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The Acceptable Sphere for Talking About Abortion - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Tolerance, Decadence and Violence - Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Robert Downey, Jr. Asks Hollywood to Forgive Mel Gibson - Frank Weathers, YIMCatholic

The Goodness & Necessity of Latin in Religious Ed. - Chris Owens, Benedictus Dominus

In Remembrance - Sarah Babbs, VirtuousPla.net

How “Noninfallibilists” Diminish Virtues of Docility & Obedience - Msgr. Charles Pope, Archd. of Washington

Pornography, Public Morality, & Constitutional Rights - Robert P. George, Public Discourse

Trouble Inside SSPX - Ches, The Sensible Bond

Abp. Timothy Dolan to President Obama: Push the Reset Button on DOMA - Bob Laird, HLI America

Cardianl Ravasi: Atheists in Assisi? B16 Wanted Them - Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Catholics Aren’t Christians & Other Common Myths - Lorraine Murray, Integrated Catholic Life™

How Much Do You Know about the Day the Sun Danced in Fatima? - Mark Shea, Patheos/CAEI!

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The Hormonal Hatchet Job

COMMENTARY: When readers drill down into women’s complaints about the pill, they don’t seem so illegitimate, and they certainly don’t fit the definition of ‘misinformation.’