The Five Best Christmas Movies, The Deadliest of the Deadlies, Wedding: Church or Garden and More!

The Best in Catholic Blogging

The Five Best Christmas Movies and the Gift of Grace and Renewal by Dr. Mark W. HendricksonBig Pulpit

The Deadliest of the Deadlies, Today – Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Wedding. . .Church or Garden? – Bernard Toutounji, Ignitum Today

Will Hobbits Save the World? – Philip Kosloski, Into the West

Christmas Caroling Outside Abortion Clinics: A Pro-Life Tradition – John Jalsevac, LifeSiteNews

Byzantine Catholic Rapture? – J. Andrew, Prayer of St. Ephrem

Monogamy, Celibacy, and Fatherhood – Dr. Joel I. Barstad, Southern Byzantine

Book Review: Catholic Spiritual Practices – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

Rorate Cæli Desuper – Kathleen Pluth, The Chant Café

Widespread Public School Abuse Cover-Ups; Rest of Media Snores – David F. Pierre Jr., The Media Report

The Russians Don’t Agree “That’s a Family” – Austin Ruse, First Things/First Thoughts

“Knowing God: God and the Human Condition” – Frank Sheed, Ignatius Insight Scoop

“Go Read Your Thomas” – Brian Jones, Crisis Magazine

Has Cath News No Shame! – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Plutonomy – Richard Aleman, The Distributist Review

Quæritur: Can We Write Down Notes and Thoughts During Holy Mass? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Twitter And Infallibility – Marcus Allen Steele

Pre-1256 Dominican Rite Missal Manuscript Now Available Online – Fr. Augustine Thompson OP, Dominicana

Solzhenitsyn: The Courage to be a Christian – Joseph Pearce, Truth and Charity Forum

Planned Parenthood’s Long History of Hiding Sexual Abuse – Steven Ertelt, Life News

For the latest on the Best Punditry and Analysis in the Catholic Blogosphere click on Big Pulpit.

Read more

Cardinal Cupich Says Synod’s Egalitarian ‘Conversations in the Spirit’ Can ‘Revolutionize’ the Church

The Chicago prelate called for a reform of Church governance rooted in a process that some say inappropriately minimizes the distinction...

Columbia in Chaos: Catholic Chaplain Offers Path Through Campus Tensions

Advises Prayer and Charity to Counter Anti-Israel Encampment and Aggression

A ‘Veep of Faith’? Trump’s Running Mate Could Be One of These Catholics

The presidential contender has yet to announce his vice-presidential pick — and three of the top seven contenders are Catholic.