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Inside the Persecuted Life of Bishop Pei Ronggui  Feng Gang of Bitter Winter

Science for Catholic Home Schoolers: a Historical Approach  Robert Kurland, Ph.D., of Catholic Stand

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New Week’s Resolutions — A Better Idea Darcy of Catholic Stand

Looking Inward  Noel Ethan Tan of Ignitum Today

A Monastic Approach to Catholic Fundraising  Brice Sokolowski of CatholicFundraiser.net

Why Clerical Corruption Does Not Justify Apostasy  Casey Chalk of Crisis Magazine

Pope Francis Appoints New Archbishop in Indonesia  Robin Gomes of Vatican News

Hartford Archbishop Blair Elected to Chair USCCB Committee on Divine Worship The Editors of Adoremus

Filthy Lucre: The UK’s Abortion Industry  K.V. Turley of Crisis Magazine

Do changes for Ukraine’s Orthodox Church mean unity with Catholics is on the horizon?  John Burger of Aleteia

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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.