The Catholic Thing

Blood in the Streets | Stephen P. White: The recent mass shooting in Krakow was more than just monstrously inhumane; it was decidedly un-Polish. @Stephen_P_White buff.ly/ocARW6G

Holy Wars, Just Wars, and Other Wars | Luis Lugo: Recent papal statements risk undermining the Church's long-standing just-war tradition. buff.ly/plYpwLy

The View From Above All Religion | Randall Smith: Claiming all religions are essentially the same is not an act of tolerance, but a patronizing dismissal of the core truths that devoted believers live by. buff.ly/L5cMxlJ

Take Up and Read: Resisting the Post-Literate Dark Age | Auguste Meyrat: The ultimate goal of reading is to better love and serve God as well as neighbor. buff.ly/mCS4siu

On the Satisfactions of Listening | Francis X. Maier: Listening attentively helps us bypass modern distractions and meaningfully reflect on faith and eternity. @fran_x48 buff.ly/icCmzRC

Remember, Remember the Fifth of November | Michael Pakaluk on a Thomistic defense of the classic gin martini as the cure for political despair. buff.ly/21wjr3M

Glasgow is the shuttering half of its parishes since, as Archbishop William Nolan put it, there are “too many parishes but too few people.” buff.ly/c1o0Zro

Muslim U.S. Senate candidate grilled again for comparing canon law with sharia law buff.ly/jRPgQH2

How does the Church set for the mystery of the Incarnation? Fr. Gerald Murray explains in the week's clip on the CCC. buff.ly/jy9dir4

Cardinal Cupich and the ‘Seamless Garment’ | Richard A. Spinello: Treating all life issues as morally equivalent conflates absolute moral duties with prudential judgments. buff.ly/twmBmaP

Forever Freedom Fighters | Elizabeth Edwards Spalding: The 1956 Hungarian uprising serves as a timeless reminder of the cost of freedom and the moral necessity of resisting tyranny. buff.ly/9aGygbd

Brewing beer, building culture buff.ly/JfRvVpS

The pontiff said the Solemnity of All Saints offers a “hope-filled message.” God sees goodness hidden from us and calls every person to holiness. buff.ly/ZFT5RUM

‘Woe To Me If I Do Not Preach’ | Fr. Benedict Kiely: Denying the Church's mission to convert souls betrays both the Gospel and the sacrifices of the martyrs. buff.ly/0bivlCm

Sapieha’s Dinner and the Heavenly Banquet | Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: Archbishop Sapieha’s heroic witness shaped St. John Paul II's legacy of moral courage and the promise of divine mercy. buff.ly/rNNjJw2

The Georgia Martyrs: Dying for the Sanctity of Marriage | Daniel B. Gallagher: The beatification of the Georgia Martyrs reminds us that defending Christian marriage and family is at the very heart of the Gospel. buff.ly/Idt9E5E

The Children Who Have Seen It All | John Melnikov: To cure a generation addicted to endless digital stimulation, we must restore their capacity for boredom, attention, and awe. buff.ly/EG9Ymbw

World Series stars share how God and the Virgin Mary sustain their careers buff.ly/a7eDaGW

Christian persecution continues buff.ly/CpvtlQN