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Must-Have Literary Companions for 2013 – Katie P. Warner, Integrated Catholic Life™

Let’s Forget Niceness, Let’s Be Catholic! – Fr. Ray Blake

The Catholic Dissident's Latest Call for the Ordination of Women – Kenneth D. Whitehead, Crisis Magazine

Celibacy and Friendship ‘After 30’ – Wesley Hill, First Things/First Thoughts

Catholics and the Bourgeois Mind – Thomas Storck, The Distributist Review

Manners, The Lost Christian Legacy and a Sign of Virtue in a Man – Saint Etheldreda’s Place

How to Win the Argument Without Losing the Soul – Matt Fradd, Focus Blog

Blessed Antonio Primaldo, the Saint Who Stood to the End – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

Patience - Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today

First Vespers at San Pietro – Fr. Z’s Blog

Christmas Varia – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Assisted Suicide’s Dangerous Illusion of Control – Will Johnston, Life News

Bad Influences from Abroad – Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing

The Logic of Moral Relativism, Part One – Ben, Tow Catholic Men and a Blog

Why Are Catholics Still Whining About the H. H. S. Mandate? – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Rediscovering Pope Paul VI – William Doino Jr., First Things/On The Square

The Curious Case Of Professor Richard Parncutt or Death to Deniers and the Pope! – William M. Briggs

Netanyahu Claims Israel’s Christian Population is Growing – Catholic Culture/Catholic World News

A Reader Asks: Why is This Blog Called ‘Canterbury Tales’? – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

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