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Extend Clemency to Deserving Inmates, Says Pope Francis – Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic Herald

Forgiveness Is Stronger Than Hate – Paul Oakes, Catholic Stand

Pope Francis Receives 300 Habsburgs in the Vatican – Vatican Radio

The Vatican is Reforming Its Communications and so Must Our Parishes – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith Ph.D., Catholic Herald

Book Review: T&T Clark Companion to Liturgy – Peter A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Liturgical Movement

Government Now Entering Our Churches – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic News and Inspiration

In Canada, Assisted Suicide Could Also Kill Catholic Healthcare – Catholic News Agency

Mel Gibson and His 2016 Multi-Media Tour: Can This Fallen Star Ever Repent Enough? – Julia Duin, Get Religion

The Sign of Jonah and the Binding of Satan – Emmett O’Regan, Unveiling the Apocalypse

Watch the Bishop of Rockford and His Priests Rocking Out in Carpool Karaoke – Mary Flynn, epicPew

Interesting Meetings: Pope with Curial Heads, USCCB’s Election of Officers - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

What’s Religion Good For? Progressives Weigh In – James B. LaGrand, Public Discourse

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Maya Hawke as American writer Flannery O'Connor in the 2024 film "Wildcat."

Jessica Hooten Wilson on 'Wildcats' /Father Dave Pivonka on Title IX (May 4)

Flannery O’Connor shares the big screen with some of her most memorable short story characters in the new indy film ‘Wildcat’. O’Connor scholar Jessica Hooten Wilson gives her take on the film and what animates the Catholic 20th century writer’s prophetic imagination.Then FUS University President Father David Pivonka explains why Franciscan University of Steubenville has pushed back against the Biden administrations’ new interpretation of Title IX, which redefines sex discrimination to include a student’s self- asserted ‘gender identity’.