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The Purpose of Creation - Father James V. Schall S.J., Ignatius Insight

Is That Your Final Answer? (Making Difficult Life Decisions) - Dennis Buonafede, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Papal Profile: Pope Saint Gregory VII - The Mad Monarchist

If Everyone in the World were Catholic . . . - Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

I’m Struggling with Scrupulosity, Can I Overcome This on My Own? - Trent Beattie, Cthlc Spiritual Direction

Usus Antiquior Mass Daily at Saint Peter’s 7am - Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Bishops of England & Wales Respond to PB16’s Reform of the Reform - Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

The New, Magnificent, Exceptional Memorial to the Tyburn Martyrs. . . - Richard Collins, LOTH

Would a Request for Meatier Sermons Offend a Priest? - Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

With So Much Shopping To Do, Who Has Time For Kids? - Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Are Abortion Laws Unenforceable? - Howard Kainz, Crisis Magazine

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