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Why Would a Saudi Prince Pay $450m for a Painting of Christ? - Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith Ph.D., Catholic Herald+++

Consecrated Virginity: The Obscure Glory – Sarah Greydanus, Catholic Stand

Meet the Patron of Large Families, Margaret of Scotland – Larry Peterson, Aleteia

A Southern Baptist Converts Because of Gregorian Chant – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Pope John Paul II’s Frightful Vision of a Muslim Europe – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream

Jerusalem: Peace Comes One Step Closer To Realization - David Warren, Essays in Idleness

Australia: A Human Prayer Chain Against Café Plans for Villa Maria Chapel – Ignitum Today

How To Know & Deal With Heresy Today – Part II – Guy McClung Ph.D. J.D., The American Catholic

How to Offend Like Jesus – Eric Sammons, Catholic Answers Magazine

Father Hyde – and the Mystery of Evil – James H. Toner, The Catholic Thing

A Dozen Simons, One Peter – Peter Darcy, Catholic Stand

A Funeral Mass is More Than a Consoling Memorial – Fr. Matthew Pittam, Catholic Herald

Candlemakers Here’s Your Bee-Loving Patron Saint – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Do You Have Your 2018 Ordo? – Fr. Z’s Blog

What an Invalid Dispensation Looks Like – Edward N. Peters J.C.D. J.D., In the Light of the Law

The World Medical Association Updates Hippocratic Oath; Value of Life Eroded – Michael Cook, Mercatornet

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