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The Pope’s Five Essential Keys to Youth Ministry - Amy Welborn, Headline Bistro

Book Review: “Catholicism: A Journey To The Heart Of The Faith” by Fr. Robert Barron - Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

Fertility Monitoring Software is Natural Family Planning’s New Face - Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency

After Madrid, How Benedict Has Improved World Youth Day - Sandro Magister, Chiesa

. . . Thomas Peters: WYD Pumped Over $230,000,000 into Spain’s Economy . . .

. . . Fr. Dwight Longenecker: Richard Dawkins’ Rage at World Youth Day . . .

The Spanish Civil War: Sadly, Still Relevant - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Freedom! - Andrew & Cristina, VirtuousPla.net

Among the ‘Progressed’ - George Weigel, First Things/On the Square

Why Won’t the SSPX Submit to Pope Benedict XVI - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

The Anti-Church of Antonio Gramsci - George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

NY City Mayor Bloomberg: No Clergy Invited to 9-11 Ceremony - Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

God’s Wild Idea - Fr. John Bartunek, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Diocese of Phoenix: Only Altar Boys at Cathedral - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

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