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40 Ways for These 40 Days – Editors, National Catholic Register

Bringing Back the Tract for Lent – Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Practice Makes Perfect – Doctor Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

What Ever Happened to Sacrifice – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Annual Lent Fight! – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

The Meaning of Lenten Penance – Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

How to Confess Well? I Worry I Am Not Doing a Good Enough Job of It – Father Z, WDTPRS?

Audio: LENTCAzT, Shrove Tuesday – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Thomas Aquinas on Islam – Brad Birzer, Catholic Vote

Fatima is a Private Revelation – Mark P. Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!

1965 texts and 2010 texts for the Mass – Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

The Other Jesus(es) – Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

LifeSiteNews Defamation? – Steve Wetherbe, The Daily Register

The Social Kingship of Christ – Brian M. McCall, The Distributist Review

US: Father Henry H. Wyman, C.S.P. (1849-1929): Convert, Author, Pastor – Pat McNamara

Haggling Over the Cost of Humanity – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

The Trouble with ZENIT – Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Over 20,000 Flock to Remote Village to Mourn Shahbaz Bhatti – Anto Akkara, Catholic Herald

Putting the Lie to “Safe and Legal.” – Monsignor Charles Pope, AOW

The Church and the Jews in the Middle Ages – Thomas F. Madden, InsideCatholic

How Can They Value Puppies Over Unborn Babies? – Jennifer Fulwiler, National Cthlc Register

For Lent: Top 10 Bible Verses on Penance – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Catholic Bloggers Pet Pictures – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

For All the Saints: Perpetua and Felicitas – Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

Books for Lent – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

A Service Level Agreement for Bishops? – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

LA Religious Education Congress Features Dissident Keynote Speaker – California Cthlc Daily

The Lion of Munster – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

The Growth and Decline of the Roman Economy – Ryan Grant, The Distributist Review

A Light Shines in Pakistan – Lisa Graas

A Moribund Mass and the Catholic Counterculture – Nicholas Postgate Ph.D., The Latin Mass

The Mystery of Lent – Reginaldus, New Theological Movement

U.S. Anglican Ordinariate Update: Fr. Scott Hurd Q&A in Houston – The American Catholic

Ireland: Obsessing Over the Wrong Problem – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Does the Church Require Natural Family Planning? – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

SSPX Methodology: A Question for Bishop Williamson – Ches, The Sensible Bond

Gregorian Chant: The Melodic Voice of the Liturgy – Deacon Q, The Q Continuum

DOMA and 2012 – National Catholic Register

The Western Taliban – Constance Kong, MercatorNet

There’s Just No Other Way; A Meditation on the Gospel – Monsignor Charles Pope, AOW

Tract vs. Gospel Acclamation – Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Benedict’s Sunday on TV, With His Homilies Painted and Sung – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

The Good and Evil of Speech – Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice

Give Your Watch and Glasses to the Immaculate Mary… – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

(Holy) Wars & Rumors of (Holy) Wars in the Tabloid Press – Doctor Ed Peters, ITLOTL

The Church and the Jews in the Middle Ages – Thomas F. Madden, InsideCatholic

Despite Christians Being Murdered, Dialogue Over Barbarity – Alan Holdren, EWTN News/CNA

Surviving Lenten Fasting and Abstinence…. – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Anti-Translation “What If We Just Said, ‘Wait’?” Priest Throws in the Towel – Fr. J. Zuhlsdorf

4000 Muslims Attack Christian Homes, Church Building Razed – Lisa Graas

Chivalry is Not Dead – Rich Leonardi, Ten Reasons

Welcome Home! Cardinal O’Malley – Boston Catholic Insider

James Caviezel Becomes a ‘Person of Interest’ for CBS and J.J. Abrams – The Wrap/The Box

Can Sinners Work Miracles? – Reginaldus, New Theological Movement

For Timeless Wisdom Like This – Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

12 Reasons It’s Harder to be a Dad than a Mom – Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register

Henry VIII: Crowned Monster – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Still Looking for a Lenten Penance? How about Saying the Penitential Psalms? – K. Edwards

A Lament for Our Lady of Walsingham – Stephanie A. Mann, Supremacy and Survival

The Sunday Homily: Are You Ready for Lent? – Father James Farfaglia, Illegitimi non crbrndm

Unreconstructed Ossified Manualists Unite! – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Kim Jong-Il Makes Me Laugh – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

The Role of Music in the Implementation of the New Missal – Chris Owens, Benedictus Dmns

Lent in the Rule of Saint Benedict: Fasting and Abstinence – Kate Edwards, Saints Will Arise

Death and Solidarity – Doctor Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

Why Being Right is Wrong – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Matthew Fradd: 28-year-old Who Conquered His Porn Addiction – Mark Greaves, Cthlc Herald

Science Fiction… – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Obedience and Rebellion – Father James Farfaglia, Illegitimi non carborundum

Kansas Supreme Cout Obstructed Child Rape Investigation to Save Planned Parenthood – LSN

