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Cardinal Pell Gets It, Says Abuse Survivor After Meeting: The Cardinal Met a Group of Survivors This Morning after Four Days of Questioning by an Australian Royal Commission

by Dan Hitchens

of Catholic Herald

Sex Abuse in Church: Purge Taking Too Long In Altoona, Apology, Updated – Rocco Palmo
All Eyes on Justice Kennedy as Supreme Court Weighs Texas Abortion Law – Joan F. Desmond
Navy SEAL Receives Medal of Honor: “May St. Michael Protect Our Warriors” – Shaun McAfee
9 Things Evangelicals Hate About 2nd Century Christianity – David Rummelhoff, Epic Pew
Family Exhortation by Pope Francis Coming March 19 – Austen Ivereigh, O.S.V. Newsweekly
Why Are Palestinian Christians Fleeing? – Robert Nicholson, Providence
My Annual Lenten Feast: Holy Silence – Mike Eisenbath, Catholic Stand
When We Turn Fish Fries Into Feasts, We Miss the Point of Lent – Shaun McAfee, N.C. Rgstr
The Sensitive Child and Lent – Michele Chronister, Ignitum Today
Montreal’s Catholic Past and Pagan Present – George Neumayr, The American Spectator
Penitential Acts No Longer Be Only During Lent – Dennis Emmons, O.S.V. Newsweekly
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The Mass Should Be Our Refuge From These Loud, Proud, and Flashy Times

by Monsignor Charles Pope

of the National Catholic Register

Why Doctrine and Pastoral Practice are Indivisible – James Kalb, Crisis Magazine
Music Has Long Spoken To Me – Dan Byron, Catholic Stand
Materialism, Positivism and the Politics of Modern Science – Robert Lowry Clinton, Crisis
The Church on War and Peace – Aaron Linderman Ph.D., Truth and Charity Forum
In a Vehemently Anti-Catholic Mexico, Blessed Miguel Pro Witnessed – David Werning
Labor and the Human Person – Fr. C. J. McCloskey, Truth and Charity Forum
What John Cage can Teach Us About the Mass – Matthew Schellhorn, Catholic Herald
The Modern American Christian Martyr – Joe Kral, Truth and Charity Forum
Some Advice to Fellow Lovers of Liberal Learning – Eva Brann Ph.D.
Genetically Engineered Language: Propaganda Colors Public Perception – Rebecca Taylor, Reg
King Ethelbert: Christian Monarch Whose Influence Barely Acknowledged Today – Ma. O’Regan
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Mercy Uber Alles? Saint Irenaeus Says “Heresy”

by Guy McClung, J.D. Ph.D.,

of Catholic Stand

Priests With Wives Yes, But As Brother and Sister – Sandro Magister, Chiesa
Vid Catches Planned Parenthood Aborting Intact Late-Term Babies to Sell as Parts – Mic. Bilger
Planned Parenthood Spends $137 Million to Promote Abortion Worldwide – Jon. Abbamonte
Black Pastors Protest Planned Parenthood: Undermines Morals of Our Community – Con. Beck
A Rising Tide of Grief: The Hidden Abortion Pain of Grandparents – Kevin Burke, N.C. Rgstr
Some Ambrosian Music For Lent – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement
Remembering James Foley – William Doino Jr., First Things
China Now Targets Catholics – Bradley Eli, Church Militant
Vatican Offers Free Health Care for the Homeless, Poor – Catholic News Agency
Cardinal Müller Reasserts Church’s Teaching on Divorce-Remarriage – Edward Pentin, Register
Forgetting Social Justice – Elliot Milco, First Things
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Is The Time Coming for Rubio to Drop Out and Endorse Cruz?

