Big Pulpit

Don’t be Deceived by Appearances – Deacon Mike Bickerstaff, Integrated Catholic Life™

Papal Profile: Pope Clement V – The Mad Monarchist

A Taste of Heaven – The Ordinary Catholic, Peter’s Barque

Positivism, Ethics, & Law – John Henry, The American Catholic

The Arab Spring is frightening Christians in the Middle East – Giacomo Galeazzi, La Stmp

Be Not Overconfident – Godwin Delali Adadzie, VirtuousPla.net

Tear Gas and Water Canons at March For Life in Zurich – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

Waiting for Fr. Pavone – Steve Kellmeyer, The Fifth Column

Words have Meaning – Keyser Soze, The New Springtime!

Modernist Bishop Suspends Orthodox Priest – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Mel Gibson & Ab Foxman: A Couple of Schmucks – David Werling, Ars Orandi

Catholic College President Defends Heresy – Cardinal Newman Society/Campus Notes

Newman’s Notes on Change – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

The Word of God in Liturgy and the Church – Fr. Christopher Smith, Chant Café

Enriching Your Marriage – Tom and Caroline McDonald, Daily Register

Dueling Monologues – Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org/On the News

Dating with an Audience:  For Older Catholics – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

The Gospel is Not a Political Programme – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Fire of God’s Love – Sr. Lisa Marie Doty FDCC, VirtuousPla.net

Second-Guessing Bishops – Steve Kellmeyer, The Fifth Column

Muslim Textbooks Incite Hatred Towards Christians – Marco Tosatti, La Stampa

Collegeville Hires Fire Eater to Attract Religious Vocations – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

The Theban Legion – Catholic Lane

Last Flag of the Papal States Returns to the Vatican – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

B16: Church Must Resolutely Reject Worldliness – Edward Pentin, National Cthlc Register

Papal Mass: Spiritually Flattening, Irritatingly Ambivalent, & Drool-inducing – T. Crowe, CV

The New Mass Texts: How Far Can the Music Bend Them? – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

SSPX: Another Look at the Preamble – David Werling, Ars Orandi

Is Vatican II Optional? – The Catholic Knight

U.S. Catholic Magazine Goes Off the Deep End – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

B16: God, Law, History & Politicians – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Comparing Preists: Fr. Pavone & Fr. Rodriguez – Steve Kellmyer, The Fifth Column

A Theology of Ecology – Nathaniel Gotcher, VirtuousPla.net

Fr. Pavone: Lessons from Scandal – Matthew Anderson, On the Shoulders of Giants

A Pilgrimage to Walsingham, ‘England’s Nazareth’ – Joanna Bogle, Daily Register

Our Lady of Walsingham (OLW) – John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

OLW’s Solemn Crowning in 1954: Miracle of the Doves – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

BBC Drops Anno Domini & Before Christ – Claire Duffin, Daily Telegraph

Doctor Who: Night Terrors & The Girl Who Waited – Jimmy Akin

London Times Newspaper’s Official Stance: God Doesn’t Exist – William Oddie, Cth Hrld

Wages of Catholic Ministerial Employees = Protestants – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Baptized in the Stanley Cup! – Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace

Doctor Who: “A Good Man Goes to War” & “Let’s Kill Hitler” – Jimmy Akin

Who Named the TARDIS? – Jimmy Akin

The Call-to-Action T-shirt Slogan Contest – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

Archd. of St. Paul-Minneapolis Has Largest Seminary Class Since 1980 – Th. Peters, CV

“Ethically Impossible” – Michael Cook, MercatorNet

I’m a Widdle Drunk – Matt Archbold, National Catholic Register

O Joyful Catholics, Where Are You? – Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™

The Widow of Nain and the Virgin Mary – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

The Archbishop who Helped Restore Faith to England after a Plague – Catholic Herald

