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The Terrifying New Patroness of Abortion is a Demon

by Scott Smith

of All Roads Lead to Rome

You’ve Heard of ‘Fake News’, How about ‘Fake Science’? – Denyse O’Leary, Mercatornet
How Transgender Crusade Made Me Rethink Support for ‘Gay Marriage’ – Bth. Mandel, Fdrlst
Actually, It’s the Religious Left That’s Dying – Michael Brown Ph.D., The Stream
Death of NFL Inevitable as Middle Class Abandons the Game – John Kass, Chicago Tribune
The American Medical Association vs. Human Nature – Philip Hawley Jr. M.D., Public Dscrs
Law Professors Celebrate Marriage & Work Ethic, Attacked as Racists – G.W. Dent Jr., Fdrlst
5 Facts about Antifa – Joe Carter, Powerblog
The Bonnie Blue Flag – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The America Catholic
Non-Profit Leaders Ask Media to Stop Citing Southern Poverty Law Center – L. McArtor, Strm
The Subsidiarity Principle – Jeff Deist, Mises Institute
Ruth Institute Lost Its Fundraising Page because of Its View on Marriage? – Matt Hadro, CNA
Religion on the College Campus – Mark Bauerlein Ph.D., First Things
The Rise of the Left’s Violent, Fascist Antifa – Rachel Alexander, The Stream
The Forgotten Palestinians – Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute
Immense Need is ‘New Normal’ after Harvey – Jim Graves, OSV Newsweekly
Rains from Monster Irma Start Hitting Puerto Rico – Anika Kentish, The Stream
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Planned Parenthood Social Media Question About Dating Massively Backfires

by Micaiah Bilger

of LifeNews.com

Is the Joel Osteen Brouhaha Justified? – Rachel Lu Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
What Criminologists Don’t Say & Why – John Paul Wright Ph.D. & Matt DeLisi Ph.D., Cty Jrnl
Politico Mocks Christian Faith of Hurricane Harvey Victims – Christine Rousselle, Life News
Pastor: Iceland “Most Godless Country in Europe” – Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews.com
Criticism Of The Nashville Statement – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Vogue Magazine Makes Treason Fashionable – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Would a Secret Society Lie? The Freemasons Part III — Ianto Watt, Statistician to the Stars!
Liberation Theology: The Prosperity Gospel, Plus Gulags – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
White Supremacy Group Slams Pro-Lifers Trying to Defund Planned Parenthood – M. Bilger, LN
Christian Artists Should Have Same Free Speech Game as Colin Kaepernick – J. Gottry, Fdrlst
Houston: Disaster Management has Come a Long Way Since Katrina – Nicole Gelinas, City Jrnl
How This Catholic Saint Might be the Patron of Opioid Addicts – CNA via The CWR
Michigan is 14% African-American, 50% of Babies Killed in Abortions are Black – Chr. Gast, LN
Man Who Lost Everything in Harvey Flood Still Thankful: ‘God is Good’ – Nancy Flory, Strm
Political Theory, Travel, and the Love of Home – Brian Jones, Public Discourse
Houston Residents are in for a Long Recovery after Harvey – John Burger, Aleteia
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Mocked by Two Hollywood Stars, Pro-Life Woman Responds

by Josh Shepherd

of The Stream

When You Rely Upon Filth, Filth Is What People Remember – Anthony M. Esolen Ph.D., Reg
Joan of Arc Caught in Statue-Toppling Movement – Joanne McPortland, Aleteia
Facebook Post Puts Catholic Farmer in Crosshairs of Anti-Bias Ordinance – J.F. Desmond, Reg
CNN Publishes List of “Hate Groups” from a Discredited Leftist Org. – Mark Pulliam, City Jrnl
Trans Juggernaut Wants Your Kids, Public Schools Just the Beginning – Joy Pullmann, Fdrlst
Gold Medalist: I Know Many Olympians Who Regret Their Abortions – Micaiah Bilger, Life Nws
Pro-Life Investment Plan Hits $1B in Assets, Rejects Pro-Abort. Companies – Steven Ertelt, LN
China’s Cheerful Racists – Carola Binney, The Spectator
If Libs Won’t Acknowledge Leftist Violence, It’s No Better Than Trump – Dav. Harsanyi, Fdrlst
Mysticism & the Benedict Option – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Bosnia’s Sordid Independence – Alexander Clapp, The National Interest
Austin Ruse’s New Book Debunks Fake Science – Andrew E. Harrod, The Stream
The End of Asia’s Strategic (Economic) Miracle? – Richard N. Haass, Project Syndicate
China’s African Knot – Felipe Cruvinel, The Diplomat
Socialism Disregards Human Dignity – Eugénio Lopes, Transatlantic Blog
Kurds Plan Ahead for Shifting Status in Syria – Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor
For the FRIDAY CATHOLICA EDITION (18 August AD 2017) click here.
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The Last Acceptable Prejudice also Pops Up in Children’s Books

