Losing the Battle. . . Maybe That's the Point, A Summer Reading List for Catholics, and More!

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Feel Like You’re Fighting a Losing Battle? Maybe That’s the Point – The Idler, Ascndng Mt. Carmel

A Summer Reading List for Catholics by Stephen Kokx of the Catholic Vote blog – Big Pulpit

Nothing Vain About It: On Vanity Press – Cheryl Dickow, Catholic Lane

On Church Architecture: The Endurance of Classicism – Denis McNamara, Creative Minority Report

Beauty is Truth & Truth Beauty – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Patheos/Standing on my Head

Chick-fil-A Tolerance Day [UPDATED] – Big Pulpit

Caravaggio’s Painting: “The Calling of St. Matthew” – Sandro Magister, La Repubblica/www.chiesa

The Common Good – David W. Cooney, The Distributist Review

Modesty. . .Being a Fool for Christ – Kleine_Katerine, Five Feet Above Sea Level

L.A. to Host Big Our Lady of Guadalupe Rally: Over 100,000 Attendees – Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency

Determining the Top Candidates for Papacy – Matthew Bunson, OSV Newsweekly

Morality in Medicine: An Interview with Paul Fox, MD – Elizabeth Hoxie, Ignitum Today

The Latin Mass and the Anglican Ordinariate – Shane Schaetzel, Catholic In The Ozarks

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