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Five Reasons to Kill Christian Music – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic
Beauty is the Seal of Truth – Beauty in Education
Music for Lent: Attende Domine – Sub Umbra Alarum Suarum
Stations: 2nd Sun in Lent; Basilica of Saint Mary’s in Dominica – Zephyrinus
Fr. Kapaun To Receive Congressional Medal Of Honor – Jean M. Heimann
Goal Setting in {Catholic} Homeschooling – RaisingSaints, Catholic Sistas
Dom Guéranger: A Prophet – Dom Mark Daniel Kirby, Vultus Christi
Eavesdropping on the Sacra Conversazione – Emi Parker, Ignitum Today
Aggressive Incrementalism: Winning Strategy for Pro-Lifers – Pt. Spiliakos MA
Are You Swatting at Flies? – P. D. Yoko, Catholic Stand
More than 100,000 Rally to Protect Marriage in Puerto Rico – B. Johnson
Bp. Morlino: This isn’t Religion of our Time, It’s a Battleship – B. Yanke
Yes, the Virgin Mary was a Virgin – Answering Protestants
To Defeat Caesar Requires the Armor of Christ – Regis Martin STD, Crisis
Vatiwar: For the Italians, Retreat Week Becomes “Fight Club” – Rocco Palmo
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Cardinal Reveals Future Title for B16 – J. Heimann

Benedict’s Humble & Courageous Decision – Bp. Thomas J. Tobin
Msgr. K. Newton: Benedict is ‘Pope of Christian Unity’– C. Bunderson
The New Ocean – David Warren, The Catholic Thing
Prognostications of the Papabili – Look in the Mirror
Benedict & Vatican II: Calming the Storm – Pia De Solenni
Music to Inspire the Conclave of Cardinals – Kathy Schiffer
Your Holiness, the Jewish World Will Miss You – Gary Krupp, Daily Register
Reflecting on Pope Benedict’s Papacy – L. Francis Rooney JD, First Things

Feast Day of St. Polycarp – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire
Les Misérables and Liberation Theology – Todd M. Aglialoro, Catholic Answers
Giving Up the Power Struggle in Marriage – Leticia Adams, Catholic Stand
Carl Jung on the Provisional Life: Peter Pan Syndrome – Kevin O’Brien
Fat Body of Christ? – Burke Ingraffia, Ignitum Today
Vatican: Abortifacient in ’00 & ’08, ‘Example to be Followed’ in ’13 – Rorate Cæli
Reflections on the Media Furor – Catherin Harmon, The CWR Blog
German Bishops Give Approval of Morning After Pill for Rape Victims – LSN
The Vatican Responds to Blackmail Allegation – Dr. Robert Moynihan, CL
Brazil: Homosexual Leader Slams LSN Reporter as ‘Son of Disgrace’ – LSN
Catholic Relief Services Funding Pro-Abortionists In Mexico – R-DC-Catholicism

Dysfunctional Health Care System – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

The Right’s Reefer Madness – Peter Hitchens, American Spectator

The Pro-Growth Sequester – Larry Kudlow, Human Events

NYC Sues Hasidic Shopkeepers – Mark Movsesian, First Things

Coolidge: A Man to Be Followed – Gregory Sullivan, Public Discourse

Obama’s Bad Brotherhood Bet – Jonathan Tobin, Commentary

How Do You Decide to Drone-Kill Americans? – Neil McCabe, Human Events

Erasing Death – Wesley Smith, N.R.O.

Rand Paul Returns $600,000 – Lonely Conservative

The Torture of Solitary Confinement – Jonathan Adler, Volokh

Where the Republican Reformers Are, and Aren’t – Ross Douthat, N.Y.T.

