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Why Did John Paul II Say This Prayer Every Day? - Billy Ryan, uCatholic+1

Should Priests Accused of Abuse be Denied Public Funerals? – California Catholic Daily

Shandong Authorities Target Christian Students at Universities – Jiang Tao, Bitter Winter

Have Scientists Given Up Trying to Explain Transgender? – Michael Cook, Mercatornet

ACN: Almost 300 Million Christians Persecuted in 21 Countries – Robin Gomes, Vatican News

Cambodia, Genocide, & the Beijing Connection – Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter

The Ugliness of Catholic #MeToo – Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine+3

Alexis de Tocqueville, Subsidiarity, & Clericalism – Fr. Charles Klamut, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Why Do You Doubt? – Carol Monaco, Catholic Stand

Déjà Vu All Over Again? – Fr. Dennis Garrou, The Catholic Thing

Stop Weaponizing The Priest Abuse Crisis Against Catholic Theology – Matthew Petrusek

“Ancient Baptists” & Other Myths – Fr. Hugh Barbour O.Praem., Defenders of the Catholic Faith

Australians Should Be Wary of Amending Religious Discrimination Laws – Greg Walsh, Mercatornet

Baptize in the Name of . . . Who? – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers Magazine

Cardinal Müller Seeks to Thread the Needle, But Misses the Canonical Mark – Christopher R. Altieri, The Catholic World Report

Hardened Sinners? Perhaps More Than You Think – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture

New Book Clarifies Beliefs & Corrects Misunderstandings about the Papacy – CWR Staff, The Catholic World Report

Pope Francis & the Devil: Misreading the Signs of the Times – William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine+4

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