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Tough Talk about Vatican II, Not Pretty by Sandro Magister of the La Repubblica newspaper – Big Pulpit

Keep Your Sacrifices Secret and Plaster Ashes All Over Your Face – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

Ten Good Reasons to Give up Contraception for Lent – J. Q. Tomanek, Ignitum Today

Rows to Hoe in the Virtual Fields of the Lord – Elizabeth Scalia, First Things/On the Square

A Fable About Suffering, Seeking and Finding God – Marcus Allen Steele, Catholic Stand

We Must Not Forget – Bonchamps, The American Catholic

Learning from Saints Who Transformed Their Culture – Brandon Vogt, BrandonVogt.com

Nine Ways To Keep Lent – Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

Red China: Riots Break Out after Child Killed by Family Planning Officials – John Jalsevac, LifeSiteNews

Whiskey Man: Walker Percy – Nicholas, Whiskey Catholic

On Unequal and Unjust Demands for Equality – Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine

“I’m With Them”: The Female Paradox of Praying at Planned Parenthood – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

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