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SATVRDAY CATHOLICA EDITION

Louis C.K. (Credit: Tick Pick Blog)

Pornography is the Missing Piece in the Louis C.K. Story

by Mary Rose Somarriba,

of Public Discourse

3 Classic Catholic Jokes – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia
Why Damnation Is Eternal & Other Teachings on Hell – Msgr. Charles Pope, CiM
Despite the Failures of Socialism, Many Still Think It Leads to Utopia – C. Roberts, Actn
Pope Francis Makes Two Key Episcopal Appointments – Edward Pentin, NC Register
Where the Revolution has Led: An Interview with Mary Eberstadt – J.D. Flynn, CNA
Why the Temple in Jerusalem Will Never be Rebuilt – Thomas J. Nash, The CWR
Will the Jerusalem Temple Ever Be Rebuilt? – Jimmy Akin, Catholic Answers Magazine
Before You Try to Reform the Church, Try to Reform Yourself – Shaun McAfee, NC Rgstr
The 16th-Century Prayer Nuts That Sold For A Staggering $205,000 – D. Mandal, RoH
The Commercialization of Christmas is an Opportunity for Evangelization – J. Clark, Rg
A Purposeful Kind of World – Matt Nelson, Catholic Answers Magazine
For the MONDAY ADVENT EDITION (11 December AD 2017) click here.
For the Monday Culture of Life Edition (11 December AD 2017) click here.
For the MONDAY CATHOLICA EDITION (11 December AD 2017) click here.
For the MONDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA (11 December AD 2017) click here.

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THVRSDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

Flag of China (Photo Credit: Wonderful Engineering)

Social Media in China: The Great Distraction

by Andrés Ortega,

of the Globalist

Vet Supports Tackling Bigotry, But Flag Protests are Very Insulting – L. Adreon, The Fdrlst
Studies: Birth Control, Contraception Don’t Reduce Unintended Pregnancies – M. New Ph.D.
I Was an Eight-Year-Old Drag Queen – Chad Felix Greene, Public Discourse
The Winnowing Of The Protestant Churches – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Symbol of Hope: U.S. Flag Survives California Wildfires – Nancy Flory, The Stream
Pro-life Gillespie & Pro-Abort Northam Battle in Close Virginia Gov’s Race – D. Andrusko, LN
Court: 90-yr-old Vet Memorial Unconstitutional’ for Containing Cross – Jonah Bennett, Strm
Satanic Temple Co-Founder: Fight Pro-life Laws to Push Split of Church & State – M. Bilger, LN
When HUD Can Help – Mene Ukueberuwa, City Journal
Burying Air Berlin: Curious World of French Pragmatism, German Statism – S. Richter, Glblst
Medieval Nuns Recycled before Recycling was Cool – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia
Bringing Back McKinley – Michael Lind, The National Interest
Translation Technology Useful, But Should Not Replace Learning Languages – M. Haugh, M-net
How Music & Memorization Can Save Our Failing Schools – A. Holmquist, The Imaginative. . .
The Inheritance Tax: A Fiscal & Moral Case Study – Ángel M.G. Carmona, Transatlantic Blog
If Not Even the Boy Scouts Can Celebrate Boys, They’re in Big Trouble – L. Moylan, The Fdrlst

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SATVRDAY CIVILIZATION EDITION

From left to right: Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Hess, (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)

How Nazi Secularism Crushed the Souls of Ordinary Germans

by Francis Phillips,

of Catholic Herald

Who were the Vikings? – Clare Downham, Mercatornet
Why Catalonia Will Fail Where Crimea Succeeded – Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Catalonia Civil War Warning as Independence Declaration Fears Grow – Strange, et al, Tlgrph
Operation Unthinkable: Britain’s Secret Plan to Invade Russia in 1945 – Michael Peck, TNI
Misremembering the Russian Revolution: Romanticism Not Reality – Joseph Pearce, TIC
When Burma Was Still Part of British India – Akhilesh Pillalamarri, The Diplomat
S-400, New Cruise Missiles & More: How Russia’s Military Is Back in a Big Way – N. Myers, TNI
What was the Warsaw Uprising? – Deutsche Welle
China’s Next Pres.: Reading Tea Leaves of Chinese Politics – Andrei Lungu, The Diplomat
Why Spain Needs a Constitutional Overhaul – Camino Mortera-Martinez, Centre for Euro. . .

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FRIDAY CIVILIZATION EDITION

North Korean Military Parade (Photo Credit: Tribunist)

How Do the Socialists Explain Away North Korea?

Kristian Niemietz,

of CapX

On Australia’s Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ (On-Going) Vote — Dover Beach, Statistician to the. . .
Why Small States Are Better – Philipp Bagus, Mises Institute
I was Imprisoned for Burma’s Freedom; I Fear The West Threatening that Freedom – Fr. M, CH
ISIS Genocide Survivor Begs U.S. to Help Yazidis – Before It’s Too Late – CNA via The CWR
Could Spain Go the Way of Yugoslavia? – Svante E. Cornell, The National Interest
Spain’s Catalonia Crisis Will Only Get Worse – Stan Veuger, The National Interest
From No. Ireland to Barcelona, We Say No to Separatism – Francesca Lozito, La Stampa
Passion and Pain: Why Secessionist Movements Rarely Succeed – Damien Kingsbury, Mrctrnt
A Spanish Libertarian on Catalonia – Daniel Lacalle & Jeff Deist, Mises Institute
Danger Zone: Will North Korea Take the Highway to Nuclear War? – Edward Chang, TNI
Catalan Vote Inspires Brazil’s Southern Separatist – Simone Preissler Iglesias, Blmbrg
For the Amoris Lætitia Discourse & Dialogue click here.

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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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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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FRIDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

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Forget the Paris Accords: Climate Is Socially Constructed, Like Sex

by John Zmirak, Ph.D.,

of The Stream

New U.S. Study: Same-Sex Attracted Not ‘Born That Way’, Sex Orientation Not Fixed – A. Flavio
Does This Study Signal the Death of the Stradivarius Violin? – Gracy Olmstead, The Federalist
Macron and the Uprooting of France – Matthew Del Santo, Lowy Institute
City: You Can’t Sell Blueberries Unless You Affirm “Gay Marriage” – Todd Starnes, The Stream
Who is the Real Vladimir Putin? A New Book Offers Interesting Answers – Francis Phillips, CH
How Kosovo Poisoned U.S.’s Relationship with Russia – Ted Galen Carpenter, Natl Interest
Saving Teens from the Brothels of Bangkok – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia
The Right to Health – Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
How Mædieval Towns Paved the Way for Capitalism – Richard M. Ebeling, FEE
The Future of the Venezuelan Crisis – Allison Fedirka, Geopolitical Futures
Ukraine’s Independence Is Key to U.S. Security and Stability – Victor Rud, Forbes
For the MONDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION (5 June, AD 2017) click here.
For the MONDAY CATHOLICA EDITION (5 June, AD 2017) click here.
For the MONDAY SÆCVLARIA EXTRA (5 June, 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

so-called-gender-neutral-progressive-pronounsI’m Sorry, I Can’t Speak That Way; Don’t Be Bullied Into Using ‘Gender-Neutral’ Pronouns

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

(Photo Credit: Joaquín Peiró Pérez/C.N.A.)
(Photo Credit: Joaquín Peiró Pérez/C.N.A.)

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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FRIDAY EDITION

voiceless-movie-poster-2016“Voiceless” Blows the Whistle on a Major Scandal Within the Church: Abortion

by Stephen Herreid

of Catholic Vote

Tradinistas: Angry Church Millennials Who Scorn Freedom – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
Here’s What I Discovered That Made Me Become Catholic – Dave Armstrong, N.C. Register
1962: Of Manners in Church, of the Vernacular, and of Vocations – Fr. Z’s Blog
Living Under the Dictatorship of Relativism – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture
This 81-year-old Woman Got a ‘Don’t Euthanize Me’ Tattoo; Canada’s Culture of Death – C.N.A.
Teen Girl’s Life, Death the Stuff from which Saints are Made – Fr. Jeffrey F. Kirby, Crux
Occupational Hazards of Catholic Liturgical Music as a Profession – Joel Morehouse, Nw Lt Mv
New Threats to Religious Liberty – Russell Shaw, The Dispatch via The Cthlc World Report
Pope Benedict is Still Misunderstood in Germany – Marie Meaney, Crisis Magazine
Norms, Abnormality, and False Liberation – James Kalb J.D., The Catholic World Report
Must One Vote? – John Macias, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report
Podcast on Catholic Exchange About the New Masters in Sacred Arts – David Clayton, BoC

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