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What is the best edition of the Bible for Catholics?  John Burger of Aleteia +1

Seven Spirit-Building Exercises for 2019  Richard Van Kirk of Catholic Stand

This Cardinal’s 5 Secrets to Sanctifying Your Work  Theresa Zoe Williams of epicPew

What Catholic Social Teaching Tells Us About Affirmative Action  Stephen M. Krason, J.D. Ph.D., of Crisis Magazine

Two Pakistani Christians Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy  Robin Gomes of Vatican News

Archbishop urges Irish Catholics to resist new abortion law  Michael Kelly of Catholic Herald

We Could Do Better  Jim Dougherty of Catholic Stand

Some Men Are Born Eunuchs . . .  Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., of The Catholic Thing

Parents Are Being Groomed  Jennifer Hartline of The Stream

Making your support real & not theoretical ☩ Deborah Gyapong of The Anglicanorum Coetibus Society

Explaining to Family Why He Left the Denominations for the Catholic Church ☩ Steve Ray of Defenders of the Catholic Faith

Second Thoughts on Suicide & Catholic Funerals  John Zmirak, Ph.D., of The Stream

Losing Our Identity  Regis Nicoll of Crisis Magazine

The Pope’s Elephant: The Story of the Papal Elephant Buried Underneath the Vatican Billy Ryan of uCatholic

Not Magic  California Catholic Daily

The Untold Story of When the Vatican Was Bombed During World War II  Billy Ryan of uCatholic

The revival of 1920's Designer Fabrics  J.P. Sonnen of Liturgical Arts Journal

Twelve Reasons Not to Prefer the Novus Ordo: A Reply to Fr. Longenecker  Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., of New Liturgical Movement

Sacramento Bishop Suspends Retired Priest Accused of Abuse  California Catholic Daily

Canon Law Should Be Changed to Make Catholic Bishops Accountable  Stephen Bainbridge of Public Discourse

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