Why God Sometimes Says “No” – Gary Zimak, Following the Truth

Let’s Be Real, Dating Can Be Hard – Maura Byrne, Focus Blog

The Hardest Mortification: One’s Own Judgment – St. Francis de Sales, Rorate Cæli

Eight Keys to Campus Apostolating – Micah Murphy, Truth & Charity

Healthy Consciences, Catholics in Medical Schools – Editorial Board, OSV Newsweekly

Name-Calling: Favored Weapon of Gay Marriage Supporters – Donald DeMarco, Crisis Magazine

Bishop Hugh Gilbert Predicted Rightly that Same-Sex Marriage would Bring Polygamy by William Oddie – Big ☧ulpit

A New Pontifical Academy for the Latin Language? So It Seems – Fr. Z’s Blog

Spiritual Direction is Not Spiritual Reading - Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

The Signs of Decay in the Church were Evident Well before Vatican II – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

The Dignity We Share – Sarah Babbs, Ignitum Today

An Outdoor Mass with a Difference – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

The Elephant and the Human Baby - Judie Brown, Catholic Lane

Donating My Hair Shirt – Lisa Schmidt, The Practicing Catholic

Vatican II and the Ecclesiology of Joseph Ratzinger – Fr. Maximilian Heinrich Heim, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Protocols and Theologians – Russell Shaw, Catholic World Report

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