Big Pulpit

Social Justice and the Theology of the Body – Catherine Rose, Dappled Things

New Media and the VirtuousPla.net – Stacy Trasancos PhD, Patheos

The Roman Rite is a Sung Mass– Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Why Did Jesus Build His Own Church & Reflections on Mt. 16 – Joe Heschmeyer, SP

Richard Dawkins’ Rage at World Youth Day – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Stndng on my Hd

Traditional Parish in Houston, Texas – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

BBC Shows Anything but Catholicism – Fr. Simon Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

Priestly Vulnerability – Dr. Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org/On the Culture

Art: Our Lady of the Rosary – Elaine Golden, VirtuousPla.net

Ten Burning Questions That Demand an Answer – Richard Collins, Lnn on the Hdgrw

Joe ‘I Fully Understand Genocide’ Biden is Catholic in Good Standing – P. Archbold, CMR

Almuces – John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

Wanted: Somebody to Make a Difference – Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™

Dorm-ant Virtues Emerge in College – Trent Beattie, The Daily Register

Rochester Dioc. to Implement Chant Settings for New Translation – Rich Leonardi, TR

Catholic Doctors Oppose Contraception Mandate – Catholic News Agency

Indecision, Choreagraphed – Calah Alexander, VirtuousPla.net

On the Fragility of Islam – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The Catholic Thing

Five Paths to Repentance (by St. John Chrysostom) – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Should We Get Engaged? – Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

Some Advice for New Students – JC Sanders, VirtuousPla.net

The Pope and the Disabled Meet in Madrid – Leticia Velasquez, Catholic Vote

Papa Bene Refuses to Leave His Children in the Storm Alone  – William Oddie, Cthlc Hrld

Defend Marriage: Moms and Dads Matter – Maggie Ghallagher, Public Discourse

Cross & Eagle Award for Most Improved Blog – The American Catholic

The Profound Insight of Origen – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Navigating the Teen Years – Celeste Behe, Integrated Catholic Life™

St. Rose of Lima: Model for Us – Fr. Richard Tomasek, Zeal

Pro-Life Victory Hailed in Arizona – Kevin J. Jones, EWTN News

Do’t, Knight – Nathaniel Gotcher, VirtuousPla.net

French Designer Launches Lingerie Line for Four Year-Olds – S. Brinkmann OCDS, WOG

Are Catholics Christians? – Godwin Delali Adadzie, HubBlogs

Gay Brownshirts: Punishing Incorrect Thought With Remorseless Brutality – Mark Shea

94% of OB/Gyns Would Give Birth Control to Minor, Not Notify Parents – P.B. Craine, LSN

WYD: Triumph for this Meek Man of Mighty Action, Despite BBC Attacks – D. Thompson

What Makeup Can’t Conceal – Sarah Babbs, VirtuousPla.net

World Youth Day and the London Riots – Ben Akers, First Things/On the Square

Students Put Faith on Film & Won Trip to WYD – Joseph Pronechen, Daily Register

Tithing Your Time At Work – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Cross & Eagle Award for Most Prolific Blogger – The American Catholic

Why Devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary? – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Saint John of Avila and the Reform of the Priesthood – Sr. Joan Gormley, Ignatius Insight

Responsorial Psalms for Weekday Masses – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Priestess Movement Angry Over Male-Only Altar Servers in Phoenix – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

Taking Back “Person” – Stacy Trasancos PhD, Accepting Abundance

An Elementary & Practical Catholic Education – Dr. Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org

London Riots: Legacy of Social Inequality or Proof of Moral Collapse? – E. O’Neill, NCReg

Marriage is Wine – Brent Stubbs, VirtuousPla.net

I’m Just A Girl, What’s My Destiny? – Sarah, Fumbling Toward Grace

Lying Our Way Through the Creed – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Fr. Larry Dowling, Again, Has Ties to Planned Parenthood – Patrick B. Craine, LfStNws

V.P. Biden (Catholic) Won’t Criticize Red China’s One-Child-Program – Paul Zummo, TAC

Protect the Weak and Vulnerable: The Primacy of the Life Issue – O. Carter Snead, PD

World Youth Day: A Martian’s View – Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

VirtuousPla.net, The Social Network for Young Adult Catholics – The American Catholic

Seven Reasons for Good Cheer after Madrid (WYD) – Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Is the Immaculate Heart of Mary a Physical Heart? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, VirtuousPla.net

How the Vatican Can Restore Trust to U.S. Nuns: Just Wait a Bit – Phil Lawler, Cthlc Cltr

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Mvmnt

Cathedral in Phoenix to Have Male Only Altar Service – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

God Grants a Miracle to my Children – Dc. Mike Bickerstaff, Integrated Catholic Life™

The Queen of Heaven Says to Us: “Do Whatever He Tells You” – Carl Olson, Insght Scp

Is RealCatholicTV a For-Profit Company? – Patrick Thornton, Catholic Vote

The Changing Forms of Music Delivery – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

When Consumerism And Motherhood Collide – Pia de Solenni, Headline Bistro

Saying Yes to the Dress! But No to the Sacrament? What Gives? – Marissa K. Nichols, TOL

The Most Important Thing I will ever Write on this Blog – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Thinking in Church and with the Church – Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

Distributism as a Way of Life – Brian Douglass, The Distributist Review

The Final Blessings of WYD: Prayer Vigil & Closing Mass – Rachel Howell, Daily Register

Pope Thanks Youth as He Departs for Rome – Cindy Wooden, Catholic Herald

That’s a Lot of Young People! – Diane M. Korzeniewski OCDS, Te Deum Laudamus!

Video: Pope Invites Youth to Join him in Rio de Janeiro in 2013 – Rome Reports

Music/Video: More on the New & Improved WYD– Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Notes on Papal Meeting with Special Nun – Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Blog

Video: Pope Celebrates Mass at Cuatro Vientos – Catholic Herald

A Rare Breed: The WYD Pilgrim from Communist China – David Kerr, Cthlc News Agency

Young Person’s Account of Harassment & Violence at WYD – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

B16 Plays a Piano Cake after Lunch with WYD Volunteers – Dylan Parry, A Simple Sinner

Music with Video: Salve Regina at WYD – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Full Text of Pope’s Address at Farewell Ceremony – Catholic Herald

Back-to-School Saint Advice – Stacy Trasancos PhD, Accepting Abundance

Extraordinary Form Requiem, Mobile, Alabama, USA – Jeffrey A. Tucker, Chant Café

Abp. Chaput: Support Catholic Media, Mainstream Media Unreliable – Th. Peters, CV

Mormons, Catholics, and Online Success – Brandon Vogt, The Church and New Media

On the Friendship and Fellowship of Women – Sarah, Fumbling Toward Grace

Catholic Culture: Spiritual Reading – Nathaniel Gotcher, VirtuousPla.net

Cross & Eagle Award for Most Catholic Non-Catholic Blog – The American Catholic

Catholics in the Combox – Diane M. Korzeniewski OCDS, Te Deum Laudamus!

The Love of Husband and Wife – Peter S. Williamson, Speaking of Scripture

Contrition Explained – Fr. J. Fryar FSSP, Ars Orandi

“For the Holy See, Medjugorje is a Tormenting Dilemma” – Louis Bélanger, Medjupedia

Video: Communion in the Hand – Fr. Erik Richsteig, Orthometer

IVF Turns Pregnancy Into a Shopping Expedition – Dennis Hunnell MD, HLI America

A New Doctor of the Church, And Seventeen More on Hold – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Increased Cohabitation Rates Mean more Instability for Children – Kevin J. Jones, CNA

Is Solution to Homosexual Pedophilia Crisis to be Found Pre ’60s? – Jake Tawney, RLE

The Biblical Basis for the Papacy – John Bergsma, The Sacred Page

Social Justice: What the Church Sees – Sarah, Fumbling Toward Grace

How to be Superman – Marc Barnes, VirtuousPla.net

Pope Says Farewell to Youth at WYD: Give a Bold Witness of Christian Living – NCRgstr

Video: Pope Meets Young People with Disabilities – Catholic Herald

Pope Encourages Youth to Be Faithful Disciples of Christ – NCRegister

Madrid, Capital of Youth – Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet

Video: Pope Braves Rains at Cuatro Vientos Vigil – Catholic Herald

Hackers Attack World Youth Day Website – Alejandro Bermudez, Cthlc News Agency

Pope at Prayer Vigil Tells Youth to Remain in Christ’s Love – NCRegister

Video: Pope Arrives at Cuatro Vientos – Catholic Herald

Pope: Jesus, Mary & the Saints Show Us How to Experience Suffering – NCRegister

Pope & Young People Walk Way of the Cross in Madrid – Cindy Wooden, Cthlc Herald

The Way of the Cross and a Blessing by the Pope – Rachel Howell, The Daily Register

Video: Pope Urges Seminarians to Become Saints – Catholic Herald

Full text of Pope’s Homily at Mass with Seminarians – Catholic Herald

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Video: Pope Leads Stations of the Cross – Catholic Herald