Richard Rich Quits Malta, Horse Drawn Popemobile, Fairy Tales and Holy Week, Church Forests, + more!

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Passion of Christ and Mary’s Role - Sister Lisa M. Doty F.d.C.C., Nunspeak

Saving Ethiopia’s “Church Forests” - T. Delene Beeland, The Orthodox Church

How to Hear Women’s Confessions, From an 1897 Manual - Pat McNamara

Petrine Primacy in the New Testament (Part I) - Michael Barber, The Sacred Page

“The Entire Mystery of Christ” - Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Religion: Encouragement Is Not Establishment - R.R. Reno, First Things/On The Square

Attacking the Last Acceptable Prejudice - Michael Coren, MercatorNet

Fairy Tales and Holy Week - Daniel McInerny, High Concepts

Richard Rich Quits as Ambassador to Malta - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Spiritual Direction is Not Spiritual Friendship or Spiritual Mentoring - Catholic Spiritual Direction

The Time is Near, Have You Gone to Confession? - Monsignor Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Rare 1896 Footage of a Pope Leo XIII, Horse Drawn Popemobile - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

This will be a continuing series, Monday through Saturday twice a day, that I will be contributing for the National Catholic Register by www.ThePulp.it.

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