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Parish Starts ‘Ad Orientem’, Parishioner Whines, Pastor Responds - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

How Catholic Culture can Thrive on the Internet – Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

12 Promises from the Sacred Heart of Jesus – Steven J. Rummelsburg, Integrated Catholic Life™

The Creative Catholic: John C. Wright – K.V. Turley, The Catholic World Report

Quæritur: Holding Hands or the “Orans” Position During the Our Father – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

This Beautiful Church was a Gift from Slovakia to Icelandic Catholics – Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Franciscan Friars of the Renewal Party It Up in Celebration of Pontifical Designation – Aleteia

101 Places to Pray Before You Die – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing

If Jesus Had No Sin, Then Why Was He Baptized? Here’s the Radical Answer – ChurchPop

Rise in Priest Suicides Prompts Call for Helpline in Ireland – Catholic News Agency

Tens of Thousands Join Rally for Life in Ireland – Corinna Turner, Catholic Herald

St. Teresa of Avila’s Demonic Experience that Proved the Power of Holy Water – ChurchPop

No Matter What Their Detractors Say, Convent Schools Provided a Great Education – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

On the Road to Sainthood: Family of 9 Murdered for Hiding Jews in Poland – Dominika Cicha, Aleteia

Sending Books to the Future – Jim Dougherty, Catholic Stand

What was Daily Life Like in Ancient Israel? – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia

That Vital Analogy of Being – Fr. Mark A. Pilon, The Catholic Thing

What Kind of Thing is Authority? – John Paul Meenan, Crisis Magazine

The Long Shadow of Neoscholastic Reductionism – Peter A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Liturgical Movement

Three Feasts and Contraception – John M. Grondelski, Crisis Magazine

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