Big Pulpit

Average is the New Hot – Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies: Henry V – Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

The Papal Pencil – Father James V. Schall, S.J., InsideCatholic

What Does the Church Say about Collective Bargaining? – Jake Tawney, The American Catholic

Illinois Civil Union Bill Likely to End Catholic Charities Foster Care – Joshua Mercer, Cth Vote

Boston Church Asks Vatican to Stop its Sale – Boston Catholic Insider

Ordination of Women and Abuses of Priests – Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing

Egypt’s Growing Persecution of Christians – Michele Chabin, The Daily Register

Liturgical Music Suckage – Mark P. Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!

Evil Don’t Look Like Anything – Julie Robison, The Corner With A View

Wearing Crucifixes and Condoms – Not a Minx a Moron or a Parasite

Daily Quote from G.K. Chesterton – The Integrated Catholic Life™

What Makes Polyphony Great? – Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

The Procession – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Cardinal Baum, a New Record Holder – George Weigel, The Catholic Difference

Is UK’s Foreign Policy Anti-Christian? Not Particularly: We Just Don’t Care – Dm. Thompson

Scottish Cardinal Accuses UK of ‘Anti-Christian Foreign Policy’ – EWTN News/CNA

Priest Who Finances Abortions Remains Unpunished – Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, LfStNws

Lent Through the Eyes of the Suffering Servant – Peggy Bowes, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Saint John Ogilvie S.J. – Stephanie A. Mann, Supremacy and Survival

For All the Saints: Louise de Marillac – Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

Faculty Profile: William Mahrt – Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Why Does the Catholic Church Baptize Babies? Part 1 of 3 – Brett Adams, Ship of St. Peter

Supernatural Normalcy – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

7 Bad Reasons for Leaving the Faith – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Gay Marriage’s Real Enemy – Mark Stricherz, Catholic Vote

Augustine’s Confessions: Contemplating the Infinite – DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

Vatican Creates Online Presence for John Paul II as Beatification Nears – Alan Holdren, CNA

The Necessity of the Cross – Deacon Mike Bickerstaff, The Integrated Catholic Life™

The World of Saint Paul: In These Last Days – Joseph M. Callewaert, Ignatius Insight

‘Worship’? ‘No’. ‘Venerate’? ‘Yes’. – Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

The Law of God is Personal – Monsignor Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

In Which We Deal with a Delicate Subject: Masturbation – Mark P. Shea, InsideCatholic

New Translation: The Roman Canon, Part I (Te Igitur) – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Can the New Translation be Transcendent? – Russell Shaw, Patheos

New Missal, Yes It Will Generate mass Mass Attendance! – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

The Rising of the Roses: How the Lord is Restoring His Church – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Why Saint Patrick’s Day Matters, for Everybody – Pat McNamara, Patheos

Despise Not Prophesying: Japan’s Our Lady of Akita – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Lesson One in Prayer – Doctor Peter Kreeft, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Caritas Japan Working to Rebuild Lives of Disaster Victims – Benjamin Mann, EWTN News

Promoting Use of the Communion Rail – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Once and Future Christendom – Father Dwight Longenecker, Catholic Online

Why Are There So Many Ugly Churches? – Robert Kumpel, The Last Papist Standing

New Anglican Ordinariate Will Get a Revolting Building by Bishops – Damian Thompson, Tlgrph

 

An Evening with Saint Joan – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The Church and the Libertarian: A Review – Richard Aleman, The Distributist Review

New Irish Government Raises Concerns for Catholics – Michael Kelly, Catholic World Report

US: Champagne Reception with Pro-Abort Susan Sarandon at Catholic U. – Cal Catholic Daily

US: Another Santorum Scandal? – Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register

Japan’s Super-Earthquake Is A Warning – The Catholic Knight

US: Margaret Sanger Outs Planned Parenthood – Doctor Paul Kengor, CatholicExchange

On Aristotle’s Wide Applicability – Robert T. Miller, Public Discourse

Late to the Debt Party – David Mills, First Things/On the Square

Daily Quote from Saint Teresa of Avila – The Integrated Catholic Life™

US: Faculty Profile of Horst Buchholz – Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

The Catholic Approach to Scripture – Doctor Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/In Depth Analysis

Ten Commandments for a Good Lenten Confession – Father Philip Neri Powell O.P. Ph.D.

