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No Mentally Functioning Adult Believes Cardinal Joseph Tobin’s “Nighty-Night Baby I Love You” Tweet

. . .a priest well-informed about episcopal matters writes to speculate about how the US bishops are going to spin to get out ahead of this burgeoning scandal. . .

by Rod Dreher

Rage Over Cardinal McCarrick & Total War – Fr. Z’s Blog
The “Explainer” Fr. James Martin – William M. Briggs, The Stream
Bishop Scharfenberger Get’s It Right on McCarrick – Diocese of Albany
Abp. John Myers Protected McCarrick, Retires in Luxury – Christine Niles J.D., ChM
Bishop M. Olson of Fort Worth: Hold McCarrick & His Enablers Accountable – The CWR
Catholic Heavyweights Demand Bishop Accountability – Christine Niles J.D., ChM
Archbishop Sheen’s Warning of a Crisis in Christendom – Joseph Pronechen, NC Register
The Harsh Punishment They Used to Mete Out to Bad Priests Goes Viral – ChurchPOP
No Question, Pope Francis Made History Saturday on McCarrick – John Allen, Crux
Rite of Degradation of a Bishop (or Archbishop) – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Emergent #MeToo Clerical Movement – Aquæ Regiæ, The Catholic World Report
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THVRSDAY EDITION

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Philadelphia Eagles Praying in End-Zone (Credit: Facebook Screenshot via The Stream)

Sports Writers Lashed Out at Tony Dungy for Celebrating Christianity; Bad Move

Sports writers berated former NFL coach Tony Dungy for celebrating Christianity on Twitter and got more of a holy smack down than they bargained for.

by Joshua Gill,

of The Stream

Italian Storm – Dominic Green, City Journal
Pope Francis: More People Need to Join Pro-Life Efforts to Stop Abortion – Ste. Ertelt
Vatican Communications Reboot Continues, With Launch of New Website – Edw. Pentin
The Bioethics of Tattoos: Taking ‘Living Wills’ Too Literally? – Michael Cook, Mrctrnt
Neocatechumenal Way: Kiko Argüello Announces Successor – CNA via The CWR
Help Improve BigPupit.com, Fill Out a 4 Minute Anonymous Survey – Big Pulpit
Going Pro with Your Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net
An Accessible Manual for the Spiritual Journey – Fr. Roger J. Landry, Intgrtd Cthlc Life™
A Letter on Loneliness – Rick Yoder, The Amish Catholic
The University of Notre Dame Adds ‘Simple Contraceptives’ to Insurance Plan – CNA
Prepare for a Prayerful Lent – Fr. William Casey, Catholic Exchange
How This Classical Catholic School Welcomes Children with Down Syndrome – Grogan
The Catholic Faith, A Religion of Both Word & Symbol – Veronica Arntz, New Lit Mov
Life’s Vignettes & God – Edward Monti, Catholic Stand
The Art of Cultivating a Heavenly Perspective – Jonathan B. Coe, Catholic Exchange
A Christian Response to Poverty Aims for Long-Term Restoration – Stacey Singh
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VVEDNESDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

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Sirens Already Hinting Our Culture Wars Will End In Another Civil War

by John Daniel Davidson,

of the Federalist

White is the New ‘N’ Word – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Video Catches NY Times Admitting It “Always” Slants Stories Against Trump – S. Whitlock, LN
AP Omitted Expert Quotes That Didn’t Fit Narrative on Global Warming – M. Bastasch, Strm
Football’s Decline has Some High Schools Disbanding Teams – Ben Nuckols, Associated Press
The Australia Model for Gun Control is Useless – Corey Iacono, The Stream
Russia: The Real Story – Irina Tsukerman, The American Spectator
Why Did Twitter Reject This Pro-life Ad? – Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency
Entertainers Hypocritical in Political Attacks, so Long as Targets are Safe – B. McManus, CJ
The Curse of Victimization – Dudley Hall, The Stream
Forever Young? – Joseph Kremers, The Catholic World Report
Criticising Theresa May for Choking Fit Isn’t Punditry; Just Plain Nastiness – L. Caldecott, CH
Amy Barrett, Augustine & the Relationship between Religion & Politics – Brian Jones, Pub Dis
Social Transformation & Market Economy: Reply to Samuel Gregg – Mt. McManus Ph.D., PD
Americans Deepest in Poverty Lost More Ground in 2016 – Kristen Bialik, Pew Research
Race Relations are Improved by Free Markets, Not Collectivist Politics – Rch. M. Ebeling, FEE

