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Free Will and Predestination - Dr. Peter Kreeft, Integrated Catholic Life™

Should An Icon Be Veiled? - David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

5 New Year’s Resolutions for the Catholic Church in America (2012) - Saint Peter’s List

Controversy, Sainthood, and Me - Mariella Hunt, Ignitum Today

Vote in the Catholic Poll for President - The American Catholic

What Does IHS Stand For? The meaning of the Holy Name of Jesus - Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Requiem for the Third See of Christendom - Robert Spencer, Crisis Magazine

In the Footsteps of Saints - Anthony E. Clark PhD, Catholic World Report

The Mystery of Time - Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

The Top Ten Catholic Retail Stories of 2011 - Ian, Musings from a Catholic Bookstore

Vatican: The Position of Bishops who Don’t Want to Retire - Giacomo Galeazzi, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Libertarianism and Christianity - Joseph Knippenberg, First Things/First Thoughts

Adversus Catholic “Praise and Worship” - Brent Stubbs, St. Joseph’s Vanguard

Episcopalians Have a New Home in the Catholic Church – Tito Edwards, Houston Chronicle

U.S. & U.K. Threaten Aid Over Homosexual Policies - Wendy Wright, Turtle Bay & Beyond

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