‘Sectarian’ Clash between Copts and Mob? – Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

A Martyr in Parliament: The Honorable Shahbaz Bhatti (1968–2011) – Fr. Raymond J. De Souza

US: Bishop Matthew Clark, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose – Rich Leonardi, Ten Reasons

German Bishops Conference Snubs Catholics Loyal to Magisterium – Tancred, The Epnyms Flwr

Father Frank Pavone Leads Covert Mission to Rescue Baby Joseph – Priests for Life

Heretics and Preachers – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing

Finding the Good in Good Friday, The Liturgical Experience of the Cross – Msgr. Charles Pope

The Real Difference Between Fasting and Abstinence – Reginaldus, New Theological Mvmnt

7 Reasons to Frequent Confession during Lent – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Are Our Seminarians Being Taught About the Extraordinary Rite?  Why not? – William Oddie

…Father Zuhlsdorf comments here…

The Renewal of Vatican II: Distractions & Distortions – Douglas Bushman S.T.L., Ignts Insght

A Rediscovered Mass for 40 Voices – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

“Who is Jesus Christ?”, There’s an app For That! – Eric Sammons, The Divine Life

What Does a Banana and Lent Have In Common? – Vanessa Barnes, Gulf Coast Catholic

Lenten Reading and the Liturgy of the Hours – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Dale O’Leary Speaks of Instability of Same-Sex Attraction – Brian Fraga, Rhode Island Catholic

“Italia Felix,” Here’s How the Church Is Celebrating Her – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Pope: Immigrants Must Take Into Account the … Law, Cultural … Tradition – Rorate Cæli

Talks With SSPX to End in Spring: Bp. Williamson’s Letter – Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

Bishop Demetrio Fernandez Reaffirms Catholic Identity of Cordoba Cathedral – EWTN News

Unfair in Philadelphia?  A Closer Look at the Grand Jury Report – TheMediaReport.com

…Philly review board never heard accusations against 14 of 21 suspended priests…

Pension Roadshow: “The Circus is in Town” – Boston Catholic Insider

Messages from Our Lady of Akita – Anthony S. Layne, The Impractical Catholic

Walking Away With a Host – Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Anglican Catholic Patrimony in the Ordinariate Will Be Enriching Us – William Oddie, Cth Hrld

When I Read Things Like This… – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Through the Desert, Back to the Tree of Life – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

What We Can Learn In No Other Way – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Von Galen Contra Gestapo – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Chastisement Now – The Catholic Knight

Thoughts On Lenten Sacrifice (A Modest Proposal) – Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

Tackle Temptation or Risk Ruination – Monsignor Charles Pope, AOW

Why Did Rick Santorum Get a Headline for Saying Sharia is Evil? – Lisa Graas

Deus Ex Machina: How to Think About Technology – Abp. Charles J. Chaput O.F.M. Cap.

“Lay People Have Rights” – Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice

Clarification on Lenten Fasting – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Catholic Diocese First Victim of Japan Quake – Sister Janet Fearns, Independent Cthlc News

Anti-Catholic Students Protest at University Chapel in Madrid – Catholic News Agency

Lent: The Meaning of the Number 40 in the Bible – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Teaching the Divinity of Christ by the Socratic Method – Marcellino D’Ambrosio Ph.D., TICL™

Does Lent begin on Wednesday or Sunday? – Reginaldus, New Theological Movement

Feast of Pope Saint Gregory the Great and his Dialogues – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Be Careful What You Ask For, SNAP – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture/On the News

Julian Green, Liturgical Reform & Our Spiritual Combat – Father Christopher Smith, TCC

Seek First God’s Kingdom – Nicholas Postgate Ph.D., The Latin Mass

Doctor Ed Peters on Being “Pastoral” v. Being Faithful – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

“Catholic” Senator Lisa Murkowski Supports Planned Parenthood Funding – Joshua Mercer

Father Richard J. Neuhaus on Islam and Reform – Christopher Blosser, The American Catholic

The Sexual Revolution Reconsidered in a New York Times Article? – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Pope Urges Priests to Preach on Uncomfortable Topics – Alan Holdren, Catholic News Agency

Communion, Canon Law, and Pastoral Practice – Doctor Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

Japanese Church ‘In Shock’ after Massive Earthquake and Tsunami – EWTN News

Devastation Hindering Japanese Church Efforts to Assess Needs – Catholic News Service

Same-Sex Marriage Bill Killed in Maryland Assembly – Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

Japanese Church Officials Struggle to React to Earthquake – Catholic Herald

“The Ethics of Abortion” – Benjamin Mann, California Catholic Daily

Waves – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Faith of Our Fathers – Matthew Spalding, InsideCatholic

Hating the Church in Australia – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Rehabilitating Eugenics – Michael Cook, MercatorNet