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VVEDNESDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

Google Is Being Evil After All

by Rod Dreher

A TAC Blogger

Here are All Media Outlets Blatantly Lying about the Google Memo – Bre Payton, The Fdrlst
Dangerous Implications of Southern Policy Law Ctr’s Influence in America – Dus. Siggins, Reg
Beware a Second Korean War – Donald Manzullo, The National Interest
Court: Residents Can’t Mention “Islam” at Public Hearing on Mosque Construction – T.M.L.C.
Stop Comparing LGBT Movement to History of Black Americans – M. Brown Ph.D., The Strm
The Left & Weaponizing ‘Truth’ – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
As Appetite for Soccer in U.S. Grows, So Does M.L.S. – Ken Belson, The New York Times
What is the Shia-Sunni Divide? – Ken Chitwood, Mercatornet
Fired Google Engineer Damore’s Diversity Suggestion List – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
The Death of an Indian Minority – Marcus Roberts, Mercatornet
When Britain and France Almost Merged Into One Country – Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic
What Is Capitalism and Where Did It Start? – Joseph Pearce, The Imaginative. . .
The Universal Basic Income is an Idea Based on Dubious Social and Moral Logic – A. Renn, CJ
Don Quixote: Saintly Knight – Brittany Guzman, The Imaginative. . .
Dear Fellow Journos: Stop Calling Maduro ‘President’, He’s a Dictator – A. Oppenheimer, MH
Enchantment, Realism, and the Imagination – Glenn Arbery Ph.D., The Imaginative. . .

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TVESDAY SÆCVLARIA EXTRA

Google Fires Engineer For Noticing Men & Women are Different

by Inez Feltscher

The Federalist

Sexual Liberation and the Emergence of Transhumanism – Sean Haylock, Crisis Magazine
Doctors Accuse Oz Med. Assoc. of Misleading Public on ‘Marriage Equality’ – M. Cook, Mrctrnt
What’s Wrong With Millennials? Partly, Their Parents’ Divorces – Joshua Charles, The Stream
On Hearing Sir James Macmillan’s “A European Requiem” – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Demographic Crisis in Australia – Leah Ruppanner, The Conversation via Mercatornet
Deforming Teens’ Moral Imagination – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Asian Students Hide Race to Avoid Rejection Due to Race Based Adm. – H. Raleigh, The Fdrlst
Time to Repeal 17th Amendment & End Direct Election of Senators – Connor Mighell, Fdrlst
Has China’s Rise Topped Out? – Michael Shuman, Bloomberg View
A Coming Crisis Over Taiwan? – Andrew Tan, East Asia Forum
Parents, Not Schools, are Key to Our Children’s Knowledge Gap – Toby Young, The Spectator
Could the Soviet Union Have Survived into the 21st Century? – Samuel Bendett, TNI
4 Reasons to Pick a College That Won’t Destroy Your Principles – Chandler Lasch, The Fdrlst
The Only Solid Foundation for Human Rights is Natural Law – John Lawrence Hill, Mrctrnt
Like Charlie Gard, A Hospital Gave Up on Baby Dezmen – Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews.com
Why the Culture Matters for Economic Flourishing – Joseph Sunde, Powerblog
For the TVESDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION (8 August AD 2017) click here.
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THVRSDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

The Lesson of Anglicanism: Liberalism Will Tear You Apart

by Father Ed Tomlinson

of Catholic Herald

For Goodness’ Sake, Own Your Faith, Fr. Martin! Analysis of Jesuit’s Activism – Fr. Z’s Blog
Quæritur: Can an Ex-Woman, a Trans “Man”, be Ordained? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Does the Catholic Church Need to be Reformed? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on. . .
Peter Kwasniewski’s New Book; Noble Beauty, Transcendent Holiness: Why the Modern. . . – Z
Fierce Catholic Bride – Beverly Stevens, Regina Magazine
Communion Would Be the Same as the Holy Eucharist, If It Wasn’t Different – Dan Byron, CS
Ascension Roundtable: Do’s and Don’ts of Catholic Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski
Bp. Paprocki Reiterates Catholic Teaching: Repentance Is for All Grave Sin – CNA via NC Rgstr
L’Osservatore Romano’s Latest Gambit: Preferring Culture to Truth? – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D.
The Tablet’s New Editor & Fr. Baldovin’s Doctrinaire Claim – Fr. Somerville-Knapman O.S.B.
Prenatal Memories and Ancient Hebrew Wisdom – Melanie Jean Juneau, Catholic Stand
Land O’Lakes (1967-2017): What have We Learned on Falsely Framed Freedom? – J. Garvey
Looking to the Future: A Balanced Vision – Sarah Greydanus, Catholic Stand
lit: Catholicism for Young Adults – T.J. Burdick O.P., Dominican Institute
St. Thomas the Apostle: A Saint For Our Times – Tom Collingwood, Catholic Stand
Annual Lake Garda Symposium Aims to Offer Catholics Fullness of the Faith – Edward Pentin

