Big Pulpit

Why did Jesus Call the Canaanite Woman a “Dog”? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, NTM

Origen’s Father is Saint Leonides – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Madrid Preps for World Youth Day – Edward Pentin, The Daily Register

A Different Kind of World Youth Day, Traditional!– Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Over 3,000 British Pilgrims set off for Madrid – Madeleine Teahan, Catholic Herald

Bishop Says Communion In the Hand is a Calvinist Novelty – Tancred, The Epnyms Flwr

Catholic Candidates and Catholic Voters – Joseph Bottum, Catholic Vote

Dumb Luck or Design? A Meditation on the Existence of Order – Msgr. Ch Pope, AOW

I Want to Hold Your Hand – Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

Pope Looks Forward to World Youth Day – David Kerr, EWTN News/CNA

The London Riots: So Why did It Happen? – Ches, The Sensible Bond

Marriage by God’s Standard – Sr. Lisa Marie Doty FDCC, Nunspeak

Is Fr. Bourgeois Right on Women Priests? – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

City of Angels, City of Demons – Joseph Bottum, Catholic Vote

A Modest (Dress Code) Suggestion – Our Sunday Visitor

Doctrine & Policy: The Authentic Catholic Mind – Dr. Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org

Why the World Needs Special Kids – Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur, Catholic Lane

Tomb of St. Philip the Apostle – John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

Orthodoxy Is In the Balance – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Holidaying with the Saints – A Reluctant Sinner

U.S. Ordinariate to be Established Next – Fr. Christopher Phillips, The Anglo-Catholic

Indulgence Available for World Youth Day Participants – CatholicCulture.org

What Are the Greatest Shakespeare Movies? – Joe Carter, First Things/First Thoughts

Astounding Subterranean Salt Cathedral in Poland – Thomas Peters, Cthlc Vt/Amrcn Ppst

Why are Catholic Schools so Good at Sports? – Brian Fraga, Our Sunday Visitor

Mel Gibson Wears Miraculous Medal & Visits Amazing Twins – Tancred, The Epnyms Flwr

Why Are Modern Women Unhappy? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Fatherless Youths Run Riot – Joanne Bogle, MercatorNet

 . . . First Things: Nihilism on Strike . . .

Pornography and National Security – Jennifer S. Bryson, Public Discourse

English & Welsh Bishops Need to Overhaul Their Website – Milo Yiannopoulos, Cthlc Hrld

The Totalitarian Temptation & the Redefinition of Marriage – Carl Olson, Ignts Insght Scp

Harry Potter and the Christian Magicians – John C. Wright’s Journal

Cluniac art at Berzé-la-Ville – John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

Making the Gospel ‘Go Viral’ – Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org/On the News

Does a Parish Priest Have Time to Blog? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Mvmnt

London Riots: Society has Undermined the Family – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

An Unusual Priest and Hero, Fr. Emil Kapuan – Fr. Simon Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

The Sum of All Pleasures – Brendan Dudley, HLI America

Can We Stop Telling God What To Do? – Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

G.K. Chesterton’s Distributism – Dale Ahlquist, The Distributist Review

Doesn’t Excommunication Mean Automatic Defrocking? – Anthony S. Layne, Imprctcl Cth

Call-to-Action Publishes List Of Priests Supporting Roy Bourgeois– LarryD, AoftheA

Voluntary Permanence – Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register

Bishops: Cthlc Relief Services Need Help for African Famine – K.J. Jones, EWTN Nws

Abortion Of Kids With Autism Doesn’t See Children as Blessings – Steven Ertelt, Lf Nws

Why the Providence Hospital Scandal isn’t just about Abortion – Joseph K, DUIB

Fmr. PP Dir. on Red China’s Forced 1-Child Policy: It’s a Start – Mat. Archbold, CMR

Vatican Beats Cardinal Policarpo With A Feather – Mundabor’s Blog

God Cannot Be Out-Done – Sr. Lisa Marie Doty FDCC, Nunspeak

What Can Abp. Schwietz ‘Do’ About Providence Hospital? – Joseph K, Dfnd us in Bttl