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TVESDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

So-Called Same-sex Marriage Family (Photo Credit: The Stream)

Growing Up with Two Moms

by Robert Oscar Lopez, Ph.D.,

of The Stream

Visigoths At Civilization’s Gates – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Twitter Censors Pro-Lifer’s Ad of Planned Parenthood Selling Baby Parts – Micaiah Bilger, LN
Mom Refused to Abort Baby w/Down Syndrome Dropped f/Abortion TV Debate – Andrusko, LN
What They Don’t Mean by Indigenous People’s Day – Dave Griffey, Daffey Thoughts
What Happened in Vegas? – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., Crisis Magazine
First Look at ‘The Man In the High Castle’ Season 3 – Donald R. McClarey J.D., TACatholic
Pence and the Media’s ‘Stunted’ Mentality – Al Perrotta, The Stream
Michelle Obama In 2013: Harvey Weinstein Is ‘A Wonderful Human Being’ – The Federalist
The Story that Netflix’s Heroin(e) Fails to Cover – Chris Calton, Mises Institute
Peaceful Assisted Suicide? Patients Regurgitate, Seizures, Wake Up Days Later – M. Cook, LN
As Dems Denounce Weinstein, Clintons & Obama Stay Mum – Eli Watkins & Dan Merica, CNN
Discover the Family-planning app that can Free You from the Pill – Paola Belletti, Aleteia
Investigation of Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’ Should Start – Ken Blackwell, The Stream
A Difficult Life in Mosul Post-ISIS – Mustafa Habib, Atlantic Council
Mali Church Leader Voices Alarm as Islamists Attack Parishes – Jonathan Luxmoore, CH
Some Democrats Returning Money They Received from Weinstein – Alan Fram, The Stream

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THVRSDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

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Planned Parenthood Social Media Question About Dating Massively Backfires

by Micaiah Bilger

of LifeNews.com

Is the Joel Osteen Brouhaha Justified? – Rachel Lu Ph.D., Crisis Magazine
What Criminologists Don’t Say & Why – John Paul Wright Ph.D. & Matt DeLisi Ph.D., Cty Jrnl
Politico Mocks Christian Faith of Hurricane Harvey Victims – Christine Rousselle, Life News
Pastor: Iceland “Most Godless Country in Europe” – Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews.com
Criticism Of The Nashville Statement – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Vogue Magazine Makes Treason Fashionable – Rod Dreher, TAC Blogger
Would a Secret Society Lie? The Freemasons Part III — Ianto Watt, Statistician to the Stars!
Liberation Theology: The Prosperity Gospel, Plus Gulags – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream
White Supremacy Group Slams Pro-Lifers Trying to Defund Planned Parenthood – M. Bilger, LN
Christian Artists Should Have Same Free Speech Game as Colin Kaepernick – J. Gottry, Fdrlst
Houston: Disaster Management has Come a Long Way Since Katrina – Nicole Gelinas, City Jrnl
How This Catholic Saint Might be the Patron of Opioid Addicts – CNA via The CWR
Michigan is 14% African-American, 50% of Babies Killed in Abortions are Black – Chr. Gast, LN
Man Who Lost Everything in Harvey Flood Still Thankful: ‘God is Good’ – Nancy Flory, Strm
Political Theory, Travel, and the Love of Home – Brian Jones, Public Discourse
Houston Residents are in for a Long Recovery after Harvey – John Burger, Aleteia
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VVEDNESDAY SÆCVLARIA EDITION

