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Rest Well, Big Boss: “Super-Nuncio” Sambi Dies at 73 – Rocco Palmo, Whsprs in the Lgg

 . . . Holy See: US Nuncio, Archbishop Pietro Sambi Dies . . .

Not a Christian, Not a Knight, but a Breivik – Tim Drake, National Catholic Register

 . . . Norwegian Catholic Comments on Terror Attack . . .

 . . . Terry Mattingly of Get Religion: What He Said (About Norway) . . .

Honoring the Blessed Virgin with a Mary Garden – Cheryl Dickow, Catholic Lane

OSV Guide to the Catholic Internet 4.0 – Kris McGregor, Our Sunday Visitor

Baptism by Blood and the Apostle James – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Berlin Nearly Sold Out for the Pope’s Visit – Alessandro Alviani, La Stampa/Vtcn Insdr

 . . . News.va: Program of Apostolic Trip . . .

Don’t Be a 2/3rds Catholic – Randy Hain, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Bishop Hubbard of Albany Creates Another Scandal – Thomas Peters, Cthlc Vote/AmP

USCCB Bureaucrat Gets Power Drunk & Goes Ape on Michael Voris – Pat. Archbold, CMR

 . . . Mundabor’s Blog: Don’t Get High on Your Own Supply . . .

 . . . Mundabor’s Blog: Michael Voris Responds . . .

The Erotic Theology of Mad Men – Michael P. Foley, First Things/On the Square

Michael Sean Winters Interiorly Dead Arguments – James Flynn, The Catholic Thing

Anti-Catholic Terrorist, Maximilien Robespierre, Executed This Day – Mad Monarchist

Michael O’Brien Responds to His Critics Regarding Harry Potter – Patrick Madrid

Apostolic Nuncio in the U.S. Dies at Hospital – Catholic News Agency

What Bible Did the Sadducees Use? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Body of Apostle Philip Found in Turkey! – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

 . . . Fr. Z: Tomb of St. Philip the Apostle discovered in Turkey’s Denizli . . . 

. . . Wm Oddie: Despite Human Rights Demands, Christian Persecution Escalates . . .

Quæritur: Morning Sickness & the Eucharistic Fast – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The Beautiful Youth Get Set for Madrid – Antonine-Marie Izoard, La Stampa/Vtcn Insdr

Norway Terrorist Suspect Denounces Benedict XVI in Online Manifesto – EWTN News

 . . . John Norton of OSV: A Troubled Man’s Way of Hate & Logic of Evil . . .

 . . . U.S. Bishops Offer Prayers After Tragic Norway Attacks . . .

Behind the Anti-Vatican Campaign in Ireland – CatholicCulture.org/News

US: Unconscionable Assault on Religious Freedom – Our Sunday Visitor

Lebanon: Shiites Invade Catholic Chapel of the Virgin – Fady Noun, AsiaNews

Hamburg Archd. Features Occult Items For Educational Materials – Tancred, Epnyms Flwr

Flavor Co. that Uses Embryo Cells Hides Partner Co. Names – Kathleen Gilbert, LSN

Inwardly Absent Catholics – Devin Rose, St. Joseph’s Vanguard

Brazil: Bishop Manoel dos Reis de Farias Appointed Bishop of Petrolina – News.va

Curial Bp. Carlo Maria Viganò Will Be Nuncio to the US – Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

Cambodia’s Genocide and Catholic Slaughter – George R. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

The Secret Diary of the Most Recent Conclave – Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa/Vtcn Insdr

Anders Breivik: The Worst Aspects of Human Nature – Francis Philips, Catholic Herald

A Saint Who Had an Abortion – Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSiteNews.com

Why We Need Natural Family Planning – H.L.I. America

Catholic Approach to N.F.P. Needs a Massive Overhaul – Ashley E. McGuire, altCatholicah

The Catholic Faith Will Not Disappear from Ireland – Mary Kenny, The Telegraph

 . . . The Thirsty Gargoyle: What the Cloyne Report Really Says . . .