Sing the Liturgy of the Hours – Jeffrey A. Tucker, Chant Café

U.S. Bishops Improving Preaching? – Our Sunday Visitor

Jesus Had A Morphogenic Field!! – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

U.S.: The Culture of Death is Knocking at the Door of Catholic Hospitals – Bob Laird, HLI-A

U.K. Guild of Bloggers to Restrict Attendance at Meeting – Richard Collins, LOTH

Salty Music – Bonnie Engstrom – VirtuousPla.net

Linz Bishop Crucifies Pastor for Being too Catholic – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

 

Brave New World Term of the Week: “Wrongful Birth” – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scp

A Return to Repugnance – Matt Emerson, Patheos/After Manresa

New York’s Abortion Rate: 56% Repeat Abortions, 38% Government Funded – Yth Dfnc

And the Killings Go On – Fr. John A. Leies SM, HLI America

Margaret Sanger: Your Every Racist Eugenic Fantasy Has Come True – Mat. Archbold, CMR

Woman Who Killed Infant Freed by Canada’s Pro-Abortion Law – Steven Ertelt, Life News

Judge: No Jail for Killing Baby because Canada accepts Abortion – P. Craine, LSN

New York Abortions by Zip Code: 60% of Black Babies Aborted – Jeremy Kryn, LSN

HHS Blocks Abstinence Education As ‘Unallowable’ – Mary Frances Boyles, Daily Register

Abp. Vigneron Leads Pro-Life Prayer Vigil in Drenching Rain – D. Korzeniewski OCDS, TDL!

States Rights = The Final Pro-Life Push – The Catholic Knight

“Big” Pro-Choice Rally in Kansas Draws Only 30 People – Lisa Graas, Live Action

Final Perseverance: You can’t get to Heaven without It – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, NTM

The Clown and the Fire: Just Blowing Smoke? – Brad Bursa, Integrated Catholic Life™

“Ten Universal Principles: A Brief Philosophy of the Life Issues” – Carl Olson, IIS

What I Learned from Praying in Front of an Abortion Clinic – Jennifer Fulwiler, NCReg

The Issue Is Not High or Low Church – Jeffrey A. Tucker, Chant Café

Canadian Defender – Steve Weatherbe, Daily Register

Bioethical Breaches, Past and Present – Michael Cook, Crisis Magazine

On Being a (Spiritual) Friend – Fabiola Garza, VirtuousPla.net

SNAP Attack on Pope is “Just Anti-Clerical Propaganda” – Angela Del Vecchio, Ilsussidiario

Consumer-Proof Your Kids – Barbara Curtis, Arlington Catholic-Herald

A Request to Leila Miller of Little Catholic Bubble – Lisa Graas

No Penance? Not Even on Friday? – Keyser Soze, The New Springtime!

Reading and Misreading Chesterton – Carl Olson, Insight Scoop

“He Invited Me to Partake of His Sorrows. . . (Padre Pio)” – Vittorio Messori, Ignts Insght

Our Faith Must Be Who We Are, Not Simply What We Do – Joseph Koss, VirtuousPla.net

CNS Makes Copernican Revolution Error on CDF’s SSPX Doctrinal Preamble – Fr. Z

Why Can’t the Catholic Church Ordain Women? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Why Father Robert Barron Filmed ‘Catholicism’ – Tim Drake, Daily Register

Distributism and Externalities – Donald P. Goldman III, The Distributist Review

How I Became a Dad – Matt Archbold, National Catholic Register

Why Safe Euthanasia is a Myth – Brian Pollard, MercatorNet

Parents Cherish their Children with Down Syndrome – Michelle Martin, Our Sunday Visitor

Theodore Roosevelt and Muscular Christianity – Donald R. McClarey, The American

Doctrine: Nourishing Milk for the Soul – Marlon  De La Torre, Catholic Lane

Catholics Dire Need For Courage Today – The Ordinary Catholic, Peter’s Barque

Germany: The Pope on Natural Law, Foundation of Politics – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Cthlc Cltr

I Have Received Threats after Criticizing Politician Same-Sex Marriage – Fr. Ray Blake

Fr. Blake of Brighton Taking Flak from Bullies for Being Catholic – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

Bp. Ochoa Gagged Fr. Rodriguez for Defending Teaching on Homosexuality – K. Soze, TNS!

