Religious Liberty

MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Cake Baker Jack Phillips (Credit: Screen Shot from masterpiececakes.com via NCRegister.com)

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Baker Who Declined to Make Same-Sex Wedding Cake

. . .the 7-2 decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission came Monday morning. . .

from the Catholic News Agency & EWTN News

via the National Catholic Register

Live Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – Adorecast
Current State of the Church Shown in Ostia Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession – Z
Religious Liberty Wins Small – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Pope Francis’ Implementation is a Generational Change – Andrea Gagliarducci, Mon Vat
Jesus Will Be in Agony Until the End of the World – Fr. George W. Rutler Th.D. S.T.D.
Pope Appoints Close Ally &  Dodgy Theologian to a Major Argentine Diocese – Cth Hrld
Vatican Rejects German Proposal for Inter-Communion – Sandro Magister, Settimo Cielo
Does New CDF Statement on Priestesses Imply Opening to Deaconesses? – Mai. Hickson
The Fallacious Argument That God Made You That Way – Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine
Byzantine Liturgy, TLM, & Novus Ordo, 2 Brothers & a Stranger – P. Kwasniewski Ph.D.
Is Integralism Catholic Sharia? A Q&A Catechism – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
On Chile, Pope Francis is Way Past the Tip of the Iceberg Now – Inés San Martín, Crux
Catholic-Lutheran Intercommunion Damages Catholic-Orthodox Relations – I. Murzaku
Pope has Private Meetings with Homosexually Abused Chilean Priests – Catholic Herald
Profile of New Portuguese Cardinal Antonio dos Santos Marto of Leiria-Fatima – Crux
Nicaraguan Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo has Died Aged 92 – Luis M. Galeano, AP
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MONDAY MORNING EDITION

Locked Book (Credit: Africa Studio from Shutterstock via Rod Dreher)

The Silence Of California’s Catholic Bishops

. . .a Catholic reader in California writes to complain that the state’s Catholic bishops are paying no attention to Assembly Bill 2943 an LGBT “rights bill” just approved by the Democratically-controlled state legislature.  It now heads to the California Senate. . .

by Rod Dreher

Is Newark’s Archbishop Emerging as the Leader of the ‘Francis Party’? – Michael Davis
Apocalypse on April 23? What the Church Says About the Rapture – Kathy Schiffer
Saint Paul VI? A Jigsaw – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment
Can a Catholic University be Too Catholic? – Anne Hendershott, The CWR
In Wake of Abuse Scandal, Bishops of Chile Talk Resignation – Inés San Martín, Crux
“What is the Reality of the Situation?” – P.J. Smith, Semiduplex
The Great Tolerance Ruse – Jennifer Hartline, The Stream
The Ugly Coded Critique of Chick-Fil-A’s Christianity – Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg
The Patrick Coffin Show: Protestant YouTube Star Becomes Catholic—Lizzie – Cath Std
Book Rev.: Bart Ehrman, The Triumph of Christianity – Tim O’Neill, History for Atheists
Stagnaro Nails Probability, Ending the Fine Tuning Argument – Bob Drury, Cthlc Stand
French Leaders Demand Muslims Decry Anti-Christian/Jewish Quran Verses – J. Gill
Video: Historian Henry Sire Discusses His Book ‘The Dictator Pope’ – Edward Pentin
Belief in God Declining, but Belief in the Devil Remains Strong – Fr. A. Lucie-Smith PhD
Facebook, MeWe, & the Call to Evangelize – Birgit Jones, Catholic Life in Our Times
From Clean Water to Gang Violence, Salvadoran Bishop Focuses on Poor – Rhina Guidos
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SATVRDAY EDITION

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Iceland is the Latest Front in the War on Religious Freedom

. . .the proposed ban on male circumcision is another example of secular authorities itching to legislate on religious belief. . .

