Free Religious Speech

THVRSDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

Cakes and Consciences: The Case of Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop

by Nathanael Blake, Ph.D.

of Public Discourse

I’m a Pediatrician: How Transgender Ideology has Infiltrated My Field – Michelle A. Cretella
After Media Mockery, Poll Finds Americans Agree w/Pence’s Rules on Women – M. Hemingway
Google Censors Popular Pro-Life Page with Extensive Abortion Information – Cheryl Sullenger
Bishop M. Scheuer Resigns from Pax Christi Over Antisemitism Charges – Benjamin Weinthal
College Trustees are Largely to Blame for Today’s Campus Madness – Walter Williams
Charlie Gard’s Parents, Supporters Say Facebook, Twitter Censoring Their Accounts – M. Bilger
German Intel Says Hundreds of Jihadis Arrived Among Refugees – Jacob Bojesson, The Strm
The Opioid Crisis: No One’s Fault and Everyone’s Fault – Salena Zito, The Stream
Study: 431 People Involuntarily Euthanized in Netherlands in 2015 – Alex Schadenberg, LN
In Charlie Gard’s Case, a Basic Moral Principle: Should the State Decide? – Phil Lawler, CC
35 Years Ago: When Reagan & JP2 Met to Defeat an Evil Empire – Paul Kengor, The Stream
Lethal Police Hatred: The War on Cops Claims Another Life in New York City – Seth Barron, CJ
British Prime Minister Theresa May Refuses to Intervene to Save Charlie Gard – Micaiah Bilger
Hospital Refuses to Transfer Charlie Gard to Vatican Hospital Offering Help – Steven Ertelt, LN
Drawing From the Past, Putin Plans His Future – Lauren Goodrich, Stratfor via Forbes
Proportion of Labor Force Working from Home Continues to Grow – Joel Kotkin, City Journal

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TUESDAY NEWS EXTRA

Did the 7th Circuit Just Rule That Christians Are Bigots?

by Maggie Gallagher,

of The Stream

Why the Church Lost the White Working Class – Peter Wolfgang J.D., The Stream
“A Nun’s Story” Is Occasionally Compelling But Deeply Flawed – Fiorella Nash, The Dispatch
Celebrated Moral Philosopher: It’s Okay to Rape the Disabled – Steve Weatherbe, LSN
Reality Keeps Raising April Fools’ Bar for All Those Online Catholic Satirists – Terry Mattingly
Did the Bible Predict the Current War in Syria? The Truth Behind a Viral Photo – ChurchPop
Bus Attacked by Trans Activists for Saying Boys & Girls are Different – Fr. Mark Hodges, LSN
A Legendary Living Latinist – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Politico’s Calumny on Judaism This Passover – Bethany Mandel, The Federalist
Apostolic Blueprint for a Parish, Model of Christian Community in Modern Age – David Clayton
German Family Continues to Fight for Right to Homeschool – Catholic News Agency
Seal of Confession Tested in Australian Clergy Sex-Abuse Debate – John Power, NC Register
When We Revile Others We Are, Ironically, Also Reviling God – Bob Drury, Catholic Stand
Canadian Catholic Aid Money Supporting Pro-Abort, Pro-Gay Groups in Brazil – Mat. C. Hoffman
Catholics are Crucial Voice in World Population Debate, But Do Journalists Know It? – Julia Duin
South African Bishops Call on Nation’s President to Consider Resigning – Catholic News Agency
God’s Vision vs. An Ecologists Vision of Ecology – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic Thing
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WEDNESDAY EDITION

The Catholic Church in De Facto Schism: What’s to Be Done?

by E. Christian Brugger, D.Phil.,

of Public Discourse

Quæritur: Why on Earth Did They Start Offering Mass “Facing the People”? – Fr. Z’s Blog
Trump Must Sign 1st Amendment Defense Act to Protect Religious Freedom – Jn. Zmirak Ph.D.
Archbishop Chaput’s Hope-Filled Advice for Catholics in Secular America – Fr. Jn. C. McCloskey
The Inescapable Poorness – Larabeth Miller, Ignitum Today
Pray Without Ceasing, Really? – Dan Byron, Catholic Stand
Quæritur: Praying for the Holy Father’s Intentions – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
How Should We Pray for So Many Prayer Intentions? – Fr. John Bartunek L.C., CSD
Cardinal Connell of Dublin Dies at 90 – Cindy Wooden, Catholic Herald
How Artists and Photographers Change What is Seen – David Clayton, Beauty of Catholicism
Spirit of 79: The Number of Americans Proposed for Sainthood – Brian O’Neel, NC Register
Pope Francis: Protecting Migrants is a ‘Moral Imperative’ – Hannah Brockhaus, CNA
Mindfulness and Catholic Mystical Tradition (Video) – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

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TUESDAY EXTRA

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‘Horrible Picture’: Dutch Woman Restrained by Family While Being Euthanized

by Celeste McGovern

of the National Catholic Register

Repeal the Johnson Amendment to Free Religious Speech – John M. Grondelski Ph.D., Crisis
Can We Afford New Art? Yes! Beauty & Superabundance in a Small Appalachian Parish – Clayton
What the Saints Would Say About ‘Mindfulness’ – Dan Burke, National Catholic Register
See the Beauty Through the Storm and Say Thank You – Dan Byron, Catholic Stand
The 14th-Century ‘Golden Haggadah’ is Now Online – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
Is Liberal Democracy Closer to Communism or Catholicism? – Jerry Salyer Ph.D., The CWR
Harry Connick Jr. on Faith, Family, Hosting a TV Show – Carl Kozlowski, Cthlc News Agency
Senate Bill Would Move Funding from Planned Parenthood to Women’s Health – CNA via NCReg
Social Respectability as Religion in Flannery O’Connor’s “Revelation” – Mit. Kalpakgian Ph.D.
Meeting with Men of God: A Catholic Men’s Conference on the Year of Mercy – Mark C. McCann

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