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The Future Isn’t Over Yet: Christianity Overwhelming Islam In Conversions;

There is a large and growing defection, worldwide, of Muslims to the Christian religion. This we know from many sources;

-- David Warren of Essays in Idleness

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VVEDNESDAY CATHOLICA EDITION Published 29 November AD 2017 Muslim Conversions to Christianity (Credit: Asia News) The Future Isn’t Over Yet: Christianity Overwhelming Islam In Conversions by David Warren, of Essays in Idleness Young Catholics Divided on Identity & Massimo Faggioli Goes Hebephrenic...
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Same-sex “Marriage” Opens the Door to Polyamory
-- Sister Renée Mirkes, O.S.F., of Crisis Magazine

An ominous portent haunts the dissenting opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges. Chief Justice John Roberts, relying on the old maxim that it’s valid to infer from what has happened to what will happen, predicts the inescapability of sequels to the legalization of same-sex “marriage.” The SCOTUS, he avers,...
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Inside America’s Largest Religious Revival You Know Nothing About
-- Heather Smith of The Federalist

For decades, demographic studies have indicated the steady decline of religion in America, but new measures suggest at least one religion in America is alive and well. . .
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Ireland: Priests Told to Stop Calling Bishops ‘Spineless Nerds & Sycophantic Half-Wits’
-- Fr. Z’s Blog

This is amusing in a dark way… sort of like a movie about a screwball dysfunctional family. . .
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Archbishop Naumann Elected U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Committee Chair! (. . .more in the Tuesday Catholic Extra)
Victory for Life
-- Carl Bunderson of CNA/EWTN News
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TVESDAY CATHOLICA EXTRA Published 14 November AD 2017 Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City (Credit: Scott Maentz from Flickr via Catholic News Agency) Archbishop Naumann Elected U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Committee Chair by Carl Bunderson, of CNA/EWTN News Physician-Assisted Suicide: A New Pascal’s…
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Leaving The Trans Cult
-- Rod Dreher

Here’s the stunning story of Noor Jontry, 14, who had begun to change her gender, but ceased and desisted. She talks about how she got into it, and how she escaped it. It’s a long story, and I’m only going to quote parts of it that talk about the role the Internet and popular culture played in explo...
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Protestant Traditions You Won’t Find in the Bible
-- Trent Horn of Catholic Answers Magazine

When Catholics and Protestants have discussions about what divides us, Protestants often pepper their Catholic friends with the question, “Where is that in the Bible?” But seldom do they stop to apply the standard of sola scriptura to their own beliefs. If they did, they would find that some of them...
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The University of Notre Shame
-- John Zmirak, Ph.D., of The Stream

Notre Dame University in Indiana has long been one of the flagships of Catholic education in America. But that school just made a shameful, scandalous, but most of all ludicrous decision. The issue? Contraceptive coverage for employees of the school. . .
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St. Gertrude Prayer Releases 1,000 Souls from Purgatory Or Does It
-- Fr. Richard Heilman of Roman Catholic Man

I have to admit, I have always struggled with the claim that St. Gertrude received, from our Lord, the promise that, if this prayer is said, 1,000 souls are released from Purgatory. But, if it is true, it is true . . . or is it. . .
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Messori: Pope Francis is Creating a ‘Liquid Society’ Church
-- Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register

Famed Italian author criticizes the Holy Father for mirroring modern society by turning the Church into a place where “everything is unstable and changeable” . . .
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The Present Crisis in a Nutshell
-- Father Ed’s Blog
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Forgive me for beating my favoured drum but this needs repeating ad nauseam.

The church is currently split between those who imagine conforming the church to the ‘Spirit of the age’. . .
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In This Moment of Crisis, the Church Desperately Needs Good Priests
-- Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, Ph.D., of Catholic Herald

The Church needs renewal. Does it have the people who can bring it about. . .
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Texas Church Massacre: Those Atheism Comments on That Facebook Page
-- Terry Mattingly of Get Religion

In the social-media age, journalists have learned – the hard way – to be very careful about materials that they find online at Facebook and similar sites. . .
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Interview with Dr. Kwasniewski about Discovering the Old Mass, Common Objections, Ad Orientem, Optionitis, Antiquarianism, and More
-- New Catholic of Rorate Cæli

A Response to Fr. Weinandy’s Letter
-- Fr. Dwight Longenecker

This morning America magazine publishes an oily letter from Mgr. John Strynkowski–Fr Weinandy’s predecessor as executive director of the Secretariat for Christian Doctrine at the U.S.C.C.B. . .
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Why Does Fr. James Martin Persist in Embarrassing, Sleight-of-Substance Tactics?
-- Carl E. Olson of The Catholic World Report

The well-known Jesuit priest and author insist that Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy is a “dissenter”. That would be funny if it weren’t so s. . .
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Pope Francis Wants Priests to Marry?
-- Father Dwight Longenecker

To show how the media constantly gets things wrong check this out. . .
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