by Father Alexander Lucie-Smith, Ph.D.,

of Catholic Herald

St. Ignatius Said What?? – Trent Horn, Catholic Answers Magazine
A Day of Reckoning for Facebook – The Editors, National Catholic Register
How Director of The Exorcist Discovered Reality of Demonic Possession – Mk. Pattison
An Examination of Closet – Meghan Ashley Sabo, Meghan Ashley
Two Views on Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life – John Horvat II & Scott Ventureya
In Financial Difficulties, Turn to These Heavenly Intercessors – Kat. N. Hattrup, Aleteia
Take My Heart Away – Janet Meyer, Catholic Stand
Reel Presence: How Friendship is a Synonym for Salvation – Scott Hahn, NC Register
In Haiti, Catholic Relief Services Builds Hospital to Last – CNA via The CWR
Asking by the Rules: Canon 1262 & You – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
Duc In Altum – Put Out Into the Deep – Cameron Edman, Catholic Stand
Buffer Zones & Abortion Clinics: Why This English Bishop is Concerned – CNA via CWR
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VVEDNESDAY EXTRA II

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U.S. Supreme Court in Spring (Credit: Flickr)

Catholic Bishops Against Mark Janus

Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). At issue is whether forcing government employees to pay for the collective bargaining activities of unions that represent them violates their First Amendment rights. The USCCB took the side of AFSCME against Mark Janus.

by Charles W. Baird, Ph.D.,

of Acton Commentary

via the Acton Institute

Coincidence or Proof? All Relics of Christ Have the Same Blood Type – B. Ryan, uCthlc
Abortion, Homosexual, Priestesses, Same-Sex, Heresy & Sins – G. McClung Ph.D., TACt
Washington Post Falsely Accusing Ryan Anderson of Hate – Ran. DeSoto, The Wstrn Jrnl
A Remarkable Set of Vestments – Richard Hawker, Liturgical Arts Journal
A California Judge Protects the Wedding Baker – Jeffrey M. Trissell, Crisis Magazine
10 Tips for the Fledgling Classical Music Lover – Terez Rose, The Imaginative. . .
Help Improve BigPupit.com, Fill Out a 4 Minute Anonymous Survey – Big Pulpit
Why Young Readers Need Real Books – Maura Roan McKeegan, The Civilized Reader
The Restored Chapel of St. Turibius at the Josephinum – Gregory DiPippo, New Lit Mov
Don’t Look to China for an Example of Catholic Social Teaching – Philip Booth, CH
Amb. Brownback: Religious Freedom Most Important Foreign Topic Today – The CWR
Fortitude: The Virtue of Courage & Toughness – Kevin Aldrich, Catholic Stand
Divine Grace May Yet Draw Millennials to the Joy Found in Christ – Fr. G. Rutler S.T.D.
Bringing Hope to the Church Through Homeschooling – Amanda Evinger, NC Register
Meditations for Lent – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction
“Universal Values” or Western Exceptionalism? – Ben Johnson, Providence
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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA

Pope Benedict XVI in Milan for the 7th World Meeting of Families 2 June 2012 (Credit: EWTN)

News Flash! Pope Gives Public Answer about Holy Communion for the Divorced & Remarried

by Father John Zuhlsdorf,

of Fr. Z’s Blog

How My Parents’ Divorce Ruined Our Holidays & Family Life Forever – Anon, The Fdrlst
Is There Any Hope for Return to Traditional Latin Mass? – P. Kwasniewski Ph.D., H&PR
Paris’s New Archbishop has a Very Unconventional Background – Jean-Ma. Dumont, CH
The Tyranny of Tolerance: Suing Christian Bakers – Nicholas Senz, Crisis Magazine
A Response to Enemies of the Faith – Anthony M. Esolen Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
Contemplating Mysteries in the Face of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Fr. Z’s Blog
CCHD Offered Me a Grant, Hoped I Stopped Investigating Grantees – Lepanto Inst.
Pope’s Amoris Lætitia Guidelines Get an Upgrade – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, NC Rgstr
Fr. O’Connor: Absolution for Absolute Evil – Daniel Demers, Catholic Stand
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Miracles, Facts & Fancy – D. McClarey J.D., The Amrcn Catholic
On Moving the American Embassy to Jerusalem – Wm. Kilpatrick Ph.D., The Cthlc Thng
Gay Ctr Behind Complaint Against TA Who Showed Class Pronoun Vid – G. Piper, TCF
Can We Give Reporters a Break on the Pope & the Lord’s Prayer? – John Allen Jr., Crux
What the ACLU Gets Wrong About Separation of Church & State – Mk. Hall Ph.D., TIC
MS Sup. Ct to Decide if Boy’s Legal ‘Biological’ Parents are 2 Women – Dg. Mainwaring
Technology is Helping the Homeless Get Out of Poverty – Heidi Hecht, FEE
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Bishop Robert E. Barron, S.T.D., Explains Demonic Activity (Credit: Screenshot from YouTube via ChurchPop)