by Darwin Catholic

of The American Catholic

A Trump Nomination Means Victory for Clinton in November – Rachel Lu, Crisis Magazine
Super Tuesday Live Blog – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
What Should be a Catholic Response to the Insult Culture? – Bob Kurland Ph.D., R.O.A.C.S.
Why are Catholics Weaker than Evangelicals? – Taylor Marshall Ph.D.
Presidential Hopefuls: Ted Cruz – Charlotte Hays, National Catholic Register
The 10 Times Ted Cruz Voted to Stop Abortion & Defund Planned Parenthood – Steven Ertelt
5 Ways to Stay Sane During Election Season – Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble, Aleteia
Presidential Hopefuls: Bernie Sanders – Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register
The Liberal Establishment Gave Us Trump – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report
Sin Makes You Stupid. . .and Violent – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head
Chelsea Clinton: We Need to Do Everything We Can to Protect Planned Parenthood – M. Bilger
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Mount St. Mary’s President Simon Newman Resigns

by Catherine Harmon

of The Dispatch

via The Catholic World Report

Is Cardinal Pell Facing a Prejudiced Inquisition? – Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register
The 4 Things Keeping Millennials from Finding God, According to Fr. Spitzer – Connor Malloy
The Dating Advice She Needed to Hear – Rebecca Frech, Aleteia
15 Times Our Kids Were Better Catholics Than Us – Doug Johnson, Epic Pew
Self-Help Guru Tony Robbins Saves Small Soup Kitchen Run by 3 Nuns – Zoe Romanowsky, Alt
The Five Effects of Grace – Nancy Ward, New Evangelizers
One Man’s Amazing Journey Toward the Catholic Faith – Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace
Can I Trust Fr. Anthony de Mello, S.J.? Update – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction
One Day’s Question, Another Day’s Answer – Cecily Lowe, Catholic Stand
Lenten Martyrdom with Shusaku Endo – Chris Lee, Maccabee Society
The Sacredness of Marriage: A Lesson from the Pagans – Msgr. Daniel B. Gallagher, Crisis
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Presidential Politics and the Death of Character

by Stephen M. Krason

of Crisis Magazine

Trump and the Idolatry of Gigantism – Stephen Beale, Crisis Magazine
Divine Mercy for Godly Leaders – Vicki Burbach, Pelican’s Breast
The Absolute Ignorance of This Current Generation of Educated – Donald R. McClarey J.D.
Trump-Voting Christians: Retribution for Liberal Pastors Who Cry “Wolf”? – John Zmirak
Presidential Hopefuls: Marco Rubio – Charlotte Hays, National Catholic Register
Presidential Hopefuls 2016: Donald Trump – Brian Fraga, National Catholic Register
Trump and the Classic Catholic Counter-revolutionary – Frank Rega, The Shield of Faith
Should Catholics ‘Trump’ Hillary? – Matt C. Abbott, Renew America
The Nomination Debate – Berny Belvedere, First Things
Cruz: Is Trump Hiding Planned Parenthood Donations in Unreleased Tax Returns? – S. Ertelt
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15 Reasons to Never Attend Franciscan University of Steubenville

by Shaun McAfee

of Epic Pew

Hold On to Your Crucifix During Lent – Kevin Di Camillo, National Catholic Register
New Study: Increasing Number of Americans Consider Christianity “Extremist” – Carl E. Olson
How Should We Handle Panhandlers? – Catherine Mendenhall-Baugh, N.C. Register
Crd. Müller Corrects Idea of Holy Communion for “Remarried” Divorcees – Maicke Hickson
The World vs. The Bible – Ray Sullivan, Catholic Stand
L.M.S. Chairman: In Favour of Liturgy Shaming – Joseph Shaw, LMS Chairman
I No Longer Say “Chair” – Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine
Risen Movie Review: A Jerusalem X-File – Sarah Duggan, Ignitum Today
Court Rules Catholic Church Can Fire Open Homosexuals – Bradley Eli, Church Militant
Ten Western Films for the Manly Among Us – J. Antonio Suarez, Maccabee Society
Adult Coloring Books: Business & Evangelization Opportunity for Catholic Artists? – Dv. Clayton
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Russian Orthodox Projections and Catholic Corrections