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Hollywood Star Sets Twitter on Fire When She Calls Out CBS for Abortion Story

by Pardes Seleh

of the Independent Journal Review

Charlottesville Through the Eyes of an Ex-White Supremacist – Joseph Pearce, NC Register
A Cure for MS? – Mark Pickup, the Human Life Review
Macron’s Popularity is Collapsing as France Faces a Winter of Upheaval – David Cowan, CH
CBS Applauds Iceland for “Eliminating” Down Syndrome thru Abortion – Katie Yoder, Life Nws
Nazis: Left or Right? – Darwin, DarwinCatholic
Did Medieval Medicine Ever Work; More Than You Think – John Horvat II, The Imaginativ. . .
Sorry, Google, But There’s No Such Thing As ‘Scientific’ Values – Matthew Petrusek, Fdrlst
Why Trendy Math that Focuses on Understanding Often Cheats Kids – Barry Garelick, Fdrlst
NFL Owners Reluctant to Sign Kaepernick Due to Too Much Baggage – H. Baker Ph.D., Fdrlst
US Vet Returns Dead Japanese Soldier’s Flag – Mari Yamaguchi, The Stream
US: Progressive Values Can’t Be Just Secular Values – Chris Coons, The Atlantic
Can Anyone Stop Iran From Taking Over Iraq? – Zaid al-Ali, The New York Times
The Idea of India is Alive & Kicking – Linda S. Heard, Gulf News Thinkers
Left-Leaning Tories & Labour Blairites to Form New Centrist Party? – Stephen Daisley
Pursuing Unity: Race & the American Story – S. Adam Seagrave, Public Discourse
US State Department Recognizes ISIS Genocide in Religious Freedom Report – Mt. Hadro, CNA
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CATHOLIC THURSDAY EXTRA

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by Mary Rezac

In Defense of the ‘Staycation’ of Pope Francis – Austen Ivereigh, Crux
True History of Celibacy Shows Married Men, If Ordained, Lived Continently – Fr. Jer. Bertram
How Mother Teresa Embodied What Pope Francis Teaches – Cindy Wooden, CNS via Crux
How We Stopped a Black Mass at Harvard – Aurora Griffin, Catholic Herald
El Salvador Kicks Off Jubilee Year to Honor Oscar Romero – Inés San Martín, Crux
Ben-Hur’s Reboot – Jim Graves, National Catholic Register
The Good News About Suffering – Thomas Clements, Ignitum Today
Debtors Need Our Help – Amy-Jo Crowley, Catholic Herald
Pope Francis Inspires Master Chef to Create Feasts for Rio’s Homeless – AP via Catholic Herald
Beating the Odds: Catholic Story of Start of Modern Olympics (A.D. 1896) – Don DeMarco Ph.D.
I Confess to Being an Addict to (Olympic) Sports – David Torkington, Catholic Stand

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TECHNOLOGY MONDAY EDITION

Twitter Logo Holy See Vatican City Flag Catholic Church14 Catholics Who are Winning Twitter

by Fr. Matthew Schneider, L.C.,

of Aleteia

The Smartphone and The Virgin – Mark Movsesian, First Things
Coming Soon in Virtual Reality: “The Story of Christ” – Benjamin Wiker, Natl Cthlc Register
Facebook Is Creating an Ever More Silent Majority – Madeleine Teahan, Catholic Herald
The Vatican Digital Library Is Now Online, Here’s What You Need to Know – Shaun McAfee, eP
The Peculiar Endurance of the Physical Signature – Josephine Wolff, Slate
Gamer Mat. Patrick: Why He Gave Pp. Francis Free Access to His Game Undertale – Carol Glatz
EWTN Has a Neat Game That Teaches Kids the Mass, Church & the Catholic Life – Daphne Vega
Teleology in the Digital Age – Jordan Zajac, First Things
Stop Virtue Signaling On Social Media And Help Someone – Mitch Hall, The Federalist
Cyberwarfare Comes of Age: The Internet Is Now Officially a Battlefield – Steve Ranger, ZDNt
Slack, the Facebook Slayer – Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic

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