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The Best in Catholic Blogging

New Saint and Doctor of the Church: The Sybil of the Rhine - Anita Moore, V for Victory

Saint Hildegard of Bingen - Pope Benedict XVI, Paul VI Hall

Benedict XVI’s Christmas Card is Unveiled - Catholic Herald

“Hail! Tabernacle of God and the Word!” - Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

We Cannot Follow Christ without Sharing in His Cross - Chelsea Zimmerman, Ignitum Today

Remembering Joy - Tess, The Lighthouse

Children with Down Syndrome Bring Joy - Barbara Curtis, Mommy Life

“The Advent Revolution” - Fr. Robert Barron, Integrated Catholic Life™

Messianic Prophecies: Numbers 16-19 - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Theo-Logic: Understanding What Divides Catholics from Protestants - Patrick Vandapool

Approaches to “Religion” - David G. Bonagura Jr, The Catholic Thing

The Ten Marks of a Catholic School - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Which Act of Contrition Should We Pray in Confession? - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

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Maya Hawke as American writer Flannery O'Connor in the 2024 film "Wildcat."

Jessica Hooten Wilson on 'Wildcats' /Father Dave Pivonka on Title IX (May 4)

Flannery O’Connor shares the big screen with some of her most memorable short story characters in the new indy film ‘Wildcat’. O’Connor scholar Jessica Hooten Wilson gives her take on the film and what animates the Catholic 20th century writer’s prophetic imagination.Then FUS University President Father David Pivonka explains why Franciscan University of Steubenville has pushed back against the Biden administrations’ new interpretation of Title IX, which redefines sex discrimination to include a student’s self- asserted ‘gender identity’.