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Nicodemus on the Necessity of Sacred Prayer – Wolfsbane, Θησαυρος της Εκκλησίας

The Voices of 20th-Century Chinese Martyrs – Anthony E. Clark PhD, Catholic World Report

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Struggling with Church Doctrine? Go to Confession! – Arman J. Partamian, Matins Musings

The Reform of the Roman Rite – Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth, The Chant Café

Has the Austrian Hierarchy “Had It”? – The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

Vatileaks Scandal Strengthens Opus Dei’s Influence in Rome – Sandro Magister, La Repubblica/www.chiesa

How Not to Prevent AIDS – Dale O’Leary, Catholic Lane

St. Irenaeus: The Priest Who Captured the Smugness of Gnosticism – Catholic Herald

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Declared Venerable – Bonnie Engstrom, Ignitum Today

Ordinariate Returns £1m Grant to Charity after Ruling – Mark Greaves, Catholic Herald

The Priestly Ordination of Fr. John Hunwicke – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Russian Orthodox Pilgrims Swell in the Middle East – Giorgio Bernardelli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

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Miniature from a 13th-century Passio Sancti Georgii (Verona).

St. George: A Saint to Slay Today’s Dragons

COMMENTARY: Even though we don’t know what the historical George was really like, what we are left with nevertheless teaches us that divine grace can make us saints and that heroes are very much not dead or a thing of history.