Saving Ethiopia’s “Church Forests” – T. DeLene Beeland, Plos Blogs

The Apple Argument against Abortion – Doctor Peter Kreeft, InsideCatholic

‘Of Gods’: Divine Beauty, Terror, Faith – Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

Should I Remove Chapel Veil to Read During Mass? – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

 

Shahbaz Bhatti’s Death Won’t Stop the Struggle for Blasphemy Reform – Nasir Saeed, Cth Hrld

Book Review:  Some Thoughts about the Pope’s New Book, Part II – Father John Zuhlsdorf

Justin Elliott Calls Tea Party Protest of Jew-Hating Group “Anti-Muslim Hate” – Lisa Graas

The ‘Wilkinson Report‘: Leadership of the Church in Australia – Kate Edwards, Austrl Incgnt

What Benedict Has Written about the Jews is News,  But Not New News – Carl Olson, IIS

Apostolic Succession – Francis J. Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

Wasteful Spending: Gov. Patrick and Gov. Cuomo vs Cardinal O’Malley – Boston Cthlc Insider

If You Want to Breathe New Life into Your Parish, This is How You Do It… – The Cthlc Knight

Pope Benedict’s ‘Shocking‘ Statement on the Jews! – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

Pakistani Catholics Mourn Death of Bhatti with Funeral Mass, Protests – Marianne Medlin

Our Lady of Good Help – Elaine Krewer, The American Catholic

Practical Apologetics in the English Context – Father Tim Finigan, THOC

Most Parents Discourage Religious Vocations, But Why? – Jennifer Fulwiler, Natl Cthlc Register

Language Politics and Family Fun – Melinda Selmys, Sexual Authenticity

US: Collective Bargaining and Church Teaching – Rich Leonardi, Ten Reason

Shahbaz Bhatti Was a Hero of the Catholic Faith and a Martyr – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Time for the Church to Face the Crisis of Spousal Abandonment – Hilary Towers Ph.D., CNA

The Holy Eyes of Saint Dominic and Holy Purity for Men – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

The Cheerful Exorcist – Father Dwight Longenecker, InsideCatholic

Movie About Monks Massacred in Algeria Wins Best Film Award – EWTN News

What Does the New Evangelization Mean for the Church? – Cindy Wooden, Cthlc News Service

The American Experience & Global Religious Liberty – Abp. Charles J. Chaput O.F.M. Cap., FT

Sola Scriptura and Trolls – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

God, Who Can Neither Deceive Nor Be Deceived, Knows All Things – Reginaldus, NTM

New Missal Translation Will Be Like Rediscovering Buried Treasure – Bp. Peter Elliott (Austrl)

BYU is a Model of Principle – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Fathoming the Mercy of God – Doctor Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/In Depth Analysis

Bad Mass = Weak Faith – Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

…Father John Zuhlsdorf comments here…

Here Comes Ash Wednesday. There Goes Your Media? – Steven D. Greydanus, CthlcExchange

Nun Run Anyone? – Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register

England: The Convocation of 1559 A.D. – Stephanie A. Mann, Supremacy and Survival

“Pink Smoke Over the Vatican” – California Catholic Daily

US: “The Boys of Jay Street”: Saint James Academy, 1851-1933 A.D. – Pat McNamara

Don’t Sponsor a Monk or Nun! – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

The Nun Praised by Henry VIII as a ‘Diligent Bee’ – Catholic Herald

David Williams: Kentucky’s Pro-Life Champion – Lisa Graas

The Creed: The Holy Spirit – Mark Shea, CatholicExchange

Baby Claire Celebrates Her First Birthday – Joseph Pronechen, The Daily Register

Will Power Alone Cannot Resist Temptation – Bishop David McGough, Catholic Herald

Does Obama Know Who the Bad Guys Are? – Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Peru: Archbishop Javier del Rio Alba: Voting for Abortion Supporter is a Mortal Sin – Fr. Z

Associated Press (AP) Offers Doctrinal Soup on Mahony – Terry Mattingly, GetReligion.org

The Age of Ageing – Vincenzina Santoro, MercatorNet

Liturgy’s Effect on Gay ‘Marriage’ Debate – Louie Verrecchio

…Father John Zuhlsdorf comments here…

Being Good or Going to Mass? – Father Dwight Longenecker

Don’t Rub Off Your Ashes, Urges Bishop – Anna Arco, Cth Hrld

Shahbaz Bhatti: Martyr For the Faith – Donald R. McClarey, TAC

If You’re Married & on Facebook, Read This – Patrick Madrid

Abortion and Justice – Christopher Kaczor, The Catholic Thing

Closing the Catholic “Debate” on SSM – Anthony S. Layne, OTA

Moral Threats Of College Life: What are We Doing To Protect Our Young? – Msgr. Ch. Pope

Oh my Gosh I Am Hardly Sorry for Having Upended Thee – Mt. Archbold, Nat’l Cthlc Register

The Effectiveness of Natural Family Planning: Subtitled: 99%, Really? – Jake Tawney, RLE

Libya Is on the Brink. But Meanwhile, Lebanon Is Already Lost – Sandro Magister, Chiesa