Bishop Robert E. Barron, S.T.D., Explains the Signs That Demonic Powers are Active in the World

from ChurchPop

Protestant Mega-Church Has a Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus – ChurchPop
Not Rights, But Power: Cakeshop vs. CO Civil Rights Cms. – Charlotte Allen, First Things
Teacher Who Was Fired for Misgendering Slaps School with Lawsuit – G. Carr, The Strm
Oxford Scientists Question Study Saying Gays “Born This Way” – Science Media Centre
Bermuda Abolishes ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ – Catholic Herald
For a Quarter-Century, The Man of This Hour – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia
Bp. Morlino on Controversy: Only What is True Can Ultimately be Pastoral – Jim Graves
Fun 2018 Catholic Wall Calendar – Fr. Z’s Blog
God Knows His Plans For Us But How Do We? – Dan Byron, Catholic Stand
Are You Hoarding Your Blessings? – Alita Maria Covel Ngo OCDS, Catholic Stand
Christians Fear Retribution for Opposing ‘Gay Marriage’ in Australia – Fr. Hodges, LSN
Finding Our True Identity – Cameron Edman, Catholic Stand
How Much Manna Are You Gathering? – Jeffrey Stevens, Catholic Stand
Vatican Conf. Highlights Role of Laity in Addressing Challenges – CNA via The CWR
Seeing the Savior: $450 Million, or Just Priceless? – K.V. Turley, Natl Catholic Register
The Pope, “Shield Catholic Hospitals from Business Mentality” – S. Cernuzio, Vtcn Insdr
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Monday Culture of Life Edition

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Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips (Credit: LifeSiteNews)

Corporations Back Away from Opposing Baker in Religious Liberty Battle

by Doug Mainwaring,

of LifeSiteNews

Doctor Fired for Refusing to Do Abortions Wins Major Court Case – LifeNews.com
My Family’s Adoption Story Will be Impossible if ACLU Wins This Case – L. Konkol, Strm
Miami Univ. Closes Pro-Life Display, Calling It Harmful & Issuing Trigger Warning – LN
Another Reason for Millennial Women to Shun the Pill – Carolyn Moynihan, Mercatornet
Let Them Serve: Secularists vs. The Little Sisters of the Poor – One Mad Mom
4 Reasons to Not Lose Hope in Trudeau’s Pro-Death Canada – Jonathan Van Maren, LSN
Pro-Life Students Sue Miami Univ Since It Won’t Let Them Display Crosses – Carr, Strm
‘Partial-Birth Abortion’ Is A Terribly Misleading Phrase – James Silberman, The Fdrlst
Pro-Lifers Sue to Stop New State Law Forcing Taxpayers to Fund Abortions – Ciesielka
HHS Nominee Alex Azar: Don’t Force Christians to Fund Abortions – Steven Ertelt, LN
Self-Sacrificial Love in the Bioethics-Sphere – Wesley J. Smith J.D., First Things
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FRIDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Rosary arrest in France (Credit: LifeSiteNews)

