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Pride and Prejudice | Fr. Paul D. Scalia: It is a fitting feast to turn away from the pride that divides and toward the humility that saves. Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto thine!
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We Need Kids to Be Real Rebels | H.W. Crocker III: You want a restoration of America? You want more faithful, patriotic Americans? You want a happier America? Emulate Robert E. Lee.
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We Celebrate a Decade | @RobertSRoyal
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Cdl. Zen to Vatican: Show me the documents @CatholicHerald
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The Mass According to Vatican II | Robert W. Shaffern: Pope Francis insists that the Traditional Latin Mass is contrary to the spirit of Vatican II. Yet the Council clearly stated: “The use of the Latin language is to be preserved in the Latin rites.”
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Pope Francis Must Stop the Madness | @GeraldMurray8 : Pope Francis’ manifest neglect of his duty to defend the Church’s teaching in the face of grave errors urgently calls for a “tough love” intervention.
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How Mother Angelica beam a media titan @RaymondArroyo via @washingtonpost
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Lionheart | @RobertSRoyal : Kudos to Archbishop Cordileone for reminding Nancy Pelosi – and the whole country – that you cannot be both a pro-abortion absolutist and an authentic Catholic.
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A Pint with C.S. Lewis: ‘The Most Reluctant Convert’ | @ABradfordMiner reviews an exhilarating new film about the conversion of one of the 20th century’s leading and most enduring Christian writers.
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By Their Fruits | Robert Royal: The new Vatican Declaration on blessings sows the very confusion, ambiguity, and controversy that it tries to avoid — and that has cropped up multiple times in Pope Francis’s papacy.
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Benedict XVI: Prophet | Benedict XVI: Prophet
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Chaput to pope: Cancel the Synod via @phillydotcom
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#PapalPosse rides again on #EWTN host @RaymondArroyo ,TCT’s @RobertSRoyal , & @GeraldMurray8 will discuss the extraordinary events of the past week. Thursday 8/30 @ 8:00 EST
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A Eucharistic Triumph in Indianapolis | Stephen P. White: At the Eucharistic Congress Christ’s presence was palpable and pervasive. Everyone there knew it, everyone understood: “The Lord is here. Jesus is here.”
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Vatican Failures in Cardinal Ouellet’s Case | @GeraldMurray8 : It is impossible to see the Holy See’s failure to act on the allegations against Cardinal Ouellet as anything other than a decision to protect a high Church official, while leaving the....
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Pope Francis and the Demise of Ascetic Christianity | Richard A. Spinello: We rarely if ever hear Pope Francis talk about chastity and purity, nor do these virtues find a home in documents like Amoris laetitia.
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Call the crisis by its right name: homosexuality @FDRLST
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SF archbishop performs Serra exorcism @NCRegister
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No Mercy for Latin Mass Lovers? | Msgr. Charles Fink: Why is it that the Church, with its multiple liturgical rites, cannot show compassion to Catholics who love the traditional Latin Mass?
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The Slandering of Cardinal Burke | @RobertSRoyal
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In case you missed yesterdays #papalposse you can watch it here: @RaymondArroyo , @GeraldMurray8 and @RobertSRoyal discussed religious repression in China, the book on priestly celibacy by Benedict XVI and Cardinal Sarah, among other topics.
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Dinner with a Long Spoon | Francis X. Maier: As Catholics, we have a duty to engage the world, including our nation’s public life. But we’re Catholics first and Americans second.
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The Communion Rail and Complementarity | Rev. Jerry J. Pokorsky
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June is for the Sacred Heart | Stephen P. White: In the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we discover the humility of God that overwhelms and destroys pride. In his Sacred and Suffering Heart, our own hearts are moved to contrition.
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The Crisis We Are Living | Fr. Gerald E. Murray, J.C.D.
