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In Defense of Nice Churches – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Why Does God Only Forgive When We Repent? – Fr. C. J. McCloskey III STD, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Seven Blogs from Traditional Catholic Priests by H. H. Ambrose of the Saint Peter's List blog – Big ulpit

A Twelve Point Plan by St. Paul for the Church – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Re-learning to Pray – Cristina Montes, Ignitum Today

Quæritur: Did Jesus Feed the Apostles on the Tongue at the Last Supper? – Fr. Z’s Blog

No Compromises with Secularism – Archbishop William E. Lori, Archdiocese of Baltimore

Paint-by-Number Hymns – Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine

The Gregorian Chant Murder – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Sorry, Cryo-Kids, This is The New Normal, “Get Over It” – Chelsea Zimmerman, Catholic Lane

France: No Exemptions for Same-Sex “Marriage” – Jeanne Smits, LifeSiteNews

As Predicted: the Normalizing of Incest and Pedophilia – Elizabeth Scalia, Patheos/The Anchoress

Portable Altar Cards from SPORCH – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Rimsha Could be the Start of Change in Pakistan – Nasir Saeed, Catholic Herald

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