Cops Remove Youth Praying Rosary at Lutheran Service Inside a Catholic Church

by Lisa Bourne,

of LifeSiteNews

Muslim Population Grows in Europe: End of Europe as We Know It – M. Roberts, Mnet
Misconceptions Held About the Church Before Becoming Catholic – L. Savaryn, ChPp
This Priest is Going to be on The Great American Baking Show – CNA via The CWR
Quæritur: Self-Intinction; Wherein Fr. Z Rants – Fr. Z’s Blog
School Shootings, C.S. Lewis & the War on Children – Carrie Gress Ph.D., NC Register
Did Christians Destroy Classical World: New Scholarly Attack – David Daintree, Mnet
Have We Reached the Limits of the Classical Liberalism Bargain? – Darwin Catholic
The Cakeshop Case is about 1st Amend. Rts., Not ‘Gay Marriage’ – Dennis Saffran, CJ
Fake News & the Post-Truth Culture – Russell Shaw, The Dispatch via The CWR
No Way Does Amoris Authorize Unrestricted Access to Sacraments – A. Bourdin, Znt
Can We Be Americans & Christians? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery
The Harvest of Shadows: Guns, Faith, Fear & Zombies – Michael White, Catholic Stand
We’ve Nothing to Fear from Freud – Adam A.J. DeVille Ph.D., Catholic Herald
Three Chords & the Truth: The Incarnation – Deacon Greg Lambert, Catholic Stand
Commentary: Tolerance, Wedding Cakes & a Free Society – Ed Condon, CNA
Marriage Redefined in Australia Despite Religious Freedom Fears – CNA/EWTN News
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THVRSDAY CATHOLICA EDITION


The Colorado Baker’s Case: It’s Not About ‘Gay Rights’

by Phil Lawler,

of Catholic Culture

The Silence (film) Question Is Apostasy – Jeffery A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture
Which Stores Keep Christ In Christmas? – Joseph Pronechen, Natl Catholic Register
‘Gay Nativity,’ Erasing Woman and Perverting the Truth – J. Hartline, The Strm
Portugal Cardinal: Divorced, Remarried Can Return to Sacraments – M. Hoffman, LSN
Planned Parenthood President Calls Natural Family Planning “Insane” – K. Yoder, LN
The Sadness of All Apostasy—& the Modern Scandal – Jef. A. Mirus Ph.D., CC
How a ‘Pronoun’ Class Got a Young Canadian Academic Censured – H. Sims, Mnet
LA Convent Sale Controversy Ends in Favor of Archd., Katy Perry – CNA via The CWR
Quæritur: Where to Get a Decent Cassock? – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Francis: It’s Good for Young People to Study Latin – CNA via The CWR
Charm is Deceitful & Beauty Empty – Fr. A. Lucie-Smith Ph.D., Catholic Herald
How To Know & Deal With Heresy Today – Part II – G. McClung Ph.D. J.D., TACatholic
Would Weinstein Culture be Prevalent Without Sterile Sex? – P. Fagan, Mnet
Catholic Film Festival Is Big Contrast to Hollywood Squalor – T. Williams Ph.D., Brtbrt
Trudeau’s Gay Propaganda Campaign Will Cost Taxpayers $16M – L. Laurence, LSN
Deus Caritas – God Is Love – David Torkington, Catholic Stand

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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA

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The Case of the Black Baker

by Ben Butera,

of The American Catholic

Fr. James Martin & the Gay Nativity – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
‘Dictator Pope’ Book Causes Stir in Rome – Catholic Herald
Video: Michael Voris Makes an Appeal; Action Item! – Fr. Z’s Blog
Pope Appoints Washington Auxiliary as New Bishop of Richmond – CNA via The CWR
Doctor Who Said Homosexuality a Health Hazard Wins Defamn. Case – L. Bourne, LSN
Community Rallies Against Café Plans for Heritage Catholic Church – Cath. Toomey, IT
U. of N. Dame Students Want to Remove Christopher Columbus Murals – Perez, NYPost
4th Century Wisdom for Today’s Problems – Sean Morrisroe, Catholic Stand
Is the Magisterium Just the Pope’s Party Line? – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
A Possible Reconciliation Between Moscow & Kiev – Vladimir Rozanskij, Asia News
No Truce With Kings – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Cake-Baking Cases Allow Courts to Decide What We Can Believe – J. Keenan, The Fdrst
As U.S. Help to Persecuted Christians Wavers, Russia Steps In – C. Giangravè, Crux
Pint-ifex Maximus: A Brand-New Beer to Honor Benedict XVI – Daniel Blackman, NC Reg
Croatian Prelate Slams Politicised UN Trial After Generals Suicide – J. Luxmoore, Ct Hd
Science & Faith Unite in ‘Tomb of Christ’ Exhibit – Nora Hamerman, NC Register
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Touchdown Jesus (Credit: Screenshot via The Federalist)

