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Babylon Is Falling – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine 299 +1

Why Does Mass Begin With A Procession? – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia 120 +1

Who You Calling ‘Reactionary’? Changing the Narrative on Tradition – David Kilby at Catholic Stand 73

Why I Became A Catholic – Fr. Dwight Longenecker 47

Valentine’s Day Needs St. Valentine Again – Anthony S. Layne at Catholic Stand 14

Australia Mourns Horrific Death of 4 Devout Catholic Children, Family Inspires Faith – Georgette Bechara at ChurchPOP

Prelatial Dress of the Religious Orders: The Dominicans – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

How a Saint That Died Almost 800 Years Ago Became the Patron of Television – uCatholic

Why Prayer, Fasting, & Almsgiving in Lent? – Scott Smith, J.D., at All Roads Lead To Rome

Are Icons An Antidote To Instagram – David G. Bonagura, Jr., at The Catholic Thing

Hurt & Angry – Fr. John Hunwicke at Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

All Those Synodizers, Those Dreamers of Process, Get a Key Thing Wrong – Fr. Z’s Blog

While the Local Church Fights Ortega in Nicaragua – Ryan C. Berg & Francis Tilney Burke

It’s All About Power. . . ‘British Baroque’ at Tate Britain – David V. Barrett at Catholic Herald

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