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Twelve Things to Remember about Confession Fr. Dwight Longenecker +1

Sword and Spade: A New Magazine for Catholic Men for a New Year  Jason Craig of Those Catholic Men

Lose Weight, Workout. . .Or. . .Cleanse My Soul? Kendra Von Esh of Catholic Stand

A First Look at the New Brébeuf Hymnal  Gregory DiPippo of New Liturgical Movement

What Modesty Is & Isn’t. . .& Why It Matters  John Paul Meenan of Crisis Magazine

Answering the 'Ecological' Argument for Contraception  Todd Aglialoro of Catholic Answers Magazine

These Are Four of the Best Catholic Children’s Books Available  Jessica McAfee of epicPew

Review of The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity, by Dr. Carrie Gress  David Clayton of New Liturgical Movement

Written in our chromosomes; anchored in our bodies  Celia Wolf-Devine, Ph.D., of Mercatornet

Dozens of Catholic Members of Congress are Abortion Activists, Here’s a List  Bill Donohue of Life News

“Call No Man Your Father”  Steve Ray, Defenders of the Catholic Faith

8 Everyday words and phrases with divine origins Fr. Michael Rennier of Aleteia

A new year of challenges for the Church in Africa  Allen Ottaro of The Dispatch at The Catholic World Report

The Time Has Come for A New Counter-Reformation  Duncan G. Stroik of Crisis Magazine

Springs in the Desert: Infertility, Accompaniment & Fruitfulness  Kimberly Henkel, Ph.D., & Ann Koshute of Humanum

From Giotto to Rubens: The Baptism of the Lord in Painting  Kinga Lipinska of Liturgical Arts Journal

Beijing’s “New” Cathedral: Renewal of a Classical Monument  Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D., of The Institute for Sacred Architecture

Protestant Nationalism & Catholic Empire? A Comment on Yoram Hazony  James R. Rogers, Ph.D. J.D., of Law and Liberty

Yes, there's a Jesus angle — & a Chick-fil-A one — in Clemson's football national title  Bobby Ross, Jr., of Get Religion

She Was Getting Treatment for Depression But Otherwise in Good Health, Doctors Euthanized Her  SPUC via Life News

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