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Tito Edwards Blogs March 30, 2016

Why Catholics Pray *to* the Saints (and Why You Should Too!) – Robert Barbry II, Epic Pew

New Report Details Genocide Committed by Islamic State Against Christians - Dennis Sadowski, Catholic Herald

One Day’s Question, Another Day’s Answer – Cecily Lowe, Catholic Stand

Excellent Article on Sacred Music by Aurelio Porfiri – Peter Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Liturgical Movement

Praying to St. Joseph for a Spouse Can Have Unexpected Results – Mary O’Regan, Catholic Herald

Is Contraception a Legitimate Response to the Zika Virus? – Jennifer Roback Morse, Crisis Magazine

Vatican Condemnation of Islam Unwise, Continuous Praise Also Out of Place – Howard Kainz Ph.D., The Catholic Thing

New Genetic Technology Could Help the Pro-Life Cause – Joe Bissonnette, Crisis Magazine

Can Society Determine Right and Wrong? – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers

The Unreal O’Neals: Media’s Propensity to Catholic-bash Reached a Whole New Level – Editorial Board, O.S.V. Newsweekly

Political Correctness Runs Amok in “Zootopia” – Nick Olszyk, The Dispatch of The Catholic World Report

Quæritur: Communion in the Hand Being Forced for Daughter’s First Holy Communion – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

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Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal Catholic life, he reverted completely to his childhood faith that began on the eve of the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He publishes Big Pulpit, Catholic Stand, Ignitum Today, and The American Catholic.

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