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The Crown and the Cross: Royal Families and Their Religion - Rome Reports

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Social Justice is About Redemption, Not Mandating Contraception - Tom Crowe, Catholic Vote

Natural Family Planning with a “Contraceptive Mentality”? - Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

Conversion Envy - Joseph, VirtuousPla.net

Madrid Profits over $200 million from World Youth Day - Catholic News Agency

A Catholic Call to Abolish the Death Penalty - Tobias Winright, Catholic Moral Theology

When Bush put JP2’s Letter on the Side Table without Opening It - Gerard O’Connell, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Is Catholic New Media Really Effective? - Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

Catholic in the NFL: A Philip Rivers Interview - Eric Porteous, Life Teen

From California: Another Front in the Culture Wars - Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing

Romantic Novels Written by the Daughter of a Victorian Clergyman - Car. Moynihan, MercatorNet

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