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5 Things Every Catholic Man Should Start Doing – ChurchPOP +1

What I Learned Talking With Thousands Of Skeptics On Reddit – Bishop Robert Barron at The Catholic World Report +1

About The Gay Priest Living With Partner & Possessing “The Power Of Keys” From Pope Francis – Edward Peters, J.D., J.C.D., at In the Light of the Law

Pope Francis & The Possible German Schism – Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver at Denver Catholic

Amazon Synod: First Attack On The Priesthood: The Cassock; Papal Comments On A Biretta – Fr. Z’s Blog

Falling From Grace: Hitler’s Catholic Henchmen – Daniel Demers at Catholic Stand

The Decline of the Church in Europe – Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

Pope Francis, What Is Happening At The Institute For Religious Works (Vatican Bank)? – Andrea Gagliarducci at Monday Vatican

The Way God Communicates: The Amazon Synod & Us – Marty Dybicz at Catholic Stand

Hijacking The John Paul II Institute In Rome – Richard A. Spinello, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine

Turkish Planes Bomb Syria, Causing Panic Among Christians, Others – Catholic News Service via Our Sunday Visitor

Infanticide In The Amazon, There Are Those Who Defend It, Even In The Church – Sandro Magister at Settimo Cielo via L’Espresso

Article 300: Chinese Communist Party’s Secret Weapon of Religious Persecution – Massimo Introvigne at Bitter Winter

Devil In the Red Hat: What the Bridgeport Diocese Abuse Report Can’t Say – Michael Brendan Dougherty

Scary Threats At The University Of Notre Dame Towards Catholics – Rod Dreher

Did Pope Francis Really Say That Jesus Is Not God? – Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture

In Praise Of The Saturno & Other Clerical Hats – Chad C. Pecknold, Ph.D., at Catholic Herald

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Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

Which Way Is Heaven?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s mystic west was inspired by the legendary voyage of St. Brendan, who sailed on a quest for a Paradise in the midst and mists of the ocean.