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Because Tolkien and Lewis Took A Walk After Dinner - Frank Weathers, Patheos/Why I Am Catholic

Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War - John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

St. Leo: Model for the Modern Catholic - Patrick Owens, Cowboys-Philosophers-Poets

None So Blind: Obedience is an Antidote to Stupidity - Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

“The Best Reason for a Revival of Philosophy. . . - Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

The Language Gap - Anna Williams, VirtuousPla.net

Are You a Beautiful Temple? - Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Card. Maradiaga: “A Bishop cannot Go into Politics” - Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Loneliness and Gender - Melinda Selmys, Sexual Authenticity

Portraiture: the Art Defending & Proclaiming Humanity - Daniel, Seeds of Hope

Ten Things the Devil Wants Us to Believe - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

George Tiller was Compassionate? No, God is Compassionate - Tom Crowe, Catholic Vote

The Question Behind Our Political Divisions - Francis Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

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