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THURSDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Why Saint Anthony’s Help Sought in Finding Lost Things? – Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur, C.Exch

Conscience Protection at Risk – William Saunders, The Catholic Thing

The Servite Order in Nine Easy Points – Charles Taylor, Canterbury Tales

CARA Reports on Religious Life Confirm Tradition – Monsignor Charles Pope, ArchD. of Wash.

US Supreme Court to Review Ruling on San Francisco’s Anti-Catholic Resolution – Cal Cth Dly

On Oddie and Ecumenical Futility – Father David G. Poecking, On The Square

US: A Catholic on National Talk Radio – Eddie O’Neill, The Daily Register

Marian Devotion or Marian “Worship” – Deltaflute, Diapers and Drivel

UK: Catholic Schools can Escape Meddling by Becoming Academies – Mark Greaves, Cth Herald

…Damian Thompson (London Daily Telegraph) comments here

Can a Traditional Rite of Baptism be in English? – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Now Can We Lay a Few Ghosts From the Past? – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Liberating Motherhood – Laura L. Garcia, InsideCatholic

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THURSDAY MORNING EDITION

How a ‘Teen Witch’ Found the Church – Liz Dodd, Catholic Herald

Summorum Pontificum ‘Under Threat’, say Roman Sources – Damian Thompson, Telegraph

Pope Forces Bishop John Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee to Resign – Eric Giunta, RenewAmrc

IVF: Money Over Morality? – Ronald J. Rychlak, InsideCatholic

Will Christians Survive in the ‘New Egypt?’ – Michele Chabin, The Daily Register

What’s Wrong with the West? – Robert P. George and William L. Saunders, MercatorNet

Is Deception Always Wrong? I’m Not Convinced – Pat Archbold, National Catholic Register

What Shall We Do with the Bishops? – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

Middle East Revolution, Phase 2 – The Catholic Knight

Proposition 8 Back to California Supreme Court – California Catholic Daily

Questions (and Answers) on Early Genesis, Part I – Reginaldus, New Theological Movement

Four Catholic Musical Diseases, and Their Cures – J. Prever, Catholic Phoenix

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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Mass Media and the Duty of Parents – Iosephus Sebastianus, New Theological Movement

Ordinariates: Sign that Those Fighting for the Faith Not as Lonely as Before – Wm. Oddie, CH

On the Problem of Arrested Spiritual Development – Monsignor Charles Pope, ArchD. of Wash.

Sargent Shriver and His Times – George Weigel, On The Square

The Three Most Profound Ideas I Have Ever Had – Doctor Peter Kreeft, The Intgrtd Cthlc Life™

Egyptian Constitutional Panel Excludes Copts & Women – Aaron Goldstein, Amrcn Spectator

Politics, Culture, Church – Father Bevil Bramwell O.M.I., The Catholic Thing

Traditional Habit-Wearing Nuns Plan New Priory to Accommodate Big Growth – Cal Cthlc Daily

To Lie is Absolutely Wrong: Dawn Eden is Right, Darn it – Mark Shea, National Cthlc Register

To Lie for Good: Journalists Uncover International Sex Slave Operation – Joshua Mercer, CV

“The Church Would Look Foolish Without Them”, George B. Perkins – Pat McNamara

Taking Childbirth Home – John Bambenek, MercatorNet

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WEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

‘Social Justice’ is a Complex Concept – Father Robert Sirico, Acton Institute PowerBlog

U.S.: Catholic Charities Critiques Government Bureaucracy – Brian Burch, Catholic Vote

Germany: Counter-Petition in Support of Orthodoxy – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

Maureen Dowd: Confession App Pushes Guilt on Gays – Thomas Peters, American Papist

Dissident Catholic Priest Suing LifeSiteNews, May Shut Them Down – LifeSiteNews.com

Dan Brown, a Pied Piper of Historical Illiteracy – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

A Quick Lesson in Political Reality – Anthony S. “Tony” Layne, The Impractical Catholic

Bishop Jenky on the Improved Translation – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

At Consecration the Priest Holds Ciborium Not Host – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Priest Sex Scandal: Guilty Until Proven Innocent? – Joan Frawley Desmond, The Daily Register

The Luck of the Irish – Carol McKinley, The Tenth Crusade

Denial; It Ain’t Just A River – Steve Kellmeyer, The Fifth Column

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TUESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

How the Hail Mary Prayer Came to Be… – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Perpetual Virginity as Prophetic Sign – Mark P. Shea, InsideCatholic

John Paul II International Film Festival Takes Miami – Tim Drake, The Daily Register

I Am In Awe of Such Faith – Matthew Archbold, National Catholic Register

This Just In from the University of Barnyard Hedonism – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Chart-Topping Confession App Draws Catholic & non-Catholic Interest – Benjamin Mann, CNA

Bp. Brown Disturbed by Parish Priest Concelebrating Mass with non-Catholic – Cal Cth Daily

Planned Parenthood Tried to Force Raped Teen to Have Abortion – Steven Ertelt, LifeNews

Cain’s Conscience, the Truth That We Do Know What We’re Doing – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

A Father’s Unity of Life – James Stenson, Catholic Exchange

New Translation Monday: The Mystery of Faith – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

Life and Truth – Robert P. George, Mirror of Justice

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TUESDAY MORNING EDITION

Stop Sleepwalking Through Life! – Marcel LeJeune, Aggie Catholics

Is the So-Called ‘Spirit of Vatican II’ Finally Waning? – Damian Thompson, Telegraph

The Recognition of Father Damien – Doctor Jeff Mirus, On the Culture

U.S.: Ave Maria University Tabs Jim Towey – Tim Drake, The Daily Register

Lila & Lying: A Rose By Any Other Name – Steve Kellmeyer, The Fifth Column

Groundless Gossip – Archbishop Timothy Dolan, The Gospel in the Digital Age

Music & Faith in My Life & Vision – Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, Cthlc University of America

Don Quixote Catholicism – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Priests Fear Egyptian Youth Will Turn Away from Church – Barb Fraze, Catholic Herald

A Message to the Ordinariate….. – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Rowing Upstream: On Being Catholic in the Modern World – Michael Novak, InsideCatholic

How Can I leave the Catholic Church? – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

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MON. EXTRA: GAY PERSECUTION

Bishop Cordileone Fights to Save Marriage – Sue Ellen Browder, The Daily Register

Gay Group “Furious” Over Confession App – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Call Politically Correct Anti-Catholicism What It Is, Bigotry! – The Catholic Knight

Homosexual Activists Protest at Chicago Cathedral; Cardinal George Responds – Cthlc Culture

The Gay Issue – Deltaflute, Diapers and Drivel

Catholics & Mormons Together – Kathryn Lopez, Catholic Vote

Will They Sentence Our Priests to Prison? – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

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MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Attacks on the New Missal are the Last Gasp of the Spirit of Vatican II – William Oddie, C.Hrld

My Reception Into the Church in Oxford in 1968 Makes More Sense – Carl Olson, Insight Scoop

For The Love Of God, Shut Up! – Patrick Archbold, National Catholic Register

Anglican Communion’s Greatest Contribution to Ecumenism – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Alberto Cutié, an Amazing Email Exchange – Chris Aubert, The Truth Blog…

America in the Church – Brian A. Nafarrete, Catholic Exchange

Lying to Planned Parenthood: A Response to CatholicVote.org – Reginaldus, New Thlgcl Mov

Why Lying is Always Wrong – Christopher O. Tollefsen, Public Discourse

On the Gift of Doing Just One Thing – Monsignor Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Morality without Religion? – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

‘Catholic’ Pelosi Vows All-Out Attack on Pro-Life Measures in Congress – California Cthlc Daily

Guilt & Gratitude – Father Anthony Lusvardi S.J., Whosoever Desires

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SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY EDITION

Saint Valentine’s Day – The Catholic Encyclopedia (1912)

The Myth of Romantic Love – Michael Novak, On The Square

Saint Valentine’s Day – What is Love? – Father James Farfaglia, Illegitimi non carborundum

Love and the Skeptic – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

If The Saints Wrote Conversation Hearts…Updated – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

Irish Historical Mysteries: Saint Valentine in Dublin – Sean Murphy

Love Alone is Believable: Hans Urs von Balthasar – Monsignor John R. Cihak, Ignatius Insight

A Full Pastoral Commitment to Adequate Marriage Preparation – Father Roger Landry, TICL™

Deconstructing Options – David Mills, On The Square

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MONDAY MORNING EDITION

Homosexual Activists Attack iPhone App for Confession – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Homosexual Church Weddings – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Where Protestants & Catholics Differ on Concupiscence & Bible Interpretation – Deltaflute

Pope Pius X & Our Modern Ideologies of What Makes a Good Society – Father Steel, DCA

Beauty: Herald of the Divine – Tom Crowe, Catholic Vote

Canon Law and Catholic Publications – Adoro te Devote

What to Pray After Receiving the Holy Eucharist? – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Mark Brumley Remarks on Anne Rice’s Critics, and Critics of Those Critics – Insight Scoop

A House Divided – Anthony S. “Tony” Layne, Outside the Asylum

Why Does the Heart Get Credit for Love? – Stacy Trasancos, Accepting Abundance

Subsidiarity and Solidarity are Inseparable – Doctor Jeff Mirus, On the Culture

New York: The Abortion Capital of America – George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

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SUNDAY EDITION

U.S. Anglican Ordinariate Surpasses The Episcopal Church USA – The Catholic Knight

Winning the Future of American Catholicism – Matthew Warner, National Catholic Register

The Medjugorje Controversy… – Diane M. Korzeniewski O.C.D.S., Te Deum Laudamus!

Bread, Fish, and the Sacramental Imagination – Father Philip Neri Powell O.P., DDMHA!

Seminarians and Earrings – Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

A Baker’s Dozen – Steve Kellmeyer, The Fifth Column

U.S.: Wombat’s Lesson on Catholic Voters – Lisa Graas

Marriage is Forever – Father James Farfaglia, Illegitimi non carborundum

Did Live Action Lie? – Doctor Monica Migliorino Miller, Catholic Vote

First Things’ New Old Direction – Joan Frawley Desmond, The Daily Register

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them – Joe Hargrave, The American Catholic

Martin Mass for Double Choir – Keith Fraser, The Chant Café

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SATURDAY EDITION

Medjugorje is Generating What the Devil Loves Most: Disobedience – Francis Phillips, Cth Hrld

Latin: The Intelligibility of the Unintelligible – Father Christopher Smith, The Chant Café

What Rough Beast – Anthony Esolen, InsideCatholic

Double Standard: a New Perspective on the Sex-Abuse Scandal – Phil Lawler, On the News

What Do I Mean by “Church”? – Magister Christianus, Bedlam or Parnassus

Saint Bernadette’s Lessons in Love – Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

Egypt’s Christians After Mubarak – Cornelis Hulsman & Dale Gavlak, Christianity Today

A Sad Day – Steve Kellmeyer, The Fifth Column

The “Back Alley” Never Went Away – Tom Crowe, Catholic Vote

The Critical Mass, Are Both Forms the Same? – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Is the New Translation More Reverent? – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Keeping the Sabbath Holy – Deltaflute, My Twisted Life’s Journey

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