Cardinal Bertone's Light-Hearted "Explanation" on Clerical Garb by Fr. Z – Big Pulpit

Teen “Denied” Confirmation Refused to Be Confirmed! – Thomas Peters, Catholic Vote/American Papist

The Natural Order of Church & University – Stacy Trasancos PhD, The American Catholic

Can a Priest Administer the Sacrament of Confirmation? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

The Little Way of Advent: a Book Review – Bonnie Engstrom, Ignitum Today

Beautiful Requiem Mass at Pantheon for Departed Souls of House of Savoy – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Can Saintliness Run through Family Generations, Yes – Paul Radzilowski, Crisis Magazine

Dorothy Day, a Bohemian who Believed in Free Love, is a Saint for Our Time – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Angels: 18 Questions from Are They Happy? to Do They Have Bodies? – H. H. Ambrose, Saint Peter's List

Seven Questions about Sacred Polyphony – Kevin Birnbaum, The Candle

The Lumbering of Leviathan – John P. Hittinger PhD, Truth and Charity Forum

L’Osservatore Romano: Fountainhead of Goofiness – Aged Parent, The Eye-Witness

So-Called “Vegetative” Patient Communicates With Doctors – Steven Ertelt, Life News

A Working Definition of Evil – John R. P. Russell, Blog of the Dormition

Secularism is Winning, But What is the Prize? – Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report

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