Background on Fr. Bourgeois’ Dismissal from Religious Life – Jimmy Akin, NCRegister

The Bourgeois Solution & the Protestant Perspective – Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org

Chicago: St. Xavier Univ. to Host Former Obama Adviser – Cardinal Newman Society Blog

Life Begins at Conception, Legal Protection Must Begin there Too – D. Hunnell MD, HLIA

Separation of Church and Sex– Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

The Press Doesn’t Get World Youth Day – Tim Drake, The Daily Register

Is the National Catholic Reporter Out to Get Fr. Z? – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Father Zuhlsdorf Under Attack – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

For Christopher Dawson is More Like a Movement than a Man – Carl Olson, IIS

Protect the Poor, Not Poverty Programs – John Couretas, Acton Institute

Attack on Tuileries Palace 1792 AD: The Fall of the Gallant Swiss Guard – Tancred, TEF

Gregorian Chant Decoupled the Ideas of Movement & Rhythm – Adam Bartlett, TCC

Myth Busters: Catholics Worship Mary – Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic

Pope Benedict XVI Rebuts Criticism of World Youth Day – Patrick Madrid

Cardinal Pell: A Good Old-Fashioned Irish Butt-Kicking – Anthony S. Layne, TIC

Dissident Rochester Bishop Visiting Cincinnati – Rich Leonardi, Ten Reasons

Crystal Cathedral For Sale . . . Again – Allie, Here Is The Church

Cthlc Church Child Protection Chief Caught w/4,000 Child Porn Pics – Ch Gillibrand, CCC

Things Not Said By St. Lawrence – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

Why Europe Needs God – George Weigel, The Daily Register

U.S. Youth Prepare for World Youth Day – Marianne Medlin, EWTN News

Movie Review: Marty, The Quest for Beauty – Allison Salerno, Ilsussidiario

Priest Cites Church’s Pro-Life Beliefs as Key to Leaving Episcopalianism – Carl Olson, IIS

The Contamination of Catholicism – Mundabor’s Blog

Old Ideas Rising from the Ground – Fr. James Farfaglia, The Smoking Priest

But for Wales, Father Bourgeois? – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

Maryknoll Order Ready to Dismiss Father Bourgeois – Kevin J. Jones, CNA

Feast of St. Lawrence: You have to be Dead to be a Martyr – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, NTM

Eclectic Convert: Julie Nicholson – Why I’m Catholic

The Never Ending Culture Wars – George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

We Ignore the Roots of Scandal If We Only Protest Abortion – Dr. Stacy Trasancos, AcAb

Catholic Col. Prof. Highlights Work as Abortion Doula – Cardinal Newman Society Blog

Pro-Lifers Must Stay Outside of Montreal Basilica – Mundabor’s Blog

Book Review: Jason Berry’s Render Unto Rome – Fr. Brian Van Hove SJ, Ignatius Insight

Why isn’t Providence Catholic Hospital ‘acting’ Catholic? – Joseph K, Defend us in Battle

Five Ways to Protest Scandal in Your Cthlc Hospital – Dr. Stacy Trasancos, Accept Abund

The Gospel, Hitchcock & Today’s Financial Crisis – Marissa K. Nichols, The Thlgy of Lndry

What Is A Stave Church? – Here is the Church

Christian Chemists to be Fired Under Abortificant Rules – S. Caldwell/T. Ross, Dly Tlgrph

The Old Testament Was Made for Man – Devin Rose, St. Joseph’s Vanguard

How to be “Efficient” in Social Media Church Advocacy – New Media Catholic

Archbishop Nichols: English Riots Are ‘Shocking’ – David Kerr, EWTN News/CNA

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Mother Bernardine Goulter Survived the Atomic Bomb at Nagasaki – Catholic Herald

The Universal Call to Holiness – Jim Graves, The Catholic World Report

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Martyr – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Contraception & Healthcare Rights – Christopher O. Tollefsen, Public Discourse

On Human Power & Temporal Authority – Fr. Robert John Araujo SJ, Mirror of Justice

A Bourgeois Solution to Ordaining Women – Dr. Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org

How Many Women’s Ordination Groups Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? – Fr. Z

Cthlc Col. Prof. Raises Support for Excommunicated Pro-Priestess Priest – CNS Blog

WYD: The Catholic Church & Caudillos – Mundabor’s Blog

New York Times Pro-Abortion Agenda (again) – Mollie Ziegler, Get Religion

Just Sex: Contractual Obligation II – Melinda Selmys, Sexual Authenticity

The Movie ‘The Change-Up’ & Body-Swapping – Matthew, By Way of Beauty

What Cannot Be Displeasing to the Lord My King – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The Cthlc Thng

A Star Shines in Madrid – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

 . . . Tancred: Cristero Movie Clips to be Viewed at World Youth Day . . .

Dirty Habits – Sister Marie Morgan CSF, The Integrated Catholic Life™

London Riots: Why Silence from Abp. of Westminster? – Damian Thompson, Dly Tlgrph

Rise of the Planet of the Apes & Our Post Human Culture – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

An Approach to Evangelization for Catholic Men – Maurice Blumberg, Catholic Lane

The Departure of an Order – Mike St. Thomas, First Things/On the Square

Cardinal Pell on ‘Authentic Catholicism vs Cafeteria Catholicism’ – Lux Occulta

Joliet Pastor Praises Islam & Demeans the Mass of All Ages – Tancred, The Epnyms Flwr

Belittled Women: UNFPA’s Efforts to Curb Pregnancy – Sarah Ryan, HLI America

St. Dominic in Art and Faith – John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

The Guardian Newspaper Slams Christianity (again) – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

That Fateful Day Ten Years Ago – Pat Archbold, National Catholic Register

If Human Society is to Heal, Return to Christian Life, Institutions Will Heal It – Fr. Z

Ten Catchphrases for Catholic Sitcoms – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

St. Oswald – John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

Time Magazine Smears Entire Catholic Church – Bill Donohue, Catholic League

Monstrous: Chinese Pills Made from Chinese Babies – Mark Shea, Catholic & Enjoying It!

Trying to Fly with 1 Wing: 13 Principles of Discovering the Truth – S.D. Williams PhD, CL

The Desire for Suicide is Always Unsound – HLI America

St. Michael Hymnal Reviewed – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Christendom Col. Grads Exhorted: We’re Catholic, Embrace It, Live It – CNS/Cmps Nts

Myth Busters: Sola Scriptura – Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic

In Defense of My Mother: Immaculate Conception – Brett Adams, Ship of St. Peter

Concerning Intelligent Design and Materialism – JC, The Nicene Guys

The Question of Embryo Adoption is Closed – Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro, LifeSiteNews.com

Anti-Catholic Phyllis Zagano of the NCReporter Digging Dirt on Me – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

The State of the (Music) Transition – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

New Translation: Ite, missa est – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

The Holy Inquisition: Dominic & the Dominicans – Fr. Guy Bedouelle OP, Ignatius Insight

Are War & Schism always Sins against Charity? – Brant Pitre, The Sacred Page

Looting, Why Not If You are a Moral Relativist? – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hrmntc of Cntnty

 . . . Fr. Dwight Longenecker: London Riots . . .

Nuns’ “Liturgic” Creativity in Italy & Argentina – Mundabor’s Blog

Time for Abp. Nichols to Act on the Vaughan School Scandal – Richard Collins, LOTH

Science Consistent with Christian Belief – Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, Catholic Lane

Mary, Mother of the Son: Modern Myths & Ancient Truths – JC, The Nicene Guys

San Francisco Politicos Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Counseling Centers – Cal Cthlc Daily

Our Divine Pope – Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

Obama Judge Allows Driehaus Lawsuit Against Susan B. Anthony List – Jeremy Kryn, LSN