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FRIDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Robert Cardinal Sarah

Robert Cardinal Sarah, Terror of Modernists

by Father John Zuhlsdorf

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Why Do Protestants Reject the Notion of “One True Church”? – Dave Armstrong, NC Register
Quæritur: Priest Says “For All” in Consecration; Invalid? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Quæritur: Is There an Archangel Uriel? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Pack Your Bags, Are You Prepared to Leave Your Affairs in Order? – Matthew Hennessey, FT
The Bible, the Reformation, and G.K. Chesterton – Dale Ahlquist, The Catholic World Report
St. Thomas More and London Bridge – K.V. Turley, Crisis Magazine
How to Fundraise for Your Pro-Life Charity – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
Why I Learned the Traditional Latin Mass – Fr. Richard Heilman, Roman Catholic Man
A “One Flesh” Sacramental Union – Eduardo J. Echeverria, The Catholic Thing
The Catholic Church and Science – Ray Sullivan, Catholic Stand
FSSP Ordinations in England – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
St. John Fisher, Cardinal-Martyr of England – Stephanie Mann, National Catholic Register
‘A Saint for Our Times’ – the Inspiring Story of Chiara Corbella Petrillo – CNA via The CWR
Memory: Human and Divine – Fr. Paul Scalia, The Catholic Thing
Matins Readings During the Octave of Corpus Christi – Gregory DiPippo, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt
El Salvador’s First Cardinal a Friend of Blessed Óscar Romero – Cthlc Nws Agncy via The CWR
For the MONDAY SÆCVLARIA EXTRA (26 June, AD 2017) click here.
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THURSDAY NEWS EDITION

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Catholic Lite and Europe’s Demographic Suicide

by George Weigel,

of The Dispatch

via The Catholic World Report

Why Melania & Ivanka Stuck to Vatican Dress Codes when Meeting the Pope – Caroline Leaper
The Manchester Bomber: Martyr or Murderer? – William Kilpatrick Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
America’s Culture War On Russia – Rod Dreher, A TAC Blogger
ISIS Ally in Philippines Storms Catholic Cathedral, Takes Hostages – CNA via NC Register
A 9/11 Sacred Site Is at Risk in New York – Thomas J. Craughwell, NC Register
Why We Must Name, Identify, and Combat the Ideology of Radical Islam – Michael Brown Ph.D.
Christian Doctors Need Protection f/Being Forced to Do Abortion or Euthanasia – W. Smith J.D.
Pope & Trump Express Satisfaction Over Joint Commitment in Favor of Life – Edward Pentin
Justice Alito Encourages Seminarians, Speaks Up for Religious Freedom – CNA via NC Register
Social Care Crisis: Can Catholic Teaching Help? – Philip Booth, Catholic Herald
For the VVEDNESDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION (31 May, AD 2017) click here.
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TUESDAY NEWS EXTRA

Are Western Apologists for Islam Today’s ‘Useful Idi0+$’?

