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Listening to the Early Church Fathers & the Liturgy - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

In Praise of Unattainable Women: Botticelli’s Madonna - Matthew Alderman, Dappled Things

The Juridical Key to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite - Dr. Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org

The Catholic’s Guide to Local Pilgrimages - Allison Terrell, VirtuousPla.net

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids - Francis Philllips, MercatorNet

Rare Video: Election of Pope John XXIII in 1958 A.D. - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

The Old Postmodern Trollop - Joseph Bottum, Catholic Vote

Take the U.S. Presidential Poll for Catholics - The American Catholic

The Seal of Confession & the Virtue of Religion - Fr. Tim Finigan, Hermeneutic of Continuity

Sudan: Human Rights Violated - Michelangelo Nasca, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Missed Opportunity - Our Sunday Visitor

Abp. Dolan on Meatless Fridays & External Signs of Our Catholic Identity - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

America, A Nation That Honors Sin - Alan Roebuck

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