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Padre Pio, Purgatory, and Praying for Souls in the Cemetery - Maura Roan McKeegan, Catholic Exchange

The Fruits of Soft Discipline - Fr. Mark A. Pilon, The Catholic Thing

Is Your Parish Beautiful? Does That Matter? – Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J., Aleteia

What Does It Mean to Want to be a Saint? – Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange

Heroic Priest Who Found God’s Grace in the Gulag – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Did You Pray for Your Pastor Today? – Bevil Bramwell O.M.I., The Catholic Thing

Help Souls in Purgatory with This November Indulgence – Chloe Langr, epicPew

6 Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life, According to St. Ignatius of Loyola – ChurchPop

Why We Pray for the Dead – Marcellino D’Ambrosio Ph.D., Integrated Catholic Life™

Private Conscience and the Church – Fr. John Catoir J.C.D., Catholic Stand

The Saints and Shrines of England – A Clerk of Oxford

Proofs for the Existence of God – Edward Feser Ph.D., Strange Notions

Benjamin Wiker on Reformation: Enlightening, Balanced Reflection on Past & Present – Piers Shepherd, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report

How I Played Footsie with Evil & How God Set Me Straight – Vicki Burbach, Pelican’s Breast

Bishop Philip Egan: Pray for Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Conversion’ – Nick Hallett, Catholic Herald

H.L. Mencken (1923) on Liturgy Translation; Hilarious, Prophetic, Applicable Now – Fr. Z’s Blog

Exorcist, Journalist Explores Eastern Meditation & Mindfulness – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic Spiritual Direction

You Know of Junípero Serra But Have You Heard of Pablo Tac? – Christian Clifford, Aleteia

Quæritur: Latin Misspelling? “Eundem” or “Eumdem”? – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Traditional Latin Mass: A Remedy for Modern Man’s Spiritual Ills – L. Joseph Hebert, Crisis Magazine

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