Year of Mercy

CATHOLIC FRIDAY EDITION

(Photo Credit: CNS/Maurizio Brambatti)
(Photo Credit: CNS/Maurizio Brambatti)

Why Pope Francis Is Wrong about Extending Mercy to Creation and the Environment

by Carl E. Olson

of The Dispatch

via The Catholic World Report

Priestesses Again Allow Protestants to Define Who Catholics Are, Fr. Z Rants – Fr. Z’s Blog
After Years of Service, Courage Director Takes on New Assignment – Catholic News Agency
Ye Old News Subject of Anglican Decline Gets Royal Treatment f/ The Economist – Ric. Ostling
L.A. Gathering Puts Reverent Catholic Liturgy at Heart of New Evangelization – Kevin J. Jones
20 Saints Who Were Also Cherished Friends – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew
4 Biblical Principles That Show the Reality of Purgatory – John Martignoni, Natl Cth Register
Georgetown Univ. Is Right to Face Up to Its History of Slavery, But Not Like This – David Cowen
Stalled Vatican Financial Reforms Could Hurt Cause of Evangelization – Phil Lawler, Cthlc Cltr
World Suicide Prevention Day, Sept. 10 (But Not for the Sick & Disabled) – Mark Davis Pickup
It’s All About Love – Marissa Standage, Ignitum Today
Couples Who Adopt Are “Real Parents” – Christopher O. Tollefsen Ph.D., Public Discourse

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FRIDAY EDITION

Pope Francis Question Press Conference AfricaMy Realistic Solution to the Problems in Amoris Laetitia: Possibly Withdraw the Document or Revise It

by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Flanders Diocese Demands Priestesses Now! – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog
Facebook Criticized for Changing Patricia Heaton’s Pro-Life Post to Anti-Abortion – M. Bilger
That Time Jesus Appeared in the Sky of Mexico – Catholic News Agency
Gender Ideology: Personal Disorder & Personal Sin – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture
Marianist Priest Suspended after Sex Abuse Allegations at Long Island School – N.C. Register
Doctors are Calling Patients Like Her “Brain Dead,” But It Turns Out That’s False – D. Andrusko
Restoring a Christian Culture Depends on How You Live, Not Where You Live – Brianna Heldt
How One Small Community Lived the Works of Mercy – Gretchen R. Crowe, OSV Newsweekly
Learning to Appreciate Church Documents – Ramon Antonio A. Aldana, Catholic Stand
Why Is the Vatican Audit Still on Hold? – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Amoris Lætitia Update for May 19 – Big Pulpit (May 19, 2016)
For the GOD & CAESAR FRIDAY EDITION (May 20, 2016) click here.

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WEDNESDAY EDITION

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The Sisters Lost Many Years Ago Before Katy Perry Beat Them

by John Zmirak, Ph.D.,

of The Stream

On His 300th Anniversary: 21 Things About St. Louis de Montfort – Joseph Pronechen, Rgstr
Pro-Life Group Lists Every Company Backing Planned Parenthood – Steven Ertelt, Life News
Through the Ladies’ Room Looking Glass: We Are All Transgender Now – John Zmirak Ph.D.
Downsizing the Domestic Church – Denise J. Hunnell M.D., Catholic Stand
Confronting the Public Health Crisis of Pornography – Paul S. Loverde, First Things
CNN Offers Fine Look at Prince the Believer (Missed Jehovah’s Witness Part) – Terry Mattingly
Schrödinger’s Family: An Open and Closed Case for Family Discernment – Lauren Meyers, I.T.
The Pacifist Temptation – William Doino Jr., First Things
Looking for a Good Book for the Year of Mercy? Read Lord of the Rings – Elizabeth Anderson
Criminal Justice Reform and the High Cost of Incarceration – Matt Hadro, Cthlc News Agency
Renting Wombs Is a Human Wrong, Not a Human Right – Adina Portaru, Public Discourse
Amoris Lætitia: The Infamous Footnote 351 – Big Pulpit (April 11, 2016)
Five Serious Problems with Chapter 8 of Amoris Laetitia – Big Pulpit (April 24, 2016)
Amoris Lætitia, Amoris Defetiscenia – Big Pulpit (April 28, 2016)
For the GOD & CAESAR SUNDAY EDITION (April 24, 2016) click here.
For the ST. PETER & PROPHET MUHAMMAD MON. EDITION (April 25, 2016) click here.
For the GOD & CAESAR TUESDAY EDITION (April 26, 2016) click here.
For the BYZANTINE TUESDAY EDITION (April 26, 2016) click here.
For the WEDNESDAY EXTRA (April 27, 2016) click here.
For the THURSDAY EDITION (April 28, 2016) click here.
For the GOD & CAESAR THURSDAY EDITION (April 28, 2016) click here.
For the THURSDAY EXTRA (April 28, 2016) click here.
For the FRIDAY EDITION (April 29, 2016) click here.

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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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Bishop Fellay SSPXUpdated: Pope Francis Received S.S.P.X. Bishop Bernard Fellay

by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

of Fr. Z’s Blog

Obama Unfairly Targeting Pro-Life People Peacefully Protesting Abortion – Kesley Harkenss
So Many Books, So Little Time – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Another God & Football Story: E.S.P.N. Ignores Catholic Faith in Harbaugh Story – Tr. Mattingly
J.R.R. Tolkien, the Feast of the Annunciation and the Defeat of Sauron – Angelo Stagnaro
When Lady Day Falls on Good Friday  – Regis Martin, Crisis Magazine
The Right Kind of Fear, Not Doing the Will of God – Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord (Transferred) – Dan Burke, Cthlc Spiritual Drctn
The Annunciation: A Pattern for Our Lives – Stephanie H. To, Catholic Stand
Church Joins in Mourning Pakistan’s Park-Massacre Victims of Easter – Anto Akkara, The Reg
The Power of Words for Pilgrims of Mercy: The Brilliance of the Resurrection – Sar. Huntzinger
Pope Asks Bishops To Set Up New Charities To Mark Year of Mercy – Cindy Wooden, Cthlc Hrld
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 TUESDAY EDITION (April 5, 2016) click here.
For the TUESDAY EXTRA (April 5, 2016) click here.
For the WEDNESDAY EDITION (April 6, 2016) click here.

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