CATHOLIC THURSDAY EXTRA

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by Mary Rezac

In Defense of the ‘Staycation’ of Pope Francis – Austen Ivereigh, Crux
True History of Celibacy Shows Married Men, If Ordained, Lived Continently – Fr. Jer. Bertram
How Mother Teresa Embodied What Pope Francis Teaches – Cindy Wooden, CNS via Crux
How We Stopped a Black Mass at Harvard – Aurora Griffin, Catholic Herald
El Salvador Kicks Off Jubilee Year to Honor Oscar Romero – Inés San Martín, Crux
Ben-Hur’s Reboot – Jim Graves, National Catholic Register
The Good News About Suffering – Thomas Clements, Ignitum Today
Debtors Need Our Help – Amy-Jo Crowley, Catholic Herald
Pope Francis Inspires Master Chef to Create Feasts for Rio’s Homeless – AP via Catholic Herald
Beating the Odds: Catholic Story of Start of Modern Olympics (A.D. 1896) – Don DeMarco Ph.D.
I Confess to Being an Addict to (Olympic) Sports – David Torkington, Catholic Stand