by John Zmirak, Ph.D.,

of The Stream

Why Are Evangelicals Helping Destroy the Syrian Orthodox Church – Samuel Smith, TCP
Today’s Futurists Resort To Ancient Paganism To Explain Away Christianity – Michael Morris
Minding Our Manners: How WhatsApp Is Making Us Rude – Miriam Diez Bosch, Aleteia
Catholics: Once Again, the True Progressives – Tom Hoopes, Aleteia
The Dangers of the Benedict Option – John Horvat II, TIC
‘Open Marriage’ Is Just Another Term For Adultery, And Just As Selfish – Jessica Burke, TF
Orthodox Priest Sprays Holy Water on Computers to Fend Off Ransomware Virus – Ian Cheong
When Donald Meets Francis: What’s in Store for First Meeting of Trump & Pope? – John Burger
Reports say Callista Gingrich will be Nominated as U.S. Ambassador to Holy See – Rhina Guidos
Courage Apostolate Participates in Mexican Bishops’ Meeting – Catholic News Agency
A Graduation Reminder: Our Children Need Christian Teachers – David Mills, The Stream
For the TUESDAY NEWS EDITION (16 May, AD 2017) click here.
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For the TUESDAY NUNTIUM EXTRA (16 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the WEDNESDAY NEWS EDITION (17 May, AD 2017) click here.
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FRIDAY NEWS EXTRA

‘Open Marriage?’ The New York Times Magazine Desperately Hopes, Hopes, Hopes That It’s a Trend

by Julia Duin,

of Get Religion

George Weigel, The SSPX, and Catholic Dissent – Thomas Storck, Ethika Politika
How the LDS Church Responds to the Boy Scouts Regarding LGBT Issues – Tr. Toone & M. Jones
Why Russian Orthodox Anxiety of Other Faiths Is Rising in Russia – Kelsey Dallas, Deseret Nws
9/11 Memorial Chapel Set to Close – Patty Knap, Aleteia
Doctor Told Couple to Abort Baby with Rare Disorder, They Refused, Now He’s Healthy – Ertelt
The Embryo Orphanage: A Cautionary Tale – Ana Maria Dumitru, Public Discourse
How Obama Turned Regulators Into the Speech Police – Maggie Gallagher, The Stream
Archdiocese Removes Girl Scouts, Citing Catholic Conflict – Ann Saladin, NC Register
Superior General Criticises Belgian Order’s Decision to Euthanasia in Care Homes – Nick Hallett
Iraqi Priest Protects Ancient Christian Manuscripts from ISIS – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia
For the FRIDAY NEWS EDITION (12 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the FRIDAY NUNTIUM MORNING EDITION (12 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the FRIDAY CIVILIZATION UPDATE (12 May, AD 2017) click here.
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TUESDAY NEWS EXTRA

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A Priest Explains the Hard Truth About Why the Church Is In Decline

by Father Bill Peckman,

of ChurchPop

Duke, ‘Diversity,’ & Orwellian Language; Catholic Professor Gone – Rod Dreher, TAC
When Left-Wing Politics Becomes a Substitute for Religion – Rachel Lu, Crisis Magazine
Having Pets Instead Of Kids Should Be Considered A Psychiatric Disorder – G. Shane Morris
Goodbye, Left and Right – R. R. Reno, First Things
Slanted AP Headline on Texas Adoption Story Is Why Many Distrust Mainstream Press – GR
A Strategy for Fighting the Cold War with Islam – William Kilpatrick Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
Kidnapped Priest Pleads for Church Help in Video Message – Hannah Brockhaus, CNA
Pro-Lifers Fight Court Order Blocking Release of Planned Parenthood Baby Part Sales Video – LN
The Tragedy of the Republic: The Decay of Political Culture in The West – Pierre Manent, FT
Don’t Celebrate Trump’s Religious Liberty Executive Order – Mark Movsesian, First Things
State Department Releases 2017 Report on International Religious Freedom – Joe Carter, AIP
For the TUESDAY NEWS EDITION (9 May, AD 2017) click here.
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For the TUESDAY NUNTIUM EXTRA (9 May, AD 2017) click here.
For the WEDNESDAY NEWS EDITION (10 May, AD 2017) click here.
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ASH WEDNESDAY EDITION

