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TUESDAY EXTRA

Picture of Decay in an Industrial City This Is Not Detroit I ThinkHow The Church Failed Fishtown

by Stephen Schmalhofer

of First Things

Asia Bibi Sentenced To Death For Faith, But in the Vatican Her Case Is Taboo – Sandro Magister
The Hell of Sexual Abuse by Priests: Two Altoona-Johnstown Questions – Terry Mattingly, G.R.
How To Read The Exhortation of Desolation – Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report
The Church Can’t Forget to Care for Faithful Couples, Too – Teresa Tomeo, O.S.V. Nwswkly
The Peasantry of the Future – John Médaille, The Distributist Review
The U.S. Military and the Catholic Faith: Authority – Brandon Schild, Catholic Stand
The Vatican Shouldn’t Sacrifice Persecuted Catholics For China Love – Fr. Ale. Lucie-Smith
Abraham Lincoln on Mercy – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
The Church and the Moral Framework of the Economy – Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing
If You Remember the Victims of Lahore – Dave Griffey, Daffey Thoughts
For the Mother Angelica, Queen of All Media post (April 3, 2016) click here.
For the BYZANTINE MONDAY EDITION (April 4, 2016) click here.
For the GOD & CAESAR MONDAY EDITION (April 4, 2016) click here.
For the WEDNESDAY EDITION (April 6, 2016) click here.
For the THURSDAY EDITION (April 7, 2016) click here.
For the GOD & CAESAR THURSDAY EDITION (April 7, 2016) click here.

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DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

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Roman SenateThe Benedict Option? It’s a Big Mistake

by Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.,

of Mercatornet

The Emperor Is Wearing Pajamas: The Decline of Dress – John Horvat
The Riddle of Bach’s “Lutheran” Mass – Brantley C. Millegan
Understanding the Easter Massacre in Lahore – David Warren, The Catholic Thing
When a Lie Is More Than a Lie – Don DeMarco Ph.D., Truth and Charity Forum
The Return of the Absent Clockmaker – John Horvat II, Crisis Magazine
Ad Hominem Violence – Randall Smith Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
A Rome Story – Cecily Lowe, Catholic Stand
A Thinker, A Man Of Faith – Guy McClung J.D. Ph.D., Catholic Stand
Human Liberty and “The Obsolete Man” – Thomas M. Doran, The Dispatch
Empower Women and You Empower the World, Vatican Tells U.N. – N.C. Register
The Land – Christopher Dawson, The Distributist Review
For the Remembering Mother Angelica post (March 31, 2016) click here.
For the Mother Angelica, Queen of All Media post (April 3, 2016) click here.
For the MONDAY EDITION (April 4, 2016) click here.
For the BYZANTINE MONDAY EDITION (April 4, 2016) click here.
For the GOD & CAESAR MONDAY EDITION (April 4, 2016) click here.
For the MONDAY EXTRA (April 4, 2016) click here.
For the TUESDAY EDITION (April 5, 2016) click here.
For the TUESDAY EXTRA (April 5, 2016) click here.

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WEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

Are Children Worth the Cost? – Barbara Curtis, Catholic Herald (US)

. . .Nigeria: Where an Ageing Population Is Not a Problem. . .

. . .on the new Family Catechism. . .

. . .Mother of Aerosmith Singer Steven Tyler’s Aborted Baby Now Pro-Life. . .

. . .Father Frank Pavone: Canadian Baby Joseph Back Home. . .

. . .Donor Offspring are People, with Rights Too. . .

Did Christ Wrongly Predict His Second Coming? (No, Here’s Why) – Taylor Marshall, CT

. . .The Rapture Trap. . .

Taking a Break From a Relationship (Dating & Engagement) – Anthony Buono, 6SJ

Top Ten Ways to Get Your Children to Give Up Their Catholic Faith – Robert Kumpel

. . .14 Steps to a More Self-Centered Church. . .

Not Just Teaching, but Change – Doctor Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org/On the Culture

John Jay Study: $2M Exercise in Political Correctness (No SSA Issue?) – L. Verrecchio

. . .Phil Lawler questions bishops lack of responsibility here. . .

. . .Father John Zuhlsdorf fisks George Weigel’s report on the study here. . .

. . .Michael Cook of Crisis Magazine is disappointed in the study here. . .

Before-&-After Photos: Cross Still Standing Amid Tornado-Hit Church Rubble – TCK

Cardinal Koch: The Mass of All Ages Will Outlast Newer Rites – Tancred, TEF

. . .the “Extraordinarii”. . .

. . .President of Italian Bishops Calls for A Return of the Radiance of the Mass. . .

. . .A Biblical Walk Through the Mass. . .

The Holy See is Overhauling Caritas International – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

US: Three Talking Points That Capitalize On New Abortion Polling – Thomas Peters, CV

An Open Letter to My Friends in Poland – George Weigel, Archdiocese of Denver

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FRI. EXTRA: UNIVERSAE ECCLESIAE I

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. . .Instruction on the Summorum Pontificum: Universae Ecclesiae. . .

. . .Universæ Ecclesiæ explanatory note. . .

New Guidelines for Tridentine Mass: 10 Key Facts – Catholic News Agency

The Key Points in Universæ Ecclesiæ – Doctor Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org

Vatican Instruction Released – Michael Brendan Dougherty, Crisis Magazine

Vatican Upholds & Strengthens Summorum Pontificum – Damian Thompson, The Telegraph

Fr. Federico Lombardi: Summarizing the Instruction Universæ Ecclesiæ – Carl Olson, IIS

That’s The End of the Novus Ordo –  Steve Kellmeyer, The Fifth Column

Two Masses for a Single Church – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Quaeruntur: Universæ Ecclesiæ & “Novus Ordo” Practices – Father John Zuhlsdorf

Quaeruntur: More Questions About Universæ Ecclesiæ – Father John Zuhlsdorf

The Traditional Latin Mass: Glasgow’s Shame – Damian Thompson, The Telegraph

Archbishop Nichol’s Cool Reception of the Universæ Ecclesiæ – Anna Arco, Cthlc Hrld

. . .Father John Zuhlsdorf fisks Archbishop Nichols reaction here. . .

For Part II click here.

For Part III click here.

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