Big Pulpit

The Power of Beauty – Sarah, Fumbling Toward Grace

The Roots of the Papacy & the Primacy of Peter – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

St. John of Avila to be Proclaimed Doctor of the Church – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The New Addiction – Anna Williams, VirtuousPla.net

The World’s Slow Stain – Fr. Bevil Bramwell OMI, The Catholic Thing

Taking the USCCB Bull by the Horns – Louie Verrecchio

If No One Is Pope, Everyone is Pope! – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Inequality Grows As Poor, Ignorant Atheists Swamp U.S. – Walter Russell Mead, Am Intrst

Making Poor People Pray – Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register

Astonishing Story of Family with 11 Children Under Age 12 – Jeremy Kryn, LifeSiteNews

Colombia: Church Condemned for a Priest’s Acts of Sexual Abuse – La Stmp/Vtcn Insdr

The Prince of Liechtenstein Will Block Proposed Abortion Law – Tancred, Epnyms Flwr

Motherless Mothering – Sarah, Fumbling Toward Grace

The Philosophy of Sex – Dennis Buonafede, The Integrated Catholic Life™

If Christ is the Rock, can Peter also be the Rock? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theo Mov

You Can Never Afford Them – Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register

Book Review: The Bible Made Impossible – Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic

The Value of a Woman, Part II – Kevin Lowry, A Grateful Convert

Our Collective Wisdom: Responding Properly – Dr. Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org

The Pastor’s Initiative May Have Schismatic Consequences – Tancred, Epnyms Flwr

Echoes of an Unsung Lullaby – JC Sanders, VirtuousPla.net

Non-Human People – Foxfier, The American Catholic

Getting In Character – Kevin O’Brien, Theater of the Word Incorporated

My Father was a Porn Addict – Michelle Vanloon, LifeSiteNews.com

Pope Denounces Economies that Put Profit Ahead of People – Fiona Govan, Dly Tlgrph

The BBC’s Coverage of WYD Has Been a Disgrace – Milo Yiannopoulos, Catholic Herald

Benedict’s Drive to Stop Declining Church Attendance – Nick Squires, Daily Telegraph

Pope and Young People walk Way of the Cross in Madrid – Luke Coppen, Catholic Herald

Catholic Madrid Will Awe World Youth Day Pilgrims – Joseph Pronechen, Daily Register

Video: Pope Arrives at Monastery of El Escorial for WYD Events – Catholic Herald

Two Worlds, Two Cultures – Fr. Ray Blake

Papa Bene in Spain: A Meek Man of Mighty Action – Madeleine Teahan, Catholic Herald

Pope Encourages Religious Sisters & Professors to Teach the Truth – Lorna Cruz, NCReg

Pope Counsels the Young to be ‘Firm in Faith’ – Milo Yiannopoulos, Catholic Herald

A Packed Program of Events at Madrid’s Love & Life Center – Fr. Mat. Gamber SJ, CWR

Day 4 in Madrid: The Pope Has Arrived! – Rachel Howell, Daily Register

Full Text of the Pope’s Address at the End of the Via Crucis – Catholic Herald

Full Text of the Pope’s Address to Young Professors – Catholic Herald

Full Text of Pope Benedict XVI’s Address in the Plaza de Cibeles – Catholic Herald

In Defense of Michael Voris and Simon Rafe – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Former Anglican Priests: What About the Families? – Charlotte Hays, The Daily Register

Apostle to Prostitutes: Today’s Saint John Eudes – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Why Do Catholics Abstain from Meat on Fridays? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Why the Priest Blesses the Water at the Offertory of the Mass – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, NTM

There Is Some Blue Sky! Let Us Go Chase It! – Julie Robison, VirtuousPla.net

Myth Busters: The Impeccability of the Pope – Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic

We’ve Got a Lot to Learn from the Italians about Brotherly Love – Fr. Lucie-Smith, CH

Universal Salvation and Probability – DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

Mormonism and Natural Law – Francis Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

Love of Freedom & Catholics Participating in Public Life – Loretta Pioch, Catholic Lane

UK Bishops’ Soc. Jus. Agency Slammed for Inviting Pro-Abort Speakers – P. Craine, LSN

Voris is Making the Right Kinds of Enemies – Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

Spiritual Heirloom – Elizabeth Hillgrove, VirtuousPla.net

In Praise of the Cassock from an Unexpected Source – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The Marriage Gap that’s Destroying Middle America – Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet

The Last Gasp of the Revolution that Failed – Mark P. Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!

