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Pope Leo’s Ideal Was Not State Control by Anthony Esolen of Crisis - Big Pulpit

Go Ahead and Chant, It’s Ascension! – Adam Wood, The Chant Café

A Case Against Abstinence - Stephanie Calis, Ignitum Today

Popes’ Great Address to International Leaders of Women Religious – Fr. Z's Blog

My Encounter with God - Marcus Allen Steele, Catholic Stand

Do Catholics Represent Evangelicals in U. S.’s Legal Elite? – Mark Movsesian, First Things/First Thoughts

Gendercide Must Be Protected as Matter of Women’s Rights – DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

Why It’s Harder to Become a Catholic Than a Protestant – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

The “God-of-the-Gaps” – Trent Horn, Catholic Answers

Speaking Out Against Slave Labor of Sweatshop System – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Same-Sex “Marriage”: Why We Don’t Fight – John Zmirak, Aleteia

The Russian Orthodox Church. . . in Florence – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

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