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“A Plan of Surpassing Beauty” by Father James V. Schall, SJ, of The Catholic Thing - BigPulpit.com

In Praise of Catholic Motherhood – Rachel Lu, Crisis Magazine

Against the “Usefulness” of Religion – Nicholas Senz, Catholic Stand

Africa’s Catholic Moment – George Weigel, Denver Catholic Register

Blessed Sacrament Profaned in Manila: Archbishop Villegas Responds – Steve Skojec, One Peter 5

The War that No One Wants to Talk About - Michael Coren, Catholic Herald

Raymond Cardinal Burke Urges Catholics to be Proactive Running Up to and During the Synod on the Family in October - Fr. Z’s Blog

Stalking Horses and the Next Synod – Bill Maguire, The CWR Blog

‘Chaste, Gay Couples’ and Other Same-Sex Unions – Deacon Jim Russell, Catholic Vote

The Blessings of Secularism – Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic

Eighteenth Century Roots of the Cardinal Kasper Proposal – Ulrich L. Lehner, First Things

German Bishops Support Cardinal Kasper’s Proposals on Remarried Catholics - Marie Meaney, Crisis Magazine

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