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What Is Beauty? (Church Architecture) – Denis R. McNamara, Creative Minority Report

Be as Cunning as Serpents & as Innocent as Doves Without Losing Dignity, Honor, and Self-Respect – Fr. Z’s Blog

Katie Holmes Returns to the Catholic Church? Color Me Skeptical by Thomas Peters of Catholic Vote's American Papist blog – Big Pulpit

Music and the Divine – John Robilette, Crisis Magazine

New Chinese Bishop, Faithful Only to the Holy See after Denouncing Chinese Patriotic Catholic Church, Arrested by Communist Agents – Jian Mei, AsiaNews.it

What the Bible Actually Says about Judging Others – David L. Gray, DavidLGray.info

Communist Chinese Catholic Road to Schism – Sandro Magister, La Repubblica/www.chiesa

Do Anglicans Have a Valid Eucharist? – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Gay Rights Trumps Civil Rights – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Getting Religion Back into Our Economic Lives: Fr. Robert A. Sirico Interview – Kathryn Jean Lopez

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