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“Fifty Shades of Grey”, More Like Fifty Types of Denial – Pia de Solenni

I’ve Had Enough of Boycotts – Rebecca Frech, Shoved to Them

Melinda Gates & the New Population Control Movement by Timothy Herrmann of the Catholic Lane blog – Big Pulpit

Sigrid Undset & the Fate of Europe – Paul Adams, Saint Austin Review/Ink Desk

Liturgical Colors in the Dominican Rite – Fr. Augustine Thompson OP, New Liturgical Movement

Shanghai has a New Courageous Bishop – Gerard O’Connell, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

On Blogging, Religious Liberty and 'Bell Ringing Homilies' – Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

To Rise From Ashes: The Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

Death with Dignity & Other Euphemisms – Pursued by Truth

Kevin Knight Interview: Digitizing Catholic Tradition – Brandon Vogt, Ignitum Today

The Celebrated Actress Who Loves Tea, Cake & Debate with Nuns – The Catholic Herald

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