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Decay Leads to Nothing: The French Revolution & Recent Elections - New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

5 Short Stories that Every Catholic should Read - J. E. Foyer, Saint Peter's List

Can a Friend be my Spiritual Director? - Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

The Proper Care and Feeding of a Choir: Part 2 - Wendi, Cradle Stories

Hey, Maureen It’s None of Your Business - Christian Tappe, Crisis Magazine

Anti-Catholic Bigot & Obama Appointee Heads Pro-Abortion Organization - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Why We Need Work - Rachel Howell, Ignitum Today

Beautiful: Opera Familia Christi, Fourth Sunday After Easter - Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Answering Objections to Catholic Teaching on Marriage - Dc. Mick Bickerstaff, Integrated Catholic Life™

IVF & the Right to be a Parent: The Child as an Expensive Lifestyle Accessory - Hilary White, LifeSiteNews

Caves of Refuge Discovered - Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

UK: The Birmingham Archdiocese & Tales from the Raj - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

What Calvinists & Jesuits Don't Understand about Divine Providence - Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

Another Anti-Catholic Post from the Ironically named UK Independent - Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

The Holy See on SSPX: Pope's Decision "Before the End of May" - Fr. Z's Blog

The Poet Who Saved a Saint’s Priceless Letters - Joseph Pearce, Catholic Herald

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