Can You Think of Any Clerics Who Don’t Condemn Homosexuality – Richard Collins, LOTH

Marcial Maciel? “I Don’t Know Him” – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

The Extraordinary Challenge of Being Counter-Cultural – Pat Lencioni, The Intgrtd Cth Lf™

Nuncio Recalled from Ireland – Edward Pentin, The Daily Register

“Catholic” Hospital Has Abortionist on Staff – Donald R. McClarey

Why Hasn’t Francis Ford Been Beatified? – George Weigel, Archdiocese of Denver

Norwegian Terrorist Read My Blog – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Wacko Atheists Sue Over World Trade Center Cross – Matthew Archbold, NCRegister

U.S. National Debt: An Immoral Deception – Matt C. Abbott

Catholic College “Faith” Prof. Upset about Chaput to Phila. – Cardinal Newman Society

1 Man, 1 Woman, & the Common Good: Marriage’s Public Purpose – A.R. Nimocks, P.D.

“Gay Marriage” Opponents Attack Law on Many Fronts – Andrew Keshner, NY Law Jrnl

Bioethics Expert: No “Right” to Abortion Exists in Internat’l Law – Mt Hoffman, LSN

Unfounded Population Fears Drive New UN Campaign – Terrence McKeegan JD, Cth Ln

 . . . Stephan Phelan: Using Natural Family Planning to halt overpopulation? . . .

Book Review: Rebel Land, The Armenian Genocide – Marco Tosatti, La Stampa

 . . . The Cross brings Armenian tourists to Van . . .

Ann Coulter Vs. Alberto Cutié on Single Mothers – April MacIntyre, M&C

The Mystery of the Attempt on JP2’s Life – Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Why is Bp. Tod Brown Offering $50 Million for Crystal Cathedral? – Th. Peters, Cth Vote

 . . . Bishop Tod Brown openly heretical . . .

Cardinal Sarah Shames Archbishop Gomez and Cardinal Schönborn – Mundabor’s Blog

Jesuit Loyola Marymount Univ. Approves of “Gay Marriage” – Cardinal Newman Society

Canada: Lutheran Church Splits Over “Gay Marriage” – John-Henry Westen, L.S.N.

U.S. Papal Nuncio Placed on Ventilator After Lung Surgery – Marianne Medlin, C.N.A.

Poland Abortion Ban Complies with Internat’l/Euro Law – Grégor Puppinck Ph.D., Cth Ln

Remembering First Woman Saint Of India – Vanessa Barnes

What do the S.E.P. Sound Like in Real Life? – Adam Bartlett, The Chant Café

Pope Laicizes Australian Father John Denham – Zenit

Vietnam Re-Arrests Ailing Father Van Ly – B.B.C. News

The Day Franco Restored the Monarchy – The Mad Monarchist

The Wrong Road to Cultural Revolution in Norway – Wolfgang Grassl, Crisis Magazine

 . . . Breivik a Freemason? . . .

 . . . Googling for madness . . .

 . . . A Warning From Norway . . .

 . . . Norway shooter supported abortion for disabled babies . . .

The Bridgettine Order – Alberto Carosa, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Lutheran Convert: JoAnna Wahlund – Why I’m Catholic

Charlemagne’s Discovery of St. Anne’s Relics in AD 792 – Taylor Marshall, Cntrbry Tls

 . . . Saint Anne . . .

What are Attachments, & What Are They Not? – Monsignor Charles Pope, A.O.W.

Why Isn’t Joachim Mentioned in Jesus’ Genealogy? – Reginaldus, New Theo. Mov.

 . . . Saints Joachim & Anne, parents of Mary . . .