by Adam A.J. DeVille

The Dispatch

via The Catholic World Report

What Abp Shevchuk Saw in the Meeting of the Pope & Moscow Patriarch – Andrea Gagliarducci
Reasons for Skepticism About the Pope’s Meeting with Patriarch Kirill – Phil Lawler, Cthlc Cltr
Between Cuba & Crete: A Storm Ahead for the Russian Orthodox? – Fr. Cyril Hovorun, C.W.R.
Did Powerful Forces Try to Stop Meeting of Pp. Francis & Patriarch Kirill? – Jef. A. Mirus Ph.D.
Called to Unity, A Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Writes – Andriy Chirovsky, First Things
Hagia Sophia: “It Is Fortunate You Are Here Now” – Quartermaster of the Barque
The Havana Declaration: Hopeful and Yet Ambiguous – Cyril Hovorun, First Things
What Is Abadi Doing to Protect Iraq’s Christians? – Omar al-Jaffal, Iraq Pulse
How are Orthodox Christians Organized, and Why? – Richard Ostling, Religion Q&A
Syrian Patriarch: A Special Catholic Leader? – Jeffrey A. Mirus, Catholic Culture
Ukrainian Christmas Customs: A Documentary From 1942 – Gregory DiPippo, New Lit Move
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Last Living Soldier of the Cristeros Passes Away

by Donald R. McClarey, J.D.,

of The American Catholic

These Thy Atoms – Stacy Trasancos Ph.D., Integrated Catholic Life™
Knights of Columbus: U.S. Must Call I.S.I.S. Extermination of Christians Genocide – N.C. Rgstr
The Essence of Trump – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic
Papal Clarifications About Marriage – Fr. Gerald E. Murray, The Catholic Thing
The Negativity Fast – Kasia I., Ignitum Today
You Lied to Us, Gloria Steinem – Cynthia Millen, Catholic Stand
The New Virtues of Our Privileged Leaders – David Carlin, The Catholic Thing
Trump and the Mob: A Theological Observation – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Stndng on my Hd
Medieval Catholicism Was Not As Gloomy as the B.B.C. Portrays It – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith
Three Reasons I Enjoyed “Risen” – Nick Olszyk, The Dispatch
Behold, Catholic Beard Balm (Yes, It’s a Thing) – Mary Rezac, Catholic News Agency
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Catholic Social Teaching: A New Synthesis, Rerum Novarum to Laudato Si’

by Thomas Storck

of The Distributist Review

How to Have a Happy Marriage (Even When You’re Busy with Kids) – Betsy Kerekes, Cth Lane
A Hard Look at Our Demographic Future – J. Antonio Juarez, Maccabee Society
On the Restoration & Promotion of the Traditional Mass – Christian Browne, Crisis Magazine
Is It Reasonable to Believe in Miracles? – Karlo Broussard, Strange Notions
Rescuing Our Maidens from the Culture of Death – Joseph Pearce
How “Progress” Led to the Dehumanization of Man – Michael Quinlan, Crisis Magazine
The Witness of True Love – Allison LeDoux, Truth and Charity Forum
The Theological Foundation of Catholic Education – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., Crisis Magazine
Is There a Queen in the Kingdom of Heaven? – Tim Staples, Catholic Answers
How The West Wing Can Help Catholic Choirs – Charles Cole, New Liturgical Movement
Great 4D Ultrasound Scans Show Unborn Babies Yawning, Picking Noses – Micaiah Bilger, L.N.
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Even Wounded Families are Better Than Isolation, Pope Francis Says

via Catholic News Agency

What Is Social Justice? – George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing
Pope Francis: Wealth and Power are Good, But Only When Used to Serve – Elise Harris, C.N.A.
Pelican’s Breast, A Symbol of Sacrifice – Vicki Burbach, Pelicans Breast
Pope Francis and the Two Cities – Joshua Evans, First Things
Catholic Children’s Choirs – Charles Cole, New Liturgical Movement
Dunstan Thompson’s True Love – William Doino Jr., First Things
A Murder Mystery for the Ages, Movie Review of Risen – Kathy Schiffer, Ntnl Cthlc Register
Silence in the Liturgy – Cardinal Robert Sarah, The Catholic World Report
The Real Omnipresence of God – Travis C. Headley, Forty Something Faith
Contraception and the Family-Enemy Economy: the Common Evil – Fr. Basil Cole O.P.
The Resurrection of Christ Through the Eyes of a Film Producer – Diane Montagna, Aleteia
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