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Using the Thurible as a Weapon in Close Combat - Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Healing Sexual Wounds: Dawn Eden Interview & Her New Book - Peter Baklinski, LifeSiteNews

Caravaggio: The Calling of St. Matthew - Medical Matins

Bishop Supports his Priests in Upholding the Traditional Faith - Fr. Simon Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

Shakespeare and St. Jerome - Robert Asch, St. Austin Review/Ink Desk

Georgetown: Final Examinations for the Bishops - Jake Tawney, The American Catholic

Who should I Go to for Spiritual Direction? - Fr. John Bartunek, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Palliative Care vs. Physician Assisted Suicide - Dr. Ty Meyer, Ignitum Today

Obedience - Fr. Bevil Bramwell OMI, The Catholic Thing

The Family Rosary: Gain a Plenary Indulgence - Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

B16: Sound Education in Faith is Most Urgent Challenge in US - New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

Monastic Life: A Life Without Choices? - John Jalsevac, Crisis Magazine

Octomom, Bambi Woods & the Women of Pornography - Tom Hoopes, Catholic Vote

Change afoot at Notorious San Francisco Church - California Catholic Daily

Lessons of the Church's First (Officially) Saintly Economist - John Norton, OSV Newsweekly

80-year-old Sister Slams B16; Brags of Supporting Abortion - Carl Olson, Catholic World Report

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