America’s Roads and Bridges are Not Crumbling – John Hayward, Human Events

Dr. Death and Dr. Drew – Daniel J. Flynn, American Spectator

Benedict & Anglican Ordinariates: Ecumenism in Action – James Kelly
Lenten Station @ Basilica of St Peters, Sat of Ember Week in Lent – Zephyrinus
Signs and Sacraments – Kevin M. Tierney, Catholic Lane
Five Ways Catholics Can Make a Difference – Randy Hain, ICL™
Crd. Bertone Rejects CDF on Removal of Catholic Status from Rebel Univ. – LSN
On the Requirement to Raise Children as Muslims – Dr. Jeff Mirus
Bp. Sheridan: Natl ‘c’atholic Reporter an Embarrassment to the Church – LSN
Same-Sex Marriage: Our Agreements Solve Our Disagreement – Trent Horn
Euthanasia’s Euphemisms – Wesley J. Smith, First Things/On the Square
GK Chesterton: It’s Not Gay & Not Marriage – Dale Ahlquist MA, Crisis
Here We Are – Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register
Heterodoxy in Dayton – Catholic Buckeye, Over the Rhine and Into the Tiber
Nuns and Ohio Voter Fraud – Fr. Z’s Blog
Parishioners Mystified By Appearance Of Shiny Golden Box – Eye of the Tiber
It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s A. . .Priest? – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

Card. O’Brien Gives His Backing to Idea of Married Priests – Cthlc Herald
The Church Not a Party, It Doesn’t Need ‘Clause 4 Movement’ – Frc. Phillips
Ireland Poll Shows Majority Want Pro-Life Laws on Abortion – Stv. Ertelt, LN
Cardinal O’Brien Enamored with a Married Priesthood – Rorate Cæli
Saudi Arabia: 53 Christians Arrested for Praying – Damman, AsiaNews
Card. O’Brien: New Pope Should Let Priests Marry – Sim. Johnson, Tlgrph
Libya Arrests Foreign Nationals on Proselytism Charge – Mk. Movsesian JD

Christians Call For Justice Following Church Attack in Egypt – Char.News

Pope Tawadros II Denies Telling Copts to Obey Rulers – Chr. Post (OR)

Islam or Death?  Coptic Christians Targeted by New Terror Group – FoxNews

Coptic Christians Beheaded in New Jersey – Renee Nal, Gather

Syrian Christians Targeted For Kidnapping by Islamic Extremists – Chr. Post

Syrian Christians Flee to Lebanon – CBS Evening News

Why Do We Fast? – Phillip Rolfes, The Master Beadsman (EC)

Denys Turner on Atheism – Fr. Kimel, Eclectic Orthodoxy (OX)

The Resignation of Patriarchs and Popes – Annales Eccl. Ucra. (EC)

Armenian Supreme Spiritual Council Meets – Byz, TX (OX)

Death on the Byzantine Cross – Ric Ballard, East. Cath. Spir. Renewal (EC)

You Sing Alleluia in Lent? – Priest’s Wife, Fear Not Little Flock (EC)

Foundations of Faith: Holy Resurrection Monastery – HTRNews (EC)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

And Still They Come to Be Catholic – Marc Cardaronella
How to Meditate Like a Catholic – Abigail Reimel, Catholic Stand
Blindness to God – Arland K. Nichols MDiv, Truth and Charity Forum
A Reader Struggles with Lay Life after Seminary – Mark Shea, NCRegister
Evelyn Waugh on Progress – Sancrucensis
We Call Priests ‘Fathers,’ No, Not Violating Mt. 23:9 – Answering Protestants
More Than 100,000 March to Defend Marriage in Puerto Rico – CNA
iPads For an iLiturgy – Peggy Frye, Catholic Answers
Suburban Spirit of Vatican II Mass vs. Aquinas College Chapel Mass – K. O’Brien
The Boy Who Lived: Pro-Life; Pro-Choice; Pro-Conversion – A. Cavaliere
When Does Accommodating People Become A Sin? – David L. Gray
The Leave-Taking of a Pope – Philip Kosloski, Into the West
Glad You Asked – Barb Lishko, Catholic Lane
The Gazing Eyes of Jesus, The Agony of Christ – Marcus Allen Steele
Victory of the Faith, Archbishop Oscar Romero – Polycarpio