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf Review’s Ochoa/Rodriguez Incident – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Bp. Vienneau Gagged Fr. Gionet for Defending Teaching on Homosexuality – S.  Berry, T-J

USCCB Tell Obama to Stop Anti-Defense of Marriage Act Efforts – Michelle Bauman, CNA

Texas: Student Suspended for Saying He Believes Homosexuality Is Wrong – Wsl Zpprs

Benedict and Mozart on True Happiness – Msgr. Daniel B. Gallagher, Ignatius Insight

Some Thoughts on Bilocation – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

When Culture Screws You Up – Brent Stubbs, VirtuousPla.net

“The Desert Fathers: St. Anthony & the Beginnings of Monasticism” – Carl Olson, IS

Phoenix Newspaper Fumbles “No Wine” Story – Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org

America’s Common Sense Bishop: Olmsted – Keyser Soze, The New Springtime!

Reviewing B16’s Address to Lutherans – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Father Pavone and Authentic Freedom – Gerard M. Nadal, Coming Home

U.S.: Family Says Abp. Fulton Sheen’s Intercession Saved Baby – Marianne Medlin, CNA

Catholics in the American Revolution – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Author Jason Berry Investigates Scandals, but Keeps Faith – Manuel Roig-Franzia, WaPo

New Zealand May Implement Subsidiarity – Robi Ronza, Ilsussidiario

Pope Benedict’s Three ‘Laws’ for Evangelization – EWTN News

Whatever Happened to Palestrina? – Fr. Lawrence B. Porter, Crisis Magazine

Authentic Liturgy and Chant: Some Considerations – Fr. Christopher Smith, Chant Café

Legal Persecution of Catholics – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The Catholic Thing

The Pope on Natural Law, Foundation of Politics – Dr. Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org

Turning SSPX Defiance Into Good – Louie Verrecchio, RA

Quæritur: Is the SSPX in Schism or Not? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Dating with an Audience – Elizabeth Hillgrove, VirtuousPla.net

The Art of Reading – Elise Matich, Ilsussidiario

Digitial Warfare: Drones & Lethal Autonomy – The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

Raising “Right and Wrong” Kids in a “Whatever” World. – Matthew Archbold, NCRegister

The Importance of Place – Jeremy Beer, Crisis Magazine

Pope Benedict Returns to Germany – Edward Pentin, Daily Register

Germany: The Pope on Natural Law, Foundation of Politics – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Cthlc Cltr

Benedict XVI Begins Historic Visit to Germany – Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register

Shocked by the Aesthetics of Yesterday’s Papal Mass in Berlin – Dylan Parry, A Rlctnt Snnr

Pope asks German Faithful to ‘Stand Firm Against Storm’ – John Thavis, Catholic Herald

Press Distorts Papal Trip Before It Begins – Tim Drake, National Catholic Register

Benedict XVI arrives in Erfurt (video) – Catholic Herald

Pope Prays at Erfurt’s Cathedral (video) – Catholic Herald

Pope’s Sermon at Luther’s Augustinian Monastery (Full Text) – Edward Pentin, NCRegister

Pope visits Martin Luther’s Monastery (video) – Catholic Herald

Pope’s Address to Germany’s Muslim Representatives (Full Text) – Edward Pentin, NCReg

Pope’s Homily at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium (Full Text) – Edward Pentin, Ntnl Cthlc Register

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf Reviews B16’s Berlin Olympic Stadium Speech – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Pope’s Address to German Parliament (Full Text) – Edward Pentin, National Cthlc Register