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Catholic Parish Plays Big Part in Small Town’s Revitalization Project - California Catholic Daily

How (And Why) To Smoke a Pipe - Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Why Do We Blog? - The Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma

Wherein We Discuss Art - Nathaniel Gotcher, Ignitum Today

A Short Meditation on Mystery - Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

5 Ways the Incarnation Moved Us Toward the Goodness of God - Saint Peter’s List

Solemn Mass in Prestigious Parisian Basilica of St. Clotilde - Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Jim Crow and the Protestant Bible - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Mostar Bishop Blasts Journos for “6 Untruths” about Medjugorje - Mostar Diocese

Three Wise Men and Three Stooges - Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Crisis Magazine

Catholic Charity Rejects Gov’t Funding to Maintain Religious Liberty - Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews.com

Big Government? No; Big Exaggerations? Yes - Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

Academics Must Matter Now - Peter Atkinson, The Browning Version

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