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Why the Church Still Operates Under a Cloud on the Abuse Issue - Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Men Are In Desperate Need of the Church – Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange

Can Anyone Perform Exorcisms? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

A Fraternal Invitation to Bishop McElroy and Father Martin - Deacon Jim Russell, Crisis Magazine

Donum Veritatis Illegitimatizes the Filial Correction - Emmett O’Regan, Vatican Insider via La Stampa

Reminder: Catholics Should Not Venerate These Angels - ChurchPop

Male Priests Only; Can This Command of The Lord Be Disobeyed – Guy McClung Ph.D. J.D., The American Catholic

Did Vatican II Change Church Teaching On the Church? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

When You Give, God Gives More – Tasman Westbury, Ignitum Today

Our Lady’s Wisdom: The Rosary and Liturgical Life – Sarah Huntzinger, Catholic Stand

Gather a Community before You Gather Donors – Brice Sokolowski, Catholic Fundraiser

Francis Was Never Pope? Call Me Unpersuaded – Edward N. Peters J.C.D. J.D., The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report

Amoria Læticia Critics Ignore Pope Benedict XVI’s Rules for Discourse – Robert Fastiggi Ph.D. & Dawn Eden Goldstein S.T.D., Vatican Insider via La Stampa

Why Hollywood Turned Against Catholic Priests – Karl Schmude, Catholic Herald

Imaging God Through the Gift of Intercession – Alita Maria Covel Ngo, Catholic Stand

Priests Guilty of Abuse Will Have No Right to Appeal, Pope Francis Says – Carol Glatz, Catholic Herald

Living by the Sword – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing

Erdogan’s Victory Is Bad News for Turkey’s Christian Minority – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith Ph.D., Catholic Herald

The Church: A Solid Rock To Stand On – Lorelei Savaryn, Catholic Stand

Podcazt 157: Pius XII – Ingruentium Malorum – On Reciting the Rosary – Fr. Z’s Blog

Cardinal Müller: There is a Climate of ‘Fear’ in the Curia – Catholic Herald

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity? – Edward Feser Ph.D.

Belgium: Why I’m Fighting Euthanasia in Our Order’s Hospitals – Brother René Stockman F.C., Catholic Herald

What’s an “Alt-Right” Catholic? – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Catholic Justice: When the Church Should Not Defer to the State – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture

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‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis