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A Priest’s #1 Distraction at Mass—& How to Avoid It - Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture+++

Quæritur: Does Pope Francis Really Want to Change the Lord’s Prayer? - Fr. Z’s Blog+++

The Diaconal Call to Spiritual Martyrdom – Deadon Robert T. Yerhot, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

The ‘Gay Nativity’ Scandal, Erasing Woman & Perverting the Truth – Jennifer Hartline, The Stream

New Demonology, Theology & Western Movies – Edouard Belaga Ph.D., Catholic Stand

Will the Court Overturn Bad Precedents? – Stephen M. Krason Ph.D., Crisis Magazine

Christmas, Chanukkah & Strange Physics – Bob Kurland Ph.D., Catholic Stand

Advent Sermons of St. Augustine: The Son Became Man – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

Did the Church Chain Up the Bible? – Steve Weidenkopf, Catholic Answers Magazine

New Polish Prime Minister: My Dream is to Re-Christianise the European Union – Catholic Herald

Muslim Population Grows in Europe: End of Europe as We Know It – Marcus Roberts, Mercatornet

The More Godless Europe Becomes, the Less Happy It Will Be – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Pope Francis’s Ecclesial Realpolitik – Andrea Gagliarducci, Monday Vatican

The Sadness of All Apostasy—& the Modern Scandal – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture

The Oldest Monastery in Iraq is Forever Lost – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia

Lord’s Prayer: What Does Lead Us Not Into Temptation Mean – Mark Langley, Lion & Ox

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