Big Pulpit

Pro-Abort George Soros Helps Planned Parenthood Counter Scandals – Thomas Peters, AmP

The Sufferings of Saint Agatha the Virgin Martyr – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

The Sheep and the Goats: Work and Service to Others – Jordan Ballor, Acton Commentary

Why is the Minnesota Cthlc Conference Opposed to a Voter ID Bill? – Joshua Mercer, CthVote

Toward a More Just Economy – Father C. J. McCloskey III, InsideCatholic

A Book in the Backpack, With the Pope’s Autograph – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Where Children are Safest: the Family – Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Did Jesus Exist? – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

God Given or Government Given Rights? – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

An Interview with Winston Riley on Walker Percy – Micah Mattix, On The Square

Organum – Keith Fraser, The Chant Café

Am I Forbidden to Kneel After the Agnus Dei? – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

3 More Planned Parenthood Clinics Aiding Underage Sex Trafficking – Thomas Peters, AmP

Why Vocation Programs Don’t Work – Father Damian J. Ference, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Catholic Church Querying U.S. Anglicans for Possible Ordinariate – Kevin J. Jones, CNA

Packers’ Pastor – Eddie O’Neill, The Daily Register

Stung! The Ethics of Entrapment – Carolyn Moynihan, MercatorNet

Movie Review: Sanctum an Unholy Affront – Steven D. Greydanus, National Catholic Register

Obama Administration Covering Up Abortion Data *Updated* – Erick Erickson, RS

Meet the Mother Teresa of Cairo for Her Work with City’s Garbage People – Ed West, C.Hrld

Saint Agatha, Patroness of Breast Ailments – Mike Aquilina, The Way of the Fathers

Don’t be a Fool – Father Philip Neri Powell O.P., Domine da mihi hance aquam!

In the Time of My Confession – Francis J. Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

A Model Of Catholic Theological Reflection? – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

Who are Those Coptic People Anyway? – Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

Snapshots of the New Normal – Katie Walker, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Europe’s Disappearing Backbone – Phil Lawler, On the News

Is There Scandal in Ecumenical Prayer? – Doctor Jeff Mirus, In Depth Analysis

What Is the New Statism? – Jeffrey Tucker, InsideCatholic

For Thoughts On Meekness Like These – Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

How to Convert Witches to Catholicism – Damian Thompson, Telegraph

Born for Combat – Todd Hartch, The Catholic Thing

Bethel and Bethlehem – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

How to Approach Priests Concerning Liturgical Aberrations – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Personalities Of The Catholic Combox – Pat Archbold, National Catholic Register

Ethnic Nationalism and the End of History – DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

“Democratic” Egypt Sends Apostates to Their Death – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Muslim Brotherhood Wants End to Egypt-Israeli Peace Deal – RIA Novosti

Catholic-Muslim Dialogue is at the End of the Road – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Egypt: The Zealots Waiting in the Wings – Praveen Swami, Telegraph

Missionary: Egyptian Protestors Want Democracy, Not Islamic State – CatholicCulture.org

The Iranian Revolution Echoes in Egypt – Michael J. Totten, Pajamas Media

Egyptians Want More Islam in Politics, According to Pew Poll – Tom Heneghan, Faithworld

US: 2nd Planned Parenthood Clinic Abetting Underage Prostitution – Thomas Peters, AmP

It is a Sin to Lie, Even to Planned Parenthood – Reginaldus, New Theological Movement

John 3:16 Super Bowl Ad Rejected – Erik Hayden, The Atlantic Wire

Canada: Bell Drops EWTN from Digital Service – Michael Swan, Catholic Register

Fifth-Grader Allowed to Perform Song Mentioning Jesus at School – California Catholic Daily

Matt Abott’s Statement on the Fr. Euteneuer Saga – Carol McKinley, The Tenth Crusade

Notre Dame Law Prof Says CMR’s Wrong – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Why the Drug Problem Is a God Problem – Father James V. Schall S.J., Ignatius Insight

Use of ‘Mary’ as Baby Name Plummets Among American Parents – Catholic News Agency

Typical New U.S. Nun: 43-Year-Old, Prays Rosary, Comes from Large Family – CatholicCulture

How to Plant Seeds of Faith with Strangers – Eric Sammons, Our Sunday Visitor

Why We Fight – Joe Hargrave, The American Catholic

Praising Fictional Bestiality in the Newspapers – Wesley J. Smith, Secondhand Smoke

Exorcist Warns Parents of Rise in ‘Demonic’ Websites – Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald

Liturgy in Times of Disaster, Dependence on God or Dependence on Man? – Kate Edwards, AI

Bad Hymns – Keith Fraser, The Chant Café

When Life is Subject to Choice, Nihilism Follows – Tom Crowe, CatholicVote.org

Mapping Transformation – Sherry Weddell, Intentional Disciples

Words Written in Trembling – Mark P. Shea, InsideCatholic

Innocence and Imagination – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Can a Priest Wear a Cross Around His Neck? – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Health Care Reform Begins at Home – Kevin E. Schmiesing, Acton Commentary

Between Smirks & Silence: Ignoring the Epidemic of Prison Rape – Joe Carter, On The Square

One pilgrim’s View of the March for Life – D.L. Jones, The American Catholic

Egypt’s Coptic Patriarch Speaks Out – Michele Chabin, The Daily Register

BBC Reports on Cardinal Vaughan Fiasco, Abp. Nichols Looks Bad – Dm. Thompson, Telegraph

Canceling Mass Because of the Super Bowl – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Rome Has Answered Christopher West! – Kevin Symonds, Desiderium

Planned Parenthood Manager Fired After Anti-Abortion Sting – David Crary, Associated Press

The Rot in Values That is Causing America’s Decline – Shmuley Boteach, The Jerusalem Post

Archbishop Backs iPhone App that Explains New Mass Translation – Mark Greaves, Cthlc Herald

Egypt: Perhaps Democracy Not Desired; Obama, Soros, and Muslim Brotherhood – Lisa Graas

Iraqi Christians: A Shared Faith, & Its Duties – Archbishop Charles Chaput , Denver Cth Regstr

The Confirmation experiment and Quam Singulari – Father Tim Finigan, THOC

Want Some Smut with Your Groceries? – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

ObamaCare and the Threat to Human Dignity – Donald P. Condit, Acton Commentary

Candlemas, February 2 – Stephanie A. Mann, Supremacy and Survival

Texas A&M Aggie Catholic Renaissance – George Weigel, On The Square

A Papal Nuncio on Bishops Resisting Summorum Pontificum – Gregor Kollmorgan, New Lit Mov

Worldwide Paradigm Shift Underway – The Catholic Knight

L.A. School Nixes 5th Grader’s Talent Show Over ‘Jesus’ Song – California Catholic Daily

MTV Once Again Exploits Youths with ‘Skins’ – Marybeth Hicks, CatholicMom.com

Does Physician’s Right of Conscience Cover a Right Against Compelled Speech? – R.V., MOJ

Catholic Bishops Meddle in the Internet – Bruce Walker, The Michigan View

Parents: Your Children Are Not Your Own – Eric Sammons, The Divine Life

The Family That Works Together… – Theresa Thomas, The Integrated Catholic Life™

I Am Unsure About Whether My Marriage Is Valid – Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Commercialized Sex and Human Bondage – Ellyn Arevalo and Mark Regnerus, Public Discourse

Regime Changing – Father James V. Schall SJ, The Catholic Thing

Some Suggestions on Subverting the Dominant Paradigm – Mark Shea, National Cthlc Register

UK: Parliament has the Right to Decide on ‘Women Bishops’ – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Relic Status in the Middle East? – Doreen Abi Raad, The Daily Register

Prophet of Hyde Park: Frank Sheed & Secrets of a Street-Corner Evangelist – P. Madrid, InsdC

A Dramatic Moment That Almost Everyone Missed – Msgr. Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Bultmann’s New Clothes – Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

A Call to Arms: Oral Contraception and its Insult to God – Matt Phillips, The American Catholic

For His Majesty’s Secret Service: Henry Morse, SJ – Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

The Purification of the Virgin Most Pure – Reginaldus, New Theological Movement

Priest Poured Precious Blood After consecration, Denied Communion on the Tongue – Fr. Z

Statement of Fr. Thomas Euteneuer: ‘Setting the Record Straight’ – Fr. Euteneuer, LfStNws

Pope Benedict XVI’s Defense of Religious Freedom – George Neumayr, Catholic World Report

Light of the World: Insights Into a Historic Papacy – Fr. C. John McCloskey III STD, CthExchng

“Re-ordering” the Sacraments of Initiation – Chris Owens, Benedictus Dominus…

Civility, Not Just After Tragedy – Father Robert Sirico, Acton Institute Power Blog

Firefighters Forced to Participate in Gay Pride Parade Win Legal Battle – Cthlc News Agency

‘Eat Mor Chikin’ or Not? – Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion.org

Planned Parenthood Caught Aiding & Abetting Underage Sex Trafficking – Lisa Graas

Militant Gays Allowed to Protest Outside Cathedral on St. Valentine’s Day – Th. Peters, AmP

Pope Questions Celibacy? – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

South Sudan, Africa’s Newest Nation – Investors Business Daily

Can Pastor/Liturgist Make Servers to Receive Communion Under Both Kinds? – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

…Known Simply as “Father Bob” – Eric Sammons, The Divine Life

Lord, Keep Your Arm Around My Shoulder & Your Hand Over My Mouth – Msgr. Ch. Pope, AoW

On Beauty… – The Crescat

Surrender and Strength – Randy Hain, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Moments to be Seized, Work to Be Done – Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing

The Sword of Roland and the Virgin Mary (Durandel) – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Musical America – Robert R. Reilly, InsideCatholic

Egypt and the Loss of U.S. Prestige in the Middle East – Deal W. Hudson, InsideCatholic

MovieGuide Gets Exorcism Movie Rite, Catholic Teaching Wrong – S.D. Greydanus, NCRegister

‘The Rite’ is #1 at the Box Office – Custos Fidei

B&B Owners Have Been Punished for Being Faithful to Christian Teaching – F. Phillips, CH

Kristof on Bishop Olmstead – Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice

How to Reject Someone thoughtfully – Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

Personal Discipleship & the Great Library – Sherry Weddell, Intentional Disciples

Instituted Lectors and Acolytes: A Proposal – Chris Owens, Benedictus Dominus…

“This Book … Skilfully Dissects the Doctrines of ‘Rapture Theology’…” – Carl Olson, Scoop

Born of Parents Who Never Danced Together – Father Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Of Subdeacons and Tunics – Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Saint Brigid, Patroness of Australia? – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita