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What Exactly Does ‘Compassion’ Have To Do With the Annulment Process in the First Place by Edward N. Peters, J.C.D. J.D., of The Dispatch - Big Pulpit

Pope Francis: There Is No Religious or Human Rational for The Jihadist Attacks in Paris – The Dumb Ox, Big Catholics

The Concept, Origin, and Sacramental Nature of Marriage – Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg, Catholic Stand

Iraqi Patriarch Protests Law Compelling Christian Kids to Convert to Islam – Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald Magazine

Are Religious Kids Really Less Altruistic? by William M. Briggs, Ph. D., of Strange Notions - Big Pulpit

The War in Europe and Islam: Only Christianity Can Save Europe – Big Pulpit

Bishop Rhoades Challenges Poor Planned Parenthood Response from St. Mary’s College – Justin Petrisek, Catholic Education Daily

Nine Things I Wish I Had Heard As A Child – Rich Lamm, Epic Pew

New York City Parade Chairman and Critic of Having the Name 'St. Patrick' Harvests Fetal Tissue – Joseph Schaeffer, Crisis Magazine

Called to Serve The Least Among Us – Annie Deddens, Catholic Stand

Clock Ticks Toward Midnight, It’s Generic Terror; This Morning It’s All I.S.I.S – Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

Meditation on Friday Observance – Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg, Ignitum Today

Ignorance of Church History in Comparison to Islam – D. B., Omnia Vincit Veritas

How Should One Respond to the Jihadist Attacks in Paris? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Miserere Nobis: A Plea for Conversion in the Midst of a World Crisis – Sam Guzman, The Catholic Gentleman

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