George Weigel: Reforming the Vatican Bureaucracy – J. Heimann

Will Next Pope Oppose Dictatorship of Relativism – William Oddie, Crisis
An Irony in the Conclave – Jacob Tawney, The American Catholic
Seven Names The New Pope Should Avoid – Patrick Archbold, NCRegister
Papal Picks – Jacob Tawney, The American Catholic
Liberation Theology Will Get Boost with ‘Pope’ Turkson – Tancred, TEP
Papabile: Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner
Music for the Papal Transition – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café
Interesting Papal Trivia – Fr. Z’s Blog
At the Vatican, The Vacancy Means Umbrellas – Rocco Palmo, Whispers. . .
Yes, We Know that Popes are Not Perfect – Answering Protestants

Feast of the Chair of St. Peter – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire
Saint Who Stops Mass with Public Confession of Her Wickedness – Spiritual Life
The Edmund Campion Missal – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café
9 Reasons True Christians Follow the Pope – H. H. Ambrose, St. Peter’s List
Ten Things You Need to Know about Jesus’ Transfiguration – Jimmy Akin
Whiskey Talk with Father Longenecker – Michael, Whiskey Catholic
Leo’s Guilds a Far Cry from Today’s Unions – Anthony Esolen, Crisis
What’s So Good About Diversity? – David Clayton MA, The Way of Beauty
Moving From Fear To Faith – Gary Zimak, Catholic Stand
Today’s Christians Looking More Jewish – Katherine Infantine, First Things
Abstinence f/Meat & Family Gatherings After Death of Loved One – J. Akin
Bless Me Father. . . – J. Q. Tomanek, Ignitum Today
Fromm Here to Eternity – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave
Controversial Priest’s Lawsuit Against LifeSiteNews Advances – C. Bunderson
Institutional Biological Solution – Kenneth J. Wolfe, Rorate Cæli

Why Natural Law Arguments Fail – Rod Dreher, American Conservative

Federalism for Preschoolers – Michael Greve, Liberty Law Blog

In Search of Republican Reformers – Ross Douthat, N.Y.T.

The Disarming of the American Woman – Michelle Malkin, Human Events

Switzerland or the Caribbean, Anyone? – Hans Eicholz, Liberty Law Blog

Hannah Coulter & The Bourgeois Family – Robert Cheeks, T.I.C.

Judicial Watch & Benghazi – Neil McCabe, Human Events

A Mandate Update – William Saunders, The Catholic Thing

Richard Epstein on Constitutionalism – Mike Rappaport, Liberty Law Blog

Insolvency, U.S.A. – Jackson Adams, American Spectator

Meritocracy: Admitting My Mistakes – Ron Unz, American Conservative

Compromising Our Way – Richard Reinsch, Liberty Law Blog

Do It For Your Country – Jeffrey Polet, F.P.R.

That’s Not in the Bible: Contemporary Dilemmas with Sola Scriptura – TCMAAB
St. Robert Southwell: Poet & Martyr – Dr. R. Jared Staudt, Crisis Mgzn
A Catholic 3rd Way: Benedict & the Crisis of Global Capitalism – Adrian Pabst
Who Created God? – Matt Fradd, Catholic Answers
Theophilus, Iconography & Contemporary Sacred Artist – Dc Iacono (link fixed)
Lenten Stn. At Basilica of 12 Apostles, Fri of Ember Week in Lent – Zephyrinus
How Do You Respond to a Love Like That? – Srh. S. Granger, Fam Mssns Co
Symbols & the ‘Hermeneutic of Continuity’ – Fr. Brn. V. Hove SJ, H&PR
Boredom and the Barbarian – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave
Why the Rise in Executive Pay? – Anna Williams, First Things/Frst Thghts
Abp. Chaput: “I Support the Marriage March” – Thm. Peters, Cthlc Vt/AmP
10 Tips for Fine Tuning Your Media Antennas – Anb. Hazard JD, Cthlc Stnd
Is Christ Ugly? – Edmund Mitchell, Ignitum Today
Lessons From A Gay Mormon – Sr. Theresa Noble, Pursued by Truth
German Bishops OK Abortifacient “Morning-After Pill” – Rorate Cæli