Card.: Divine Judgment on Priests Who Don’t Oppose Homosexuality – M. Hoffman

Chaput’s Unconvincing Critics – William L. Saunders, First Things/On the Square

On Redistributing Wealth – Father James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic Thing

Philosophy, Marriage, and Moral Grandstanding – Sherif Girgis, Public Discourse

The Past and Future of the Graduale Simplex – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Five Catholic Teachings that Make Sense to Atheists – Jennifer Fulwiler, Ntnl Cth Register

First & Only Carthusian Monastery in America – Pat McNamara, Patheos/In Ages Past

Why JP2 Did Not Become an “Instant Saint” – Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Cali. Referendum Launched to Halt Mandatory “Gay History” Law – Kathleen Gilbert, LSN

Oral Contraception Negatively Impacts Healthy Bone Growth of Teenage Girls – HLI Amrc

Nun Honored for Civil War Service, 1910 A.D. – Pat McNamara

The Modal Connection: Gregorian & S.E.P. – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

N.Y.T.’s Goodstein Poor Reporting on Priestesses – TheMediaReport.com

Phila. Archd. Fires Finance Officer Over Missing Money – Joseph Tanfani, Phila. Inquirer

“My Fertility Crisis”, When Natural Becomes Counter-Cultural – Doctor Stacy Trasancos

Why Logic Doesn’t Always Work – Stanley D. Williams Ph.D., Catholic Lane

Indonesia: Prospect of ‘Mass Persecution’ of Christians in Bogor – CatholicCulture.org

When Will Black America Wake Up & Stop the Carnage? – Jerome Hudson, Human Events

Misunderstanding (Yester)Day – David Mills, First Things/First Thoughts

Friends Don’t Let Sociologists Do Theology– Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Eight U.S. Bishops Chosen to teach at World Youth Day – C.N.A./E.W.T.N. News

 . . . W.Y.D. Disavows Any Connection with Michael Voris . . .

The Ordinariate’s Strong Start, But Rome Needs to Watch Westminster – D. Thompson

Wanted: Dating Catholic Male – Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

Encyclical on Faith Coming Soon?! – Jane Mossendew, Catholic Oasis

Graphic Catechesis: Manga Comics – Angelo Stagnaro, The Daily Register

Comboxes: Where Some Christians Act Like Pagans – Diane M. Korzeniewski O.C.D.S.

Notes on the Canon Law of “Presumed Death” – Dr. Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

Bishop of Oslo: Terrorist Attack Affects Every One of Us – News.va/Vatican Radio

 . . . Anders Breivik Denies Christian Faith . . .

 . . . Anders Breivik Failed to understand even the basics of Christianity . . . 

 . . . Open Letter To Norway; The Peace Country . . .

Some Thoughts on Ireland – Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

 . . . Cindy Wooden: Vatican Recalls Nuncio to Ireland . . . 

Quæritur: Cremation – Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

The Languages of God (English Maybe?) – Steve Kellmeyer, The Fifth Column

Labor Rights Reality – Nicholas C. Hosford, The Distributist Review

POTUS GOP Race: Perry Vs. Santorum on Gay Marriage – Paul Zummo

Pope Talks About Good vs. Evil & Prays for Norway Massacre Victims – David Uebbing

How Did Saint James Get to Spain? The Full Tradition – Taylor Marshall, Cntrbry Tls

Keeping them Straight: James the Greater & James the Less – Reginaldus, N.T.M.

A Cistercian Twist on the Old Salve Regina – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Beyond the Dictatorship of Relativism – Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

UK Abortion Stats: Thousands Killed for Downs, Cleft Lip, Club Foot, etc. – L.S.N.

Contracepting Conscience – Helen Alvaré, Public Discourse

Mexico City: They Want to Silence the Church – Andrés Beltramo Álvarez, La Stampa

Shea, Voris and Amazing Grace – Donald R. McClarey

Report: More Christians Fleeing Pakistan – CatholicCulture.org/News

Extreme Makeover: Crystal Cathedral Edition – Pat Archbold, National Cthlc Register

Does Religion Rots Teenagers’ Brains? – Denyse O’Leary, MercatorNet

The Human Person in Hoarding’s Hellish Trap – Christina King, Catholic Lane

An In-Depth Analysis In Current Catholic-Sino Relations – Gianni Valente, La Stampa

 . . . Flourishing religion undermines Communists . . .

. . . Pope: pain over illegal ordination . . .

 . . . News.va: Vatican praises faithfuls’ defense of pastors . . . 

 . . . Cardinal Zen sides with Holy See . . .

 . . . Four bishops missing . . .

