Holy Planking, New Marian Shrine, Defense of Catholic Marriage is "Hatred", and more!

The Best in Catholic Blogging

Holy Planking! - Tony Robertson, The Holy Irritant

Cardinal O’Malley to Confirm According to the Extraordinary Form - Pascal, Rorate Cæli

Free Economies Must Grow On Solid Principles - Michael Severance, Acton Institute/PowerBlog

Houston: Dedication of New Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham - Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

. . .Jeffrey A. Tucker: How Gregorian Chant & Simple English Propers are Related. . .

What Are Rogation Days? (Mon/Tues/Wed before Ascension Thursday) - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

The Passion of Joan of Arc, A Movie Worth Watching - Reginaldus, The New Theological Movement

. . .Mark Twain: Saint Joan of Arc’s Five Great Deeds. . .

. . .Régine Pernoud: The Preface to “The Retrial of Joan of Arc”. . .

Catholic Understanding of Saints: Isn’t Christ the One Mediator, Part 3 - Michael Barber, The Sacred Page

Pray as Though You Were the Image & Likeness of God - Thomas Colyandro M.A. M.Div., Catholic Lane

. . .Father John Bartunek: Contemplation & Meditation, What’s the difference?. . .

Courtship: Can You Handle the Unexpected? - Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

Remembering Who We Are, and Why - Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Gay Activists Call Catholic Defense of Traditional Marriage “Hatred” - Lisa Graas

Smoking Cigars for Beginners - Giuseppe Ambrose, The Three Bs

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Maya Hawke as American writer Flannery O'Connor in the 2024 film "Wildcat."

Jessica Hooten Wilson on 'Wildcats' /Father Dave Pivonka on Title IX (May 4)

Flannery O’Connor shares the big screen with some of her most memorable short story characters in the new indy film ‘Wildcat’. O’Connor scholar Jessica Hooten Wilson gives her take on the film and what animates the Catholic 20th century writer’s prophetic imagination.Then FUS University President Father David Pivonka explains why Franciscan University of Steubenville has pushed back against the Biden administrations’ new interpretation of Title IX, which redefines sex discrimination to include a student’s self- asserted ‘gender identity’.