Turns Out the University of Notre Dame Isn’t That Interested In Catholicism Or Religious Liberty After All

by Rachel Lu, Ph.D.,

of The Federalist

Forced to Resign Pro-life Student President: Online Activists Called for Me To Die – CH
How Technology Cheapened Sex, Made Men Less Marriageable – Regnerus/O’Donnell
Goodbye, Good Families – Sophia Feingold, National Catholic Register
We Are Not Over the First World War – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith Ph.D., Catholic Herald
It’s More To Difficult To Be a Christian Than To Be Gay – Joseph Sciambra
Pope Francis: Next Challenges of Pontificate – Andrea Gagliarducci, Monday Vatican
Tale of 2 Collects: Dif’t Worldviews in Old & New Prayers – P. Kwasniewski Ph.D., NLM
2 Catholic Heavyweights Debate Value & Limits of Free Market – D. Marcus, The Fdrlst
Is Anyone Sola Scriptura? – Lorelei Savaryn, Catholic Stand
The First Trappist Brewery in the “New World” – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
Why Millennial Women are Rejecting the Pill – Calah Alexander, Aleteia
The Unusual Origins of “God Bless America” – Larry Peterson, Aleteia
Patron Saint of Immigrants Almost Sent Back to Home Country – Bro. Henderson S.D.S.
Our Children & the Cyber-Battlefield – Meryl Kaleida, The Dispatch via The CWR
A Devotional: Living With Rumours of War in So. Korea – Brandon Schild, Catholic Stand
Abp. Jos. Arshad is New Pakistan Bishops’ Conf. Pres. – Kamran Chaudhry, Asia News
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SATVRDAY CATHOLICA MORNING EDITION

Vatican Document Suggests Excommunication for Some Catholic Politicians

by Phil Lawler

of Catholic Culture

Ecumenism, Religious Liberty & Spadaro’s Straw Man – Christopher R. Altieri, The CWR
Of Seminarians, Books, Birettas, New Vestments & Wherein Fr. Z is Very Pleased – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Real Story of the First Crusade – Steve Weidenkopf, Catholic Answers Magazine
6 Times The Saints Made Catholic Feminists Say “Yaaaasss” – Brooke Gregory, epicPew
Just Too Cool: Sunday – Feast of the Transfiguration – Special Blessing of Grapes – Fr. Z’s Blog
“LIT” is One of the Best Catholic Resources Available – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew
Rethinking How You Fundraise – The Catholic Approach – Brice Sokolowski, Cthlc Fundraiser
The Feast of the Transfiguration – John Bergsma Ph.D., The Sacred Page
Singing The Psalms – Sister Christina M. Neumann, Catholic Stand
Leading with the Rite – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy
Podcast – My Conversation with Bishop Thomas Paprocki – Joseph Sciambra
Jerusalem’s Terra Sancta Museum Unearths Christian History – Michele Chagin, NC Rgstr
Past Lives and Reincarnation – Randall B. Smith Ph.D., The Catholic Thing
Catholic Investor Advises Graduates on the Meaning of Wealth – Stephen Beale, Crisis Mgzn
Family-Based Care: A Better Way for Children Than Orphanages – Peter Jesserer Smith, Reg
Faith and Challenge: A Roamin’ Catholic Rides – Mark C. McCann, Catholic Stand
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