Deception for Our Times? Details, Part One – Kevin Symonds, Catholic Lane

How to Undo the Autonomy Argument for Abortion Rights – Erika Bachiochi, Pblc Dscrs

Equality Watchdog Drops Plan to Protect Religious Rights – Tim Ross, Daily Telegraph

Cross & Eagle Catholic Blogging Award for Longest Post Title – The American Catholic

Vatican Releases Documents on U.S. Sex Abuse Case – Zenit

Dublin Archd. on Brink of Financial Collapse Due to Sex Abuse Payouts – M. Kelly, CNS

Fin. Minister: Canada’s Rapidly Aging Workforce is a Problem Now – Th. Baklinski, LSN

WYD & Religious Freedom – Abp. Charles J. Chaput OFM Cap, First Things/On the Square

Abp. Chaput Encourage WYD Youth in Their Friendship With God – M. Medlin/D. Kerr

Mercy at World Youth Day – Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Daily Register

Stunning Photos from World Youth Day – Thomas Peters, Catholic Vote/American Papist

WYD Emphasizes Being Reconciled to God – Tim Drake, National Catholic Register

Pope Receives Enthusiastic Greeting in Spain – David Kerr, Catholic News Agency

Sunny in Madrid, Stormy in Damascus – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Pope Benedict XVI Arrives in Madrid – Milo Yiannopoulos, Catholic Herald

Video of Pope’s Arrival – Catholic Herald

Bp. Mark Davies Urges Young to Stand with the Pope – David V. Barrett, Cthlc Herald

Full text of Pope Benedict XVI’s Welcome Address – Catholic Herald

Archbishop Chaput’s reflection for WYD’s Night of Joy – OSV Daily Take

Why do our Bishops Abuse the Extraordinary Form? – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

The Church has a Deep Theology about the Seventh Commandment – Carl Olson, IIS

The High Cost of Capitulation – Louie Verrecchio, Catholic Lane

The Truth Is – Steven Lawson, VirtuousPla.net

Cross & Eagle Catholic Blogging Award for Best Pseudonym – The American Catholic

On the Reading of Obscure Documents – John M. DeJak, The Distributist Review

Sedevacantist Sisters Reunite With Church – Jim Graves, The Daily Register

The Liturgy of St. James on the Eucharist – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Differences Between Current & New Translation of the Missal – Msgr. Ch. Pope, AOW

Excerpts from Thomas Aquinas’ Childhood Journal – Mark P. Shea, Cthlc & Enjoying It!

10-Year-Old Girl Poses Seductively for French Vogue Magazine – Kathleen Gilbert, LSN

Receiving Gifts, a 1626 Missale Romanum & Galileo – Dr. Stacy Trasancos, Accept Abund

U.S.: Driehaus, Be a Man – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Mexico: The Farewell of the Ranchero Cardinal – Andrés Beltramo Alvarez, La Stmp

Quæritur: Can a Deaf Priest say Mass in the Extraordinary Form? – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

Church Closings: Is Bigger Better? – Joan Frawley Desmond, The Daily Register

Cross & Eagle Catholic Blogging Award for Most Beautiful Blog – The American Catholic

Vatican Releases Dossier, Rejects Accusations in Oregon Abuse Lawsuit – Tancred, EF

On Things as They Are – Amy Welborn, Dappled Things

Ron Paul’s Rhetoric on Abortion Does Not Match His Position – Lisa Graas

Is the Acton Inst. a Genuine Expression of Catholic Social Thought? – Thomas Storck, DR

Socialist President of Peru filling Lady’s Ministry with Pro-Aborts – M.C. Hoffman, LSN

2 Cthlc Col.’s Land ISI Exceptional List Spots, Another Deemed Train Wreck – CNS

The Catholic’s Guide to Local Pilgrimages – Allison Terrell, VirtuousPla.net

The 2011 Cross & Eagle Catholic Blogging Awards – The American Catholic

The Seal of Confession & the Virtue of Religion – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hrmntc of Cntnty

In Praise of Unattainable Women: Botticelli’s Madonna – Matthew Alderman, DT

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend’s Holier-Than-Thou Hit Piece – Joe Heschmeyer, SP

Disgraced Abp. Weakland Adviser to Speak at Pedophilia Conference – Dallas Catholics

 . . . First Things: How to Normalize Pedophilia in 5 Easy Steps . . .