Town Hall Explodes at Name of Jesus

by Matthew Archbold,

of the Creative Minority Report

Exorcists Warn About Dangers of Wiccan ‘Spell to Bind Trump’ – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Rg
Throw Off Your Rubber Chains! F/Contraception to Transgenderism via Abortion – Moody Ph.D.
News Reports Show Impotence of Papal Sex-Abuse Commission – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Population-Control Advocates’ Vatican Appearance Draws Criticism – Edward Pentin, The Reg
The Biblical Roots of Ash Wednesday Brant Pitre Ph.D., The Sacred Page
Get Clean This Lent With Soul Wow! – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
God Can Even Overcome Our Imperfect Parenting – Thomas Clements, Ignitum Today
Brick By Brick: Star of the Sea Parish in San Francisco Goes ‘Ad Orientem’! – Fr. Z’s Blog
What has Mary Magdalene To Do With Fr. Arturo Sosa Abascal, S.J.? – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D.
Nashville Dioc. Under Canonical Impediment, as Bp. Choby Remains Hospitalized – Kat. Schiffer
From Awful to Fantastic: 3 Lessons in NPR’s Coverage of Religious Freedom – Bobby Ross Jr.
The Day the Architect of a Church Tricked the Devil – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
Journey Through Scripture This Lent – Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register
Ecumenism Can’t Be Based on Wishful Thinking about the Past – Fr. Ale. Lucie-Smith Ph.D.
Mindfulness and Catholic Mystical Tradition (Video) – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

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SUNDAY MORNING EDITION

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One Catholic College Temporarily Closes, But Another Springs Up

by Patrick Reilly,

of the National Catholic Register

12 More Surprising and Little-Known Facts on Fatima – Joseph Pronechen, Natl Cthlc Register
Quæritur: St. Patrick’s Day 2017 on Friday in Lent – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
The Jew in the Catholic Church – Edouard Belaga Ph.D., Catholic Stand
How Does One Have Faith in An Age of Doubt? Part I & Part II – Bloggin’ Brother
Super Awesome Saintly Sayings from Venerable Matt Talbot – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew
Inside the Faces of Pride – Ken Kniepmann, Catholic Stand
The Courageous Witness of “The Lion of Münster” – Fr. Sean Salai S.J., The Cthlc Wrld Rprt
An Israeli Filmmaker Follows the Traces of the “Forgotten Holocaust”: The Soviet Shoah – Alt
Playing Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” with Only Two (Unusual) Instruments – Daniel Esparza, Alt
How One Organization Hopes to Revolutionize Orphanages – Hannah Brockhaus, CNA
A Child, A Stranger, the Body of Christ – Mike Eisenbath, Catholic Stand

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WEDNESDAY EXTRA

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by Randall Smith, Ph.D.,

The Catholic Thing

Sulpicians to Leave San Francisco Archdiocese’s Seminary after 118 Years – C.N.S. via C.H.
Trump is the Better Moral Choice – James Hooper, Catholic Stand
Quæritur: Can the Bishop Forbid the Cassock? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Wherein Fr. Z Rants: Our Worship, Therefore Our Identity, Needs Orthotics – Fr. Z’s Blog
Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D.: Why Tradition is Important & Reverence Alone isn’t Enough – Z
Book Pick: Stain of Secularism – Fr. C. John McCloskey, National Catholic Register
Read the Bible By Going To Mass – Thomas Clements, Ignitum Today
4 Ways St. Faustina Shows Us How to Pray for Our Country – Carrie Gress Ph.D., N.C. Register
15 Times Pope Francis Vividly Taught Us How to be Pro-Life – Chloe Mooradian, epicPew
Making Things Right: 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time – John Bergsma Ph.D., The Sacred Page
Apostolate Takes God’s Divine Mercy to the Dying – Roxanne King, The Reg

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SATURDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

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For Archbishop Chaput, ‘Catholic Spring’ Group Did Untold Damage

by Kevin J. Jones

of the Catholic News Agency

Santa María de la Sede in Sevilla is the World’s Largest Gothic Cathedral, But Why? – D. Esparza
Spiritual Truths in “The Girl on the Train” – Fr. Edward Lee Looney, Ignitum Today
Modernity Doesn’t Keep Its Promises – Rachel Lu, National Catholic Register
“Where Were You, God, When We Needed You?” – Ramon Antonio A. Aldana, Catholic Stand
SSPX’s Bishop Fellay Meets Pope Francis, Cardinal Müller – Edward Pentin, N.C. Register
Pope Francis Grieves Over Death of Thailand’s King – Hannah Brockhaus, C.N.A.
Early-Modern Reforms of the Dominican Liturgy – Fr. Augustine Thompson O.P., New Lit Mov
Why We Can’t Do Without the Natural Law – Richard Bastien, The Catholic World Report
On Jobs – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic Thing
10 Things We Cannot Forget to Talk About During Respect for Life Month – Doug Johnson, eP
How to Explain Sacramentals to Fundamentalists, Part II – Karl Keating, Catholic Answers

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