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Does ISIS Want to Kill Pope Francis? What You Need to Know by Andrew Bieszad – BigPulpit.com

Pope Francis on the Footsteps of the Unknown Pope – Andrea Gagliarducci, Monday Vatican

A Little Redemptive Suffering Never Hurt Anyone – T. J. Burdick, Ignitum Today

Middle-East Patriarch Calls for Help Against Islamic State – Doreen Abi Raad, The Catholic Herald

Richard Dawkins Needs Hug from My Daughter with Down Syndrome – Leticia Velasquez, Catholic Stand

Weep for Slaughtered Christians, Not for Dialogue with Islam – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Ghanîmah Comes to Rotherham – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

The Mystery of Finding Love – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

A Member of the Board, Bloody Nose & a Rubber Snake – Stacy Trasancos PhD

Find Your Strength in Simplicity – Emmanuel De Gibergues, Catholic Exchange

'Same-Sex Marriage': Live & Let Live Now Is a Demand for Approval – Cardinal George, Catholic New World

Six Great Reasons to be Livin’ la Vida Low-Tech – Jim Schroeder, Aleteia∝

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta: 15 Favorite Quotes – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

Link between Breast Cancer, Contraceptives Now Too Big to Ignore – Denise Hunnell MD, Aleteia∝

Mass, Footbal, and . . . – Mountain Catholic

What Would the Conversion of Russia Look Like? – Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine

Baroque Landscape: Chinese Baroque – David Clayton, By Way of Beauty

Vatican Stamps, Those Tiny Evangelizers – William Van Ornum, Aleteia∝

Ancient Christian Text “Charm” Found – Thomas L. McDonald, God and the Machine

The Myth of Catholic Social Teaching – John Zmirak, The Catholic Thing

Do I Need Special Training or Blessing to Make Vestments – Fr. Z’s Blog

Church of Nice or Church of Nasty? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

What Is Ecclesiology & Why is It So Important Today? – Msgr. Charles Pope

Concelebration in the Byzantine Rite – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

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