  . . . Tony Layne: Pedophilia: The One Boundary Progressives Can’t Push? . . .

 . . . Jeremy Kryn: Academic Conference Seeks to Normalize Pedophilia . . .

Sudan: Human Rights Violated – Michelangelo Nasca, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Missed Opportunity – Our Sunday Visitor

Zagano Watch: Update! – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The Sound of One Hand Clapping – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

Study Says Prime-Time Cartoons Full of Adult Content – Susan Brinkmann OCDS, WOG

Pro-Lifers Barred from Montreal Cathedral – John-Henry Westen, LifeSiteNews.com

The Importance of Latin Americans in the WYD Celebrations – Andrés B. Álvarez, La Stmp

How Solidarity Movement is Connected to WYD – Matthew Schmitz, First Things

How to Follow WYD Madrid 2011 – Rome Reports

A Trip to Confession Park, Vocational Booths & Life on the Rock – Rachel Howell, NCReg

Abp. Dolan Prays With Young New Yorkers at WYD – David Kerr, Daily Register

On Amanda Marcotte’s Vicious, Pathetic Hissy Fit Over WYD Joy – Th. Peters, CV/AmP

Agenda for WYD – University of St. Thomas (Houston)

Opening Mass Kicks Off World Youth Day – Fr. Matthew Gamber SJ, The Daily Register

Cardinal Tells Youth Faith Is an Adventure at WYD’s First Mass – CNA/EWTN News

Opening Mass Welcomes Pilgrims to WYD – Rachel Howell, The Daily Register

The Juridical Key to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Cth Cltr

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids – Francis Philllips, MercatorNet

Listening to the Early Church Fathers & the Liturgy – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Ppry

There and Back Again – Colin Gormley, VirtuousPla.net

The Old Postmodern Trollop – Joseph Bottum, Catholic Vote

New Nuns and Priests Seen Opting for Tradition – Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

RealCatholicTV’s Voris had ‘No Idea’ about Internal Problems – Benjamin Mann, CNA

Presidential GOP Poll for Catholics – The American Catholic

Abp. Dolan on Meatless Fridays & External Signs of Our Catholic Identity – Fr. Zuhlsdorf

Stay-at-Home Moms Need Help – Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register

Rare Video: Election of Pope John XXIII in 1958 A.D. – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

On the Record With John Garvey, CUA President – Joan Frawley Desmond, Dly Rgstr

Diocese of Pueblo Trying to Serve Two Masters? – Jeremy Kryn, LifeSiteNews.com

Why Are Young Believers More Religiously-Conservative? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shmlss Ppry

Beautiful Catholic Art: Madonna and Child – Elaine Golden, VirtuousPla.net

The Church and Capitalism – Alessandra Nucci, Catholic World Report

The Immorality of Nice Fornication – Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing

The “Addiction Blame Game” – The Motley Monk

Madrid will Never Forget these Scenes of Devotion – Madeleine Teahan, Catholic Herald

For Father Bourgeois, Today’s the Day – Wayne Laugesen, The Daily Register

Bp. Athanasius Schneider: Communion in the Hand Destroys Piety – Tancred, EF

Economics & the Catholic Vision of the Good Life – B. García/R. Miller/J. Médaille, DT

Disappointed by Jason Berry’s Render Unto Rome – Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org

What Angels Asked Each Other as Mary Assumed into Heaven – Fr. Erlenbush, NTM

The Selfless Heart, the Story of St. Joan Delanoue – Oscar F. A. Gutierrez, Rgnm Nvm

Birth Control Raises Deadly Clot Risk to 1,700% for Women – Jeremy Kryn, LSN

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