The New Translation a Flop? – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Solid Food and the State of the Liturgy – Louie Verrecchio, Catholic Lane

A Pro-Life Response to the Tragedy of Maternal Deaths – Rebecca Millette, L.S.N.

What Does “Prayer Life” Mean? – Sr. Laudem Gloriae O.C.D., The Integrated Cthlc Life™

Laura Ingraham: Baptismal Cross Stolen at Airport – Deacon Greg Kandra, T.D.B.

Episcopal Church Orders Cohabitating Homosexual Clerics to Wed – Christian Post

A.U.L.: Abortion Advocates Controlled Development of Obamacare – Lisa Graas

 . . . Blueprint for Action on Planned Parenthood . . .

 . . . #1 Killer of Americans of African Heritage is Planned Parenthood . . .

 . . . Will End Because Blacks, Latino’s, & Youth Lead Pro-Life Fight . . . 

 . . . California Now Mandating Pro-Homosexual Curriculum . . .

Monarch Profile: Czar Nicholas II of Russia, Part I – The Mad Monarchist

 . . . Part II . . . Part III . . . Part IV . . . Part V . . .

A Note on Proposals to Require Priests to Violate the Seal of Confession – Dr. Ed Peters

Why the Irish Government Attacks the Catholic Church – Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org

Seal of Confession Imperiled After Irish Sex-Abuse Report – Michael Kelly, Cthlc Wrld Rprt

Ireland: Discontent & P.M. Kenny’s Unprecedented Attack on the Vatican – A. Speciale

Ireland: Priests Will Refuse to Break Seal of Confession if Proposal Becomes Law – Fr. Z

Australia: A Bill to Force Priests to Break the Seal of Confession – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Depression & Hopelessness of Many Irish Priests, & Proposals – Father John Zuhlsdorf

For “Catholic Ireland,” Does Enda = “The End”? – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

Irish & Australian Pols Dabble in Simple Stupidity, Anti-Catholicism, or Both – T. Crowe

Spokesman: Vatican Didn’t Aid Irish Abuse Cover-Up – E.W.T.N. News/C.N.A.

The Seal of Confession Campaign: A Clarification & an Appeal – Jane Mossendew, C.O.

Archbishop Martin Warns Against Polarization – News.va/Vatican Radio

Ireland, a Wound for the Catholic Church – Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Ireland & the Primacy of Primates – Father John Zuhlsdorf, W.D.T.P.R.S.?

India: Bishops Go on Hunger Strike, Defend Rights of “Outcasts” – La Stampa/Vtcn Insdr

The Catholic Youth Catastrophe – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Say What You Mean, Mean What Say, But Don’t Say it Mean – Msgr. Charles Pope, A.O.W.

Distributism & the Current Crisis: Localizing the Economy – John Médaille, Cthlc Lane

U.S.: Rick Perry Approves of “Gay Marriage” – Carson Holloway, Catholic Vote

True Nature of the Kingdom – Doctor Edward Sri, The Integrated Catholic Life™

The New Evangelization in Europe – Abp. Rino Fisichella, News.va/L’Osservatore Romano

Obama Endorses Bill to Recognize “Gay Marriage” on Federal Level – K. Gilbert, L.S.N.

 . . . Obama ed. secretary pushes gay groups in public schools . . .

 . . . Obama: administration most pro-gay in history . . .

 . . . Only 2 GOP candidates sign marriage pledge, most reject . . .

 . . . N.Y. Senator: My Priest Embraced Me After Voting for “Gay Marriage” . . .

Pregnancy as a Disease – Arland K. Nichols, H.L.I. America

 . . . U.S. Bishops: “Pregnancy is Not a Disease” . . .

Dr. Warren H. Carroll, 79, Requiescat in Pace – Carl E. Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

 . . . Cardinal Newman Society: Founder of Christendom College . . .

Canada: Now Bishops Will Have to Do Their Jobs – The Catholic Knight

A Patron Saint for Victims of Spousal Abandonment? – Bioethics and More!

Constantinople: Government to Return Church to Bulgarian Orthodox Church – T.E.F.