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An American Priest in L’Osservatore Romano, Promotes Either Dissoluble Marriage or Polygamy - Fr. Z’s Blog+++

Goodbye Christopher Tolkien - Dave Griffey, Daffey Thoughts+++

While We’re on the Subject of Married Catholic Priests . . . – Deborah Gyapong, Anglicanorum Cœtibus Society Blog

Special Forces Weapons for Spiritual Warfare! – Fr. Richard Heilman, Roman Catholic Man

The Four Last Things, False Paths & Fr. James Martin, SJ – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Theology of Jane Austen – Part I & Part II – Guy McClung Ph.D. J.D., Catholic Stand

Pal Jesus is a Myth – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

The Extra Jar of Oil – Fr. Michael Chua, Ignitum Today

Amazon Heralds New TV Show Based on Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings – Phillip Kosloski, Aleteia

Buddhist Social Worker: Pope Francis Visit to Myanmar May Bring “Peace” – Santosh Digal, Asia News

The First Trappist Brewery in the “New World” – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia

The Migrant Crisis and Hungary’s Tormented Past – Christopher Szabo, Mercatornet

Australia Votes Yes on ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ Non-Binding Vote – Mark Bowling, The Catholic Leader

How Cardinal Parolin Won the Vatican Civil War – Fr. Mark Drew, Catholic Herald

Church of England Jumps on the Trans Bandwagon – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Cardinal Müller: I Did Not Say There are Exceptions to Communion for Remarried – Catholic Herald

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Miniature from a 13th-century Passio Sancti Georgii (Verona).

St. George: A Saint to Slay Today's Dragons

COMMENTARY: Even though we don’t know what the historical George was really like, what we are left with nevertheless teaches us that divine grace can make us saints and that heroes are very much not dead or a thing of history.