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The Best in Catholic Blogging

Saint Basil the Great - Catholic Lane

‘Brain Dead’ Quebec Woman Wakes Up After Family Refuses Organ Donation - Rebecca Millette, LifeSiteNews.com

Religious Freedom and the State of New York - Kathryn Jean Lopez

How Should Catholics Respond to Islam? - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Arguing with Blowhards - Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

Why Do Religiously Intense People Have So Many kids? - Peter Berger, The American Interest

Movie Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, PG13 - Christine, Catholic Media Review

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An image of the Sacred Heart in the Church of the Jesu in Rome

Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Next week, the Bishops of the United States will meet in Orlando and consecrate America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This week on Register Radio we are joined by Bishop Kevin Rhoades to explain the importance of the consecration and how we can all take part and then Register senior writer Zelda Caldwell tells us about the remarkable phenomenon of diocesan priests living in community.