Asia Bibi's Final Plea to Avoid the Gallows, 18 Epic Advent Calendars, Pope Francis and More!

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Asia Bibi’s Final Plea to Avoid the Gallows via Aleteia∝ - BigPulpit.com

Pope Francis Believes the European Project Has Gone Badly Wrong - Nigel Farage, Catholic Herald

18 Epic Advent Calendars – Jessica McAfee, Epic Pew

Pope Francis: Time to Revive Europe’s Christianity – Greg Daly, Aleteia∝

From the Realms of Glory – Erin Cain, Ignitum Today

Children of Saint Gianna Scheduled to Attend Family Conference in Philadelphia – Eric Banecker, OSV Newsweekly

Advent: What Are We Waiting For? – Amanda Hupka, Catholic Exchange

Pregnant? 12 Medical Decisions You Need to Make – Kathleen Berchelmann MD, Aleteia∝

Win Books and a Kindle: Epic Holiday Giveaway – Epic Pew

This Is the Generation That Will Abolish Abortion - ChurchPOP

Evangelism, the Laity and the Order of Preachers – Loye Young, Catholic Stand

Changing Discipline Changes Doctrine, Again – Jacob W. Wood, Crisis Magazine

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Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal Catholic life, he reverted completely to his childhood faith that began on the eve of the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He publishes Big Pulpit, Catholic Stand, Ignitum Today, and The American Catholic.

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