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Marc Cardinal Ouellet: Church Needs to Fight “Extreme Masculinity” - Fr. Dwight Longenecker+++

6 Practical Steps Every Catholic Can Take for Spiritual Perfection – Laura Hensley, epicPew

What Mary Can Teach Us About Death – Jeannie Ewing, Catholic Exchange

Integrating Catholic Social Teaching With Economics & Natural Science – Jay W. Richards O.P. Ph.D.

The Home is Also a Business – Antonio Argandoña, Mercatornet

Lessons in “Patriotism” for Disobedient Underground Catholics – Feng Gang, Bitter Winter

The Value of Black as a Liturgical Color – Shawn R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal

Catholicism in Belize: The Church in a Troubled Paradise – Ray Cavanaugh, The Catholic World Report

The Latest on Catholicism & Capital Punishment – Edward Feser Ph.D.

Catholic Schools Not Improving Under Common Core – Denise Donohue Ed.D., Newman Society

Excommunicated Catholics are Still Catholic – Edward N. Peters J.C.D. J.D., In the Light of the Law

Quæritur: “Properly Blessed” Devotional Objects – Fr. Z’s Blog

My Resurrection: Coming Forward as a Survivor of Sexual Abuse – Maria Sage, Catholic Link

When the Church is Silent, We Incur Guilt before God – W. Ross Blackburn Ph.D., the Human Life Review

As the Iron Bell Tolls – Carlos Caso-Rosendi

Miters & Millstones – Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing++

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