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Why Arm Our ‘Allies’ Who Beheaded a Catholic Priest? – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald

Facing Death as a Catholic: We Who Remain - Michael Lane, Catholic Stand

Why the Church Cannot Walk Away from ‘Marriage’ – Dr. Edward Peters, In the Light of the Law

Saints Peter and Paul Vespers at the London Oratory – Charles Cole, New Liturgical Movement

Is the Eucharist Truly Jesus’ Body and Blood? – Tim Staples, Catholic Answers

Who Has the Burden of Proof When Discussing God? – Jimmy Akin, Strange Notions

The Church We Want – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

Priest Celebrates Court’s Same-Sex 'Marriage' Decision in HuffPo – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Jesuit University, Fordham: Supreme Court of the United States Ruling on Same-Sex 'Marriage' Ruling is Best of Times for Civil Rights in America – Matthew Archbold, Catholic Education Daily

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