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A Second Look at the Kazakh Bishops’ “Profession” | Fr. Gerald Murray
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READ @RobertSRoyal 's analysis of #AmorisLaetitia tomorrow at 6am ET at
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The Heroic Christian Virtue of Cardinal Mindszenty | Daniel J. Mahoney
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The Synod of Bishops: RIP | Fr. Gerald E. Murray: The appointment of non-bishop members to a synod of bishops is like having non-cardinal members in the College of Cardinals.
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Sarah meets with Benedict: no misunderstanding @cnalive
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John Paul Who? | Fr. Jeffrey Kirby: More than ever, we need the rapport between faith and reason, the splendor of truth, the theology of the body, and the catechesis of charity that were so clearly believed and taught by St. John Paul II.
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Philippines rejects same-sex marriage @cnalive
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#PopeFrancis , Fr. Martin, and Faith without Reason | @RobertSRoyal
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When the Priest Turns Atheist | Anthony Esolen
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The Eclipse and the Annunciation | Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: Celestial movements offer rare moments when the reach of the sun’s light depends, fleetingly, on the moon. More uniquely rare was Mary's fiat, when she stood between God and His Son.
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McCarrick: Many Grave Additional Questions | Fr. Gerald Murray
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An Open Letter to Theodore McCarrick | Fr. Gerald Murray #McCarrick @GeraldMurray8
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Weathering the Storm | Fr. Timothy V. Vaverek, STD
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#Chaput to U.S. bishops: Prioritize #abortion @NCRegister
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Freedom’s Two Prepositions | Fr. Paul D. Scalia: If we don’t use our religious freedom to live and proclaim the Gospel, then we allow the state to take it away.
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The Father of Lies | Anthony Esolen: All sin is an uprising against order; all sin a lie. God is truth – solid as rock, dependable, immovable. But the lie is vague, indirect, cunning, shifty, like the sands beneath the houses we build when we . . .
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Gnosticism Today | Thomas Weinandy, OFM Cap.
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The world desperately needs adoration @CatholicHerald
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Spiritually, Doctrinally, I’m An African | Fr. Jeffrey Kirby: God goes where He is wanted, and the believers of Africa want Him. There’s no equivocation, no compromise, no adulteration possible.
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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit | Randall Smith: Grace isn’t magic; it’s love taking root and growing over time to transform those who, like the Virgin Mary, say “yes” to it.
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Vesting in Lavender | Anthony Esolen
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Friends: The Papal Posse will ride again tomorrow night! Raymond Arroyo, @RobertSRoyal and Fr. Gerald Murray will discuss the final report of the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment. Check your local listings for EWTN’s “The World Over.”
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‘Outing’ the Liberal Catholic Project | @GeraldMurray8 : Liberalism is gaining the upper hand in the Church because Pope Francis is ignoring the mortal threat that it is.
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Thank you, Cardinal Mueller | Fr. Gerald E. Murray
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Sacred Space for Sale | Elizabeth Lev: The Vatican’s decision to add fee upon fee for holy sites seems to be transforming the “poor Church for the poor” into the Church of “pay to play.”
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New York: Sheen’s body will move to Peoria @cnalive
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Ideology Makes You Stupid | Anthony Esolen:
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Aquinas for beginners @NCRegister
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The Problems with “Proven Men” | Fr. Gerald Murray
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Cardinal Mueller: The shepherd here hits his flock hard with his crook. It also seems simply unjust to abolish celebrations of the “old” rite just because it attracts some problematic people. #TraditionisCustodes #GerhardCardinalMueller @Pontifex
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EWTN’s Andrew Walther, R.I.P. @NCRegister
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#Easter Sermon on the Sacraments | St. Augustine of Hippo
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A Curious Absence in Gaudete et Exsultate | Alan L Anderson
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New bio: Benedict XVI on the Anti-Christ @LifeSite
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The Pope’s brush-off unchallenged @Heminator
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A New Ghetto for American Catholicism | David Carlin: Catholics must face unpleasant facts: we are surrounded by enemies of our religion; and they are not moderate enemies like the Protestants of old.
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Missouri bishops urge action anyway @cnalive
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Pope’s approval numbers plunge over abuse crisis @Crux
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Mary, the Mother of God | Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM Cap.: We, like the Spirit-filled babe in Elizabeth’s womb, will leap forever and sing for joy with Mary, the Mother of God.
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Pope’s popularity plummets Grace Sparks, CNN
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The Greatest Catholic Event Since Vatican II? | Robert Royal: Prior to this Synod, I never dreamed that I would say this, but even the controversies and attempted infidelities, the rigging and manipulations, of the previous synods in the Francis . . .
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Should Governor Andrew #Cuomo be Excommunicated? | George J. Marlin
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Penitential Revival, Anyone? | Msgr. Robert Batule: Fewer Catholics are coming to Confession, and the most unsettling aspect of the decline has been the near total evisceration of a sense of sin.
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No Way Out | Anthony Esolen
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God’s Blessings and Magisterial Teaching | Fr. Thomas Weinandy on same-sex blessings: Attempting immorally to exploit God’s blessings makes a mockery of his divine goodness and love.
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Pope Francis and Schism Re-Visited | Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM Cap.: As the Synod begins, we can be confident that, in God’s good time, truth will win the day. And we have it on the best authority that the gates of Hell will not prevail.
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The end of the imperial episcopate Fr. Jay Scott Newman @firstthingsmag
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Tune in tomorrow @8PM EST #PapalPosse reunite @RaymondArroyo @RobertSRoyal @GeraldMurray8 along w/ Oxford Prof. Joseph Shaw. #TheWorldOver
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The Shame of the Cowardly Shepherds | Fr. Jeffrey Kirby: Despite poor episcopal leadership, there remain many Catholics who will continue to seek truth, labor for goodness, and accept persecution in defense of beauty.
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The Rise of the Ultramontanists | Fr. Jeffrey Kirby: Ultramontanism gives no strength to the Church. It borders on a flattery that serves no good and causes great harm.
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#AmorisLaetitia : Beautiful, Moving, and Divisive | @RobertSRoyal
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Nigerian martyrdoms continue: MSM silent Steve Warren, CBN News
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Put Them (Churches) Back the Way They Were | Randall Smith
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Respecting Traditional Catholics | Fr. Gerald Murray
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Arch. Chaput rebukes Biden on abortion @LifeSite
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Ouellet Tried to Rebut, but Actually Confirmed Viganò | Rev. Gerald Murray #PopeFrancis #Vigano
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Small, Silent, Still | Fr. Paul D. Scalia
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Don’t Protestantize the Church | Casey Chalk
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The First Metaphysical Poet | James Matthew Wilson: Thomas Aquinas did not merely anticipate the great metaphysical poets; he was the first among them, and he helped lead T.S. Eliot toward the Body of Christ.
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The Bitter Truth about Feminism | Lorraine V. Murray
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Old Man Driving: A Review of Eastwood’s “The Mule” | @ABradfordMiner #TheMule #ClintEastwood
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A Divisive Approach to Liturgical “Unity” | @Stephen_P_White : Saying you have no “attachment” to the Latin Mass is like saying you have no attachment to a great-grandfather you never met. That may be true, but it’s impious.
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The Dubia Were Answered | Elizabeth Mitchell
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Closed Up Inside a Dogmatic Box? | Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy OFM Cap.: Pope Francis says American “backwardists” are suicidal. In fact, these true conservatives preserve life-giving, saving doctrines – that God, in his love for us, has sent forth his . . .
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Christine Flowers: An unfair attack on Philadelphia Archbishop Chaput via @phillydotcom
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Of Truth and Idols | Fr. Gerald E. Murray
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Logic is Mighty – and Will Prevail | David Carlin: Logic works, slowly but surely. Having abandoned the idea that chastity is a virtue, our grandchildren will abandon the remainder of Catholicism.
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Enough Already | Anthony Esolen
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The Door Stop | David Warren: What the Church needs is not more reckless experiment. What the Church needs instead, is a humble return to source.
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