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“God Is The Bigger Elvis” - Thomas L. McDonald, God and the Machine

Jesus Had Laser Beams (Sharks Not Included) - Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Mexico, 1931: The Vatican and the “Just War” - Paolo Valvo, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Singing the Mass: Liturgical Music as Participation in Christ - Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Catholic Sun

Are There Parts of the Mass that Women Are Not Permitted to Sing? - Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Catholic Groups Provide Legal Aid to Those in Need - Scott Alessi, OSV Newsweekly

St. Kateri Tekakwitha, First Native North American Saint - Tribunus, Roman Christendom

What Mercy Looks Like - Sarah Babbs, Ignitum Today

Co-Mediatrix! What Gives? - Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic

A Diagram of The Structure of the Mass - Joe, Two Catholic Men and a Blog

Quæritur: Long Confession Lines - Fr. Z's Blog

Of What Use is a Diocesan Website? - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Is the Papacy in Need of Structural Reform? - William J. Tighe, New Oxford Review

IRS faces Legal War if It Investigates Bishop after Hitler Comments - Patrick B. Craine, LifeSiteNews

Santorum Strategist Offers Insight on Meeting With Romney - Lisa Graas, The American Catholic

Caritas International placed under strict Control of the Holy See - New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

7 Church Seasons You May Not Be Aware Of - Micah Murphy, Truth & Charity

The Temptation of Lot's Wife - Sandro Magister, Chiesa

A Tale of Three Magazines - Dr. Robert Moynihan, Catholic Lane

A Psalm for the Sibyl - Matthew Alderman, Dappled Things

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