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SATURDAY EDITION

Holiness in the Midst of Holocaust – Joan Frawley Desmond, Daily Register

Updating the Faith Instinct – Howard Kainz, The Catholic Thing

We Don’t Belong – Joseph Koss, VirtuousPla.net

Bishop Morris: The Final Chapter? – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Parents Need to Say No to Tattoo Barbie – Rachel Campos-Duffy, Catholic Vote

The SSPX, Jews, and Authority – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

Cash-Strapped Greece turns to Orthodox Church for Help – Jasmine Malone, Telegraph

As if Summorum Pontificum & Universae Ecclesiae Didn’t Exist (Oz) – Pascal, Rorate Cæli

Note to Bishops: Summorum Pontificum Did Replace Ecclesia Dei Adflicta – Fr. Zuhlsdorf

Petition to B16 for a More In-Depth Examination of the Second Vatican Council – DICI

Steve Jobs, What If? – Barbara Curtis, Arlington Catholic Herald

Sold for Sex: Link Between Street Gangs & Human Trafficking – Laura J. Lederer, Pblc Dscrs

The Struggle Against Abortion Involves both Law and Culture – Paolo Carozza, Ilsussidiario

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FRI EXTRA: MIGHTY MACS, THE ARTS & BEAUTY

Behind Mighty Macs Film: Sisterhood of the Rosary – Joel & Lisa Schmidt, Practicing Cthlc

The Mighty Macs is a Rush! – Peggy Bowes, Integrated Catholic Life™

Hollywood Suddenly Hot for the Bible – Jay A. Fernandez & Lacey Rose, Hllywd Rprtr

The Catholic Vision of Frank Capra – Maria Elena de las Carreras Kuntz, Crisis Magazine

What Would it Take for Christianity to Dominate the Arts? – Jennifer Fulwiler, NCRegister

Baldichin By Baldichin – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Beauty Is Objective – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

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FRIDAY EARLY EVENING EDITION

Knights in Cloaks without Daggers – Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph

The Friar who Led an Army against the Turks – Catholic Herald

Halo Shapes: Round or Triangular? – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

A Case for a Catholic Dress Code – Ashley E. McGuire, AltCatholicah

V2: Evelyn Waugh & Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes – Carl Olson, Ign Ins Scp

NFL Analysts: Tim Tebow Hated Because of His Faith – Paul Wilson, NewsBusters

Pope Outlines Church’s Diplomacy – David Kerr, EWTN News/CNA

Archbishop Nienstedt Takes on the Lavender Mafia – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

A Good Marriage – Bonnie Engstrom, VirtuousPla.net

The Next Patriarch of Venice – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Can a Baby be Validly Baptized with Beer? (Pope Gregory IX) – Taylor Marshall, Cntrbry Tls

The Eucharist in the Early Church, Through Non-Christian Eyes – Joe Heschmeyer, Shm Ppr

How to Receive Holy Communion on the Tongue – Dc. Mike Bickerstaff, Intgrtd Cthlc Life™

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FRIDAY LATE-MORNING EDITION

Coptic Christians Protest Attacks, as White House Weighs Policy – Joan F. Desmond, NCRg

Fr. Jean-Pierre de Caussade, SJ: Abandon Yourself to this Book – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Cthlc Cltr

A Catholic President in Finland? – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

Foreign Policy and the First Freedom – Joe Carter, First Things/On the Square

Arab Spring: Revolutions in the Arab World Help Radical Islam – Souad Sbai, Ilsussidiario

Cardinal Turkson: No Joint Prayer at Assisi – Cindy Wooden, Catholic Herald

Red China Awakens to Its Increasing Inhumanity – Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Lf St Nws

“Gay” PDA’s at Hartford High v. Do-Re-Me & Catholic Schools – Stacy Trasancos PhD, Ac Ab

Did Jesus Die For Klingons Too? – Pat Archbold, National Catholic Register

Are Religious Believers Nicer People than Non-Believers? – Jonathan Doyle, beingCthlc

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FRIDAY MORNING EDITION

Vatican Comments on Moammar Gadhafi’s Death – Edward Pentin, Daily Register

The Forgotten Christians of the East – Caroline Glick

Do You Love Your Neighbor with Same Love that You Love God? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, NTM

Will There Ever be a Doctrine that Allows Contraception? – Stacy Trasancos PhD, Ac Ab

Simon & Schuster Have Parody Video of God Endorsing Gay Lifestyle – Th. Peters, CV/AmP

A Note on Orphans and Hell – Dan Burke, National Catholic Register

The Big Rock Candy Nation – Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing

Goofy Minnesota Priest Attacks Abp. Nienstedt – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

The ‘Big Love’ Strategy – Chuck Colson & Timothy George, Christianity Today

Interior v. Exterior Peace – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

G’day, Vatican: From Ad Limina to the Domus – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

Why I Never Should have had Eight Children – Leila Miller, Little Catholic Bubble

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THURSDAY EVENING EDITION

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THURSDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

From Behind the Iron Curtain to the Belly of the Beast (San Francisco) – Eva Muntean, Ig In

Papal Profile: Pope St. Celestine V – The Mad Monarchist

Greed is a Real Sin – Mary Kochan, Catholic Lane

St. Basil the Great on Avarice – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Catholics – Marcel LeJeune, Aggie Catholics

Our Catholic Faith. . . at Work – Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™

Fish Friday – Foxfier, The American Catholic

Vatican: Major Document on Reform of Global Financial System Coming – John Thavis, CNS

Easier Than You Think – Elizabeth Hillgrove, VirtuousPla.net

Lady Gaga and the Weight of Glory – Sam Mullins, beingCatholic

St. Mary’s Messenger, Catholic Magazine for Kids – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Cthlc Lane

SSPX Bishop Attacks Jews Again – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Study finds Priests leading Happy, Healthy Lives – Scott Alessi, Our Sunday Visitor

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THURSDAY LATE-MORNING EDITION

St. Philip Howard – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Strangers Praying for Me – Trista Garttner, VirtuousPla.net

Is College Overrated & too Expensive? – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Catholic Colleges Are Just Too Expensive – Cardinal Newman Society/Campus Notes

The Traditional Latin Mass in Afghanistan – Adfero, Rorate Cæli

“Divorce” between Regnum Christi & Legionaries – Andrés Beltramo Álvarez, La Stampa

Some Belated Parental Advice to Protesters – Marybeth Hicks, Catholic Lane

OWS and My Son – Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

On the Intellectual Roots of “Occupy Wall Street” – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Ten Percent and Falling: Dissident Priests – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

Students Horrified at Gay Kiss in School Play; School Officials Praise Play – Ka. Gilbert, LSN

Will the New Translation Be Granted Its Full Voice? – Jeffery A. Tucker, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt

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A Ministry or An Apostolate? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

There is No Real Unity in Eastern Orthodoxy – Fr. Chori Jonathin Seraiah, The Maccabean

Tolerance of Homosexuality Is Not Enough! You. MUST. Approve! – Mark Shea, NCRegister

Sense of Urgency Needed for Religious Freedom in US Foreign Policy – Phil Lawler, Cth Cltr

U.S. Bishops Will Discuss Adding John Paul II Prayer to Liturgical Calendar – EWTN News

Father Francis P. Duffy: War and Humor – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Some Catholic Parents Say ‘Nay’ to Halloween & ‘Yea’ to All Saints – Carol Paur, OSV

Breast Cancer Awareness Month Ignores the Pill’s Link to Cancer – Adam Cassandra, LSN

Relationships = Gift – Rachel Howell, VirtuousPla.net

What is Contemplation? – Dr. Anthony Lilles, Beginning to Pray

Healthcare, Conscience, & Religious Liberty (Linda Greenhouse) – Helen Alvaré, PD

Straight & Worthy Answers on Abortion – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

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WEDNESDAY LATE-EVENING EDITION

Bob Hope’s Conversion to Catholicism – Mary Claire Kendall, Daily Register

Militant Secularism: Rome & Moscow Make Common Cause – Johannes Jacobse, Acton Inst.

5 Things Catholics Should Know How Search Engines Work – Jennifer Fulwiler, NCRegister

Heresy Gets Things Done – John Zmirak, Crisis Magazine

Tears from Heaven: Jon Scharfenberger 1989-2011 – Royce, VirtuousPla.net

Hug the Cactus – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

29th Wednesday in Ordinary Time: Preparing for the Master’s Return – Tony Lane, OTA

The Pro-Abortion Legacy of Justice O’Connor – Daniel McConchie, LifeSiteNews.com

Anticlericalism Rising in Catholic Poland – Donato Di Gilio, Ilsussidiario

Catholics and Article VI – George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

Papal Delegate: Legion’s Lay Movement Has Many & Challenging Issues – David Kerr, EWTN

Open Letter To My Catholic Priests – The Ordinary Catholic, Peter’s Barque

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WEDNESDAY EXTRA: OCCUPY WALL STREET

Occupy Wall Street Gains Momentum – Brian Fraga, Daily Register

Cultural Bankruptcy, It’s Killing Us – Omar F. A. Gutierrez, Regnum Novum

Pope’s Tips for Doing Business – David Kerr, EWTN/CNA

Being Rich, What Matters to God, & Wrongful Priorities – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Make Them Share The Wealth With Me – DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

Revolution is Calling – Elizabeth Scalia, First Things/On the Square

Oh, Those Wacky Occupiers – Brad Birzer, Catholic Vote

Off Topic Tuesday: Wall Street Protest – The Mad Monarchist

“God Bless Them?” Nancy Pelosi on the Wall Street Protests – Dr. Paul Kengor, Cthlc Ln

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WEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

How to Be a Catholic Woman on Campus – Ashley Crouch, Daily Register

The Ecumenical Future – George Weigel, Archdiocese of Denver/The Catholic Difference

Age-Old ‘Distributism’ Gains New Traction – David Gibson, Washington Post

Sin of Presumption & You: How to go to Hell in an Uneasy Lesson – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Hurons, the Iroquois, and the Blackrobes – Pat McNamara, Patheos/In Ages Past

A Pastor’s Letter for Our Times – Msgr. William Biebel, Catholic Lane

What are the “Fonts of Revelation”? – Stacy Trasancos, Accepting Abundance

Canada: Abp. Miller Honored to Participate in 40 Days for Life Event – Pt. Baklinski, LSN

Marxism, Abortion among CCHD’s Poverty Strategies – Kenneth Spence, Acton Institute

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: No Mention of God – Motley Monk, TAC

Paris Hilton and the Liturgy – Brent Stubbs, VirtuousPla.net

The Pillars of Unbelief: Immanuel Kant – Dr. Peter Kreeft, Integrated Catholic Life™

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