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A Possible Third Way for the Synod: Bring Back the Penitential Discipline, i.e., the Path of the Ordo Pænitentium by Fr. Thomas Michelet, O.P., of Nova & Vetera - Big Pulpit

Notre Dame’s Candida Moss Attacks Pope Francis With an Outrageous Claim – Kimberly Scharfenberger, Catholic Education Daily

Marriage: The Enigma in the Room – H. L. Duncan, Catholic Stand

The Humility and Hubris of Pope Francis – William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine

The Lamest Defense of Planned Parenthood Ever – Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

Synod Update for Tuesday - Big Pulpit

12 Fatal Flaws in the Instrumentum Laboris, Synod Guide for Bishops – Douglas Farrow Ph.D., Catholic Herald Magazine

Four Reasons to Pray with Marge Fenelon’s Newest Novena Book – Fr. Edward Looney, Ignitum Today

What St. Jerome Can Teach Internet Trolls – Mary O’Regan, Catholic Herald Magazine

More Saints Who Just Can’t Even Right Now, EpicPew! – Shaun McAfee, Epic Pew

Pope Francis and Evangelizing with Questions – Carrie Gress Ph.D., The Dispatch

Getting Things Done by Saint Teresa of Avila – Daniel Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

What Is the Theme of Pope Francis’ Pontificate? It’s the Family – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture

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Miniature from a 13th-century Passio Sancti Georgii (Verona).

St. George: A Saint to Slay Today's Dragons

COMMENTARY: Even though we don’t know what the historical George was really like, what we are left with nevertheless teaches us that divine grace can make us saints and that heroes are very much not dead or a thing of history.