by Jennifer Minicus

Mercatornet

In Iceland, Life is Gray & the Future is Dark – Brianna Heldt, National Catholic Register
How ‘Diversity’ Is Tearing America Apart – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Charlottesville Has Become a Pretext for Letting Antifa Run Wild – John Zmirak Ph.D., Strm
The Surprising Thing That Happened in Charlottesville – Matthew Archbold, NC Register
Would a Secret Society Lie? The Freemasons Part I – Ianto Watt, Statistician to the Stars!
Scientists May have Stumbled Across the Cure for Cancer – J-P Mauro, Aleteia
Gay Organization Rewards Walmart for Same Bathroom Policy as N. Carolina – G. Stanton, PD
Many Want Communist Statues Removed Across The U.S. – Henry Rodgers, The Stream
Last Crusade: The View from Nowhere – John C. Wright, Sci Fi Wright
Pro-Choicers Should Explain Why They Think Eugenics Is Acceptable – David Harsanyi, Fdrlst
What’s So Awful about People w/ Down Syndrome That We Have to Abort Them? – Haupt, LN
American Genius is Under Attack from China – Wilbur Ross, Financial Times
Syriac Patriarch Says West has ‘Betrayed’ Middle East Christians – CNA via Catholic Herald
Right to Work as a Religious Liberty Concern – K.E. Colombini, Crisis Magazine
Congress Can Fix Unfair System of Tax Incentives – Ken Blackwell, The Stream
Iceland Is Eradicating Down Syndrome by Aborting Everyone Who Has It – Rezac, CNA via Rg
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VVEDNESDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

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Hollywood Star Sets Twitter on Fire When She Calls Out CBS for Abortion Story

by Pardes Seleh

of the Independent Journal Review

Charlottesville Through the Eyes of an Ex-White Supremacist – Joseph Pearce, NC Register
A Cure for MS? – Mark Pickup, the Human Life Review
Macron’s Popularity is Collapsing as France Faces a Winter of Upheaval – David Cowan, CH
CBS Applauds Iceland for “Eliminating” Down Syndrome thru Abortion – Katie Yoder, Life Nws
Nazis: Left or Right? – Darwin, DarwinCatholic
Did Medieval Medicine Ever Work; More Than You Think – John Horvat II, The Imaginativ. . .
Sorry, Google, But There’s No Such Thing As ‘Scientific’ Values – Matthew Petrusek, Fdrlst
Why Trendy Math that Focuses on Understanding Often Cheats Kids – Barry Garelick, Fdrlst
NFL Owners Reluctant to Sign Kaepernick Due to Too Much Baggage – H. Baker Ph.D., Fdrlst
US Vet Returns Dead Japanese Soldier’s Flag – Mari Yamaguchi, The Stream
US: Progressive Values Can’t Be Just Secular Values – Chris Coons, The Atlantic
Can Anyone Stop Iran From Taking Over Iraq? – Zaid al-Ali, The New York Times
The Idea of India is Alive & Kicking – Linda S. Heard, Gulf News Thinkers
Left-Leaning Tories & Labour Blairites to Form New Centrist Party? – Stephen Daisley
Pursuing Unity: Race & the American Story – S. Adam Seagrave, Public Discourse
US State Department Recognizes ISIS Genocide in Religious Freedom Report – Mt. Hadro, CNA
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MONDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

Serena Williams Isn’t Horrible for Celebrating Her Baby’s Sex, & Neither Are You

by Nicole Russell

of The Federalist

We Fought to Save Each Polio Victim, Now Disabled People Left to Die – W.J. Smith J.D., LN
Is the Baby Human? Maybe He Identifies as an Adult Lesbian Hippo – Jn. Zmirak Ph.D., Strm
The Missiles of August – Ross Douthat, The New York Times
Quotes Suitable for Framing: Niall Ferguson – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The Amrcn Catholic
ACLU Lawyer: ‘I Don’t Believe In Protecting Principle’ On Free Speech – Bre Payton, Fdrlst
Without Christian Witness & Culture, the West Cannot Resist Islam – Fr. Stravinskas, CWR
Gender Identity Folly – Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine
‘But if Not’: How Biblical Literacy Jolted Civilian Brits Into Action at Dunkirk – Pt. Hong, Strm
Welcome to the Ranks, Jay Stephens – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Chinese Forego Marriage, Repeating Failed Western Life Script – Nicole M. King, Mercatornet
August Bomb Follies 2017 – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Brexit’s £1.5 Billion Boon to Charities – Ben Johnson, Powerblog
Equal but Different: Mothers & Fathers are Not Interchangeable – Steven E. Rhoads, Mrctrnt
Archaeologists in Jerusalem Uncover Evidence of Babylonian Destruction – Jn. Burger, Aleteia
 A New Brand of Chinese Soft Power? – Sacha Cody, East Asia Forum
The Promise & Peril of New Genetic Engineering Technology – John Burger, Aleteia
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FRIDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

Reaping What We’ve Sown

by Anne Hendershott

of The Catholic Thing

Can America Last? – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
A Memo to Google Employees on the Recent Outrage – Kevin Clark, Crisis Magazine
Hiroshima, North Korea, and the End of Just War – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
The Western Baby Bust – Eric Metaxas, The Stream
How Christianity Can Ride The Tiger – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Overpopulation? Asian, Euro Leaders Begging Citizens to Have More Children – E. Metaxas, LN
Medical Waste Firm Cancels Contracts with Planned Parenthood – Steven Ertelt, Life News
Can there be Ethics without God? Theology of SciFi, Redux 1 – Bob Kurland Ph.D., RoaCS
If the Opioid Crisis Isn’t a National Emergency, Nothing Is – Matthew Walther, The Week
Almost 1 in 20 People in Netherlands are Killed in Euthanasia – Michael Cook, Life News
After Charlie Gard, UK Allows Another Baby to US for Needed Surgery – Micaiah Bilger, LN
Venezuela on the Brink – Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register
Religion & Politics at the Dinner Table: Challenging the Old Maxim – Christopher W. Love, PD
Guam, Target of No. Korea’s Threats, has a Majority Catholic Population – Jn. Burger, Aleteia
Does Marriage Help Men Become Better Earners? – Laurie DeRose, Family Studies
Countering Chinese Mercantilism – David Adler, City Journal

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Transgender Activists are Seeking to Undermine Parental Rights

by Scott Yenor

of The Stream

Judge Says State Can’t Force Photographer to Take Part in Gay Wedding – Mat. Archbold, CMR
Book Rev. of Austin Ruse’s Fake Science: Exposing the Left’s Skewed S. . . – W. Briggs Ph.D.
Jim Acosta, Racist Apologist for White Privilege – David P. Goldman, Spengler
Secularists Erase Christianity from European History – Russell Shaw, The Disp. via The CWR
SOGI Lawsuit Against Private School – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
The Church of Intersectionality Offers Nothing for Sinful Man – Anthony Esolen Ph.D., Crisis
Tenure and the Common Good of the University – Brian Jones, The Imaginative. . .
Now That We Know Football Hurts Athletes, Should We Keep Watching? – J. Tobin, The Fdrlst
Why Is The N.Y. Times Trying To Rehabilitate Communism? – Robert Tracinski, The Fdrlst
Canadian Robot Spider on Cathedral Spawns Twitter Fame – CNA  via The CWR
The Continuing Threat to Religious Liberty – Ryan T. Anderson Ph.D., National. . .
No, Dunkirk Isn’t about Brexit – Ed West, Catholic Herald
Why are Many Americans OK w/ Corps. Bowing to Chinese Censorship? – M. Walther, The Wk
The ‘No-State Solution’ to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – Anisa Mehdi, Stratfor via Forbes
Natural Family Planning: It’s Not Just for Catholics – Sarah Huntzinger, Catholic Stand
Challenging Race-based Admissions – K.C. Johnson, City Journal

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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Defusing Homosexual and Transgender Landmines

by Joe Bissonnette, Ph.D.

of Crisis Magazine

Remembering St. Padre Pio’s Words on Abortion; The Bonino Scandal – Edward Pentin, Reg
Actress Patricia Heaton Shares Spiritual Experience from Eucharist at Mass – ChurchPop
If Fishwrap & Modernist Jesuits had Their Way. . . – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Francis: To Reform Does Not Mean Cutting Off the Past – Andrea Gagliarducci, Mon Vtcn
Wherein Fr. Z Sends Michael Sean Winters a “Combat Rosary” – Fr. Z’s Blog
Jesuits & the Barque of Peter – Fr. Z’s Blog
Why Telling Your Story Improves Your Fundraising (Dramatically) – Brice Sokolowski
Charlie Gard was Baptized, Held St. Jude Medal Before Death – CNA via The CWR
Mercy Rains: The July 13th, 1917 Apparition & Reality of Hell – Suellen Brewster, Cthlc Stnd
In the Breach of the Divide, On Day 1, ArchChuck Talks Church’s Checkered Flag – Roc. Palmo
God Has A Plan: Trust His Holistic Point of View – Christine Roe, Catholic Stand
Cartesian Angelism – Edward Feser Ph.D.
Confession & Absolution are Biblical – Dave Armstrong, National Catholic Register
Should Our Seminarians Learn About the Sciences? – Stacy Trasancos Ph.D., Cthlc Answers
lit: Catholicism for Young Adults – T.J. Burdick O.P., Dominican Institute
Celebrating the Maccabees, Catholic Saints – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual. . .

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Why Catholics are Politically Homeless

by Matthew Walther

of The Week

Big Corporations Pressure Texas to Push Perversion – Jeremy Wallace & Mike Ward, Chron
Why Do Progressives Show So Much Animosity to the West? – Joseph Pearce, The Imagina. . .
World War II was also a Religious War for the British – Michael Snape, The Catholic Thing
Getting the Middle Ages Right: The Plight of the English Worker – John Horvat II, TIC
The Heart-Rending Dilemmas of an Atheist Brain Surgeon – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald
The Rolling Revolution in Sex and Gender: A History – Scott Yenor Ph.D., Public Discourse
The Tommy Curry Situation – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Contraceptive Access & Declining Teen Birth Rates: Unproven Link – Kth. Fenton M.D., PD
Venezuela’s Unprecedented Collapse – Ricardo Hausmann, Project Syndicate
Boris Johnson: Three Cheers for the Anglosphere – Richard Alston, the interpreter
When Literature & Film Partner: Graham Greene’s The Third Man at 65 – Kevin T. DiCamillo
Tatarstan, the Last Region to Lose Its Special Status Under Putin – Lena Smirnova, Mscw Tms
The Classicist: The Forgotten Virtues Of Physical Labor – Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Inst.
Ondine’s Curse: If This Boy Falls Asleep, He’ll Stop Breathing – Sophia Swinford, Aleteia
The Charlie Gard Case Portends a Frightening Future – Stephen M. Krason Ph.D., Crisis
Free Markets and Unicorns – Andrew Strain, First Things

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MONDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

A Sterile France in a Muslim Europe: The Harvest of Bastille Day

by John Zmirak, Ph.D.

of The Stream

Pope Benedict’s SOS – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
France’s Pres. Wrong On Africa, It Doesn’t Need Fewer Kids, But Better Institutions – Bonicelli
They Hate You, They Really Hate You – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Post-Christian No More: The Western World Has Its Own Gods Now – Tom Gilson, The Stream
Court Sides with NY Archdiocese in Major Religious Liberty Decision – CNA via The CWR
Two Ways The Church Can Die – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
ABC News: Christians Who Defend Religious Liberty are ‘Hate Group’ – Todd Starnes
New Research: Shroud of Turin Bears Blood of a Torture Victim – Cthlc News Agency via Reg
Christian Worldview and The View: Revelation vs. Majority Opinion – John Stonestreet
“Catholic” Melinda Gates Will Spend $375M Pushing Abortion – Micaiah Biler, LifeNews.com
Russia’s Korea Strategy – Samuel Ramani, The Diplomat
Charlie Gard Safe for Now: Will be Spared Until July 25 – Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews.com
Why is Equality & Human Rts Commission Playing Down Role of Disabled People? – F. Davis
Will U.S. Challenge China’s Sweeping Sovereignty Claims? – Joseph A. Bosco, The Natl Intrst
You’re the Next Charlie Gard if Govt Decides Whether Your Quality of Life is Good Enough – LN
Indonesia Stakes Its Claim in the South China Sea – The American Interest

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Pray for the Life of Charlie Gard

Charles Krauthammer Under Fire for Calling Efforts to Save Charlie Gard a “Cruel Hoax”

by Micaiah Bilger

of LifeNews.com

The Little-Noticed Horror in the Charlie Gard Case – Michael Brown Ph.D., The Stream
The Catholic Leaders Who Left Charlie Gard for Dead – Stephen Herreid, Catholic Vote
Will Charlie Gard Bring Down the European (Soviet) Union? – Jason Jones & Jn. Zmirak Ph.D.
Why Do People Think It’s OK to Kill Charlie Gard If He Can’t be Cured – Dave Andrusko, LN
Je Suis Charlie, Once More – R.R. Reno, First Things
5 World Specialists Recommend Charlie Gard Receive Experimental Treatment – Kt. Ostrowski
Every State Needs to Pass ‘Simon’s Law’ to Prevent Charlie Gard Cases Stateside – Grc. Stark
How Can Government Tell Parents When Their Child Should Die? – John Stonestreet, Lif Nws
Charlie Gard and the Age of “Do Harm” Medicine – Lori Hadacek Chaplin, Natl Cth Register
Charlie Gard’s Mom: This Has Been Absolute Hell, We Have No Say in His Life Whatsoever – LN
Pro-Life Leaders: Pro-Lifers Must Speak Up for Patients Like Charlie Gard – Katie Yoder
Hospital: Charlie’s “Existence Offers Him No Benefit,” It’s “Inhuman” for Him to Live – LN

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