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My Journey In Becoming a Carmelite – Alita Maria Covel Ngo O.C.D.S., Catholic Stand

Why St. John Pual II & Pope Benedict XVI Say “Start Your Purgatory Today” – Judy Landrieu Klein, Aleteia

We Need to Talk about the Orwellian World of IVF – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Reconstruction of St. Martin de Porres Face Reveals Humility & Charity – Esther Núñez Balbín, Aleteia

How to Influence the Way the Lord Will Judge Us – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission

Thank God for “A Pledged Troth” – Deborah Gyapong, Anglicanorum Cœtibus Society Blog

3 Steps to Your Best Year-End Campaign Ever – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

700-Year Jerusalem Christian Tattoo Shop Tattooing Pilgrims Since the Crusades – Billy Ryan, uCatholic

Definitive Teaching on Capital Punishment? Response to Ed Feser – Robert Fastiggi, The Catholic World Report

10 Cathedrals to Light Up Red to Remember Persecuted Christians – John Pontifex, Catholic Herald

The Miracle of Children, Mercy & Relationships – Emily Reshwan, Seton Magazine

The Deadly Truth About Loneliness – Michelle H. Lim, Mercatornet

Pope Francis’s Reset Button – P.J. Smith, First Things

On Nuclear Weapons, Pope Francis Goes Beyond All Previous Papal Teaching – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

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

Jessica Hooten Wilson and Father David Pivonka (May 4)

Flannery O’Connor scholar Jessica Hooten Wilson gives her take on the film Wildcats and what animates the Catholic 20th-century writer’s prophetic imagination. Franciscan University of Steubenville’s president Father David Pivonka joins us to explain why Franciscan University has pushed back against the new interpretation of the Title IX rule.