbishop Nichols – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Australian Bishop’s Support Civil Unions Too? – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

CBS Sunday Morning Report Simplifies as It Scolds the Catholic Church – Msgr Pope, AOW