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Obama Urges America to Protect Children With Exceptions – Rachel Bohannon

Notre Dame Linebacker Duped Into Playing For Fake Catholic Univ. – Eye of the Tiber

Lessons Beyond the Death Camps – James Wilson, Dappled Things

Will We Have Free Will in Heaven? – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

Lost in Translation (from Latin)? – Christopher S. Morrissey, The Catholic World Report

Walmart: Well Might We Rue the Day – Joseph Pearce, StAR

We Must Fight Human Rights Violations by LGBT Organizations – Robert Oscar López

Lance Armstrong and the Power of Forgiveness – Stephen Kokx, Catholic Vote

Grammar Lesson of the Day: And – Anthony Esolen PhD, First Things/First Thoughts

Evil Industry, Evil Men, Evil Purposes – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

Catholic Evensong at Blackfen – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Is This What Dr. King Died For? – Catholic in Brooklyn

Sisters for Obama Inaugural Button – Jeffrey Miller, The Curt Jester

Has Sr. Keehan Done All She Can to Stop Abortion? – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Bicycle Thief – Aged Parent, The Eye-Witness

A Beautiful Summary of Eucharistic Theology in an Antiphon by Aquinas – Msgr. C. Pope

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Signs of Church Renewal in Europe – Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

Pope Raises Ukrainian Exarchate to Status of Eparchy – Catholic Herald

30,000 rally for life in Ireland – Joshua Mercer, Catholic Vote

Christians Face Lawful Exclusion from Jobs Despite Cross Victory – Jn. Bingham, Tlgrph

In the Dark of Night. . . – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

France: Homosexuals Don’t Want to Marry or Adopt, Gay Leader Admits – M. Hoffman

Redefining Marriage – Fr. Simon Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

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The Life of St. Barbara Hits the Big Screen – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

The Beautiful Persistence of Chant – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

How the Shroud of Turin Relates to the Ancient Image of Edessa – Dr. Taylor Marshall

The Deacon’s Wife: Part 1: Finding My Way Home – Cindy, Catholic Sistas

Celebrating Mass for Dummies – Jacob Tawney, Roma Locuta Est

Tolkien Absorbed in Absurdity – David Mills, First Things/First Thoughts

What are Attachments; Are You Attached to Something? – Sr. Mary Colombiere OCD

Be Still – Thomas J. Neal PhD, Neal Obstat Theological Opining

Rather Be an Angel? – Howard Kainz, The Catholic Thing

Hispanics, the Catholic Vote, & the New Evangelization – Marlon De La Torre, Cthlc Lane

Black Pro-Life Leaders Developing New Strategy to Reach Blacks – Kirsten Andersen

Sober Intoxication – Thomas J. Neal PhD, Neal Obstat Theological Opining

The Altar Server – Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

SSPX Excommunicates Bishop For Installing Bishops Without Approval – Eye of the Tiber

Viva The Un-Lance Armstrong – Rod Dreher

Priest Publishes Book on Apparition of Angels to ‘Mystic’ Women – Catholic Fire

Faith and Family (After Divorce) – Anna Williams, First Things/First Thoughts

Bishop in Mali Says His Flock are in Hiding – Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic Herald

What Did You Do in the Great Apostasy Daddy? – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

The Worst Kind of Monk – Br. Philip Neri Reese OP, