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Flannery O’Connor is No Vague Catholic – Fr. Damian J. Ference, Dappled Things

Who Were the Maccabees? – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Science Finally Seems to be Catching Up to Catholicism by Ben of Two Catholic Men and a Blog – Big Pulpit

Levantine DNA in Ethiopia May Support Biblical Story – Tom McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

Abortion Defies Common Sense – Dr. Peter Kreeft, Integrated Catholic Life™

Spitting on the Crucifix – Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine

The Symbols of Icons – Wolfsbane, Θησαυρος της Εκκλησίας

On the Way Down – Robert Reilly

How Eight Jesuits Survived Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Blast – Myra Adams

Former Jesuit & Now Georgetown University Professor Emerging as Same-Sex "Marriage" Crusader – Matthew Archbold, The Cardinal Newman Society Blog/Campus Notes

The Case for a Boys-Only Policy for Altar Servers – Rachel Campos-Duffy, Catholic Vote

Quæritur: A Priest Who Won’t Prevent Self-Intinction – Fr. Z’s Blog

Three Eastern Orthodox Saints Every Catholic Should Read – The Idler, Ascending Mount Carmel

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