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Is It Lawful to Lay Ambushes in War (St. Thomas Aquinas “Just Tactics”) - H. H. Ambrose, Saint Peter’s List

Why Can’t Deacons Confer Anointing of the Sick? - Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

The Current Crisis & the Deepest Truths About Our Being - Fr. James V. Schall SJ, Ignatius Insight Scoop

On Compromise & the Church’s Role in Civil Society - Fr. Robert John Araujo SJ, Mirror of Justice

Cardinal George on Obama’s Attacks, Catholics Who Don’t Stand with the Bishops - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Sweden is Hostile to Homeschooling Families - Super Trad Mum, Etheldredasplace

Christian Equality Irritates the Caste System - Giacomo Galeazzi, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

The Redeemed Surrealists - Eve Tushnet, Crisis Magazine

Liturgical Catch Words & Phrases To Be Scrapped - Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Catholic Apologists: Do Some Of Us Need To Apologize? - The Ordinary Catholic, Peter’s Barque

Food, Guns, & Contraception - Jake Tawney, The American Catholic

U.S. Lawsuit Claiming Pope Covered Up Abuse is Withdrawn - Francis X. Rocca, Catholic Herald

Why I’m Done Lobbying Obama - Thomas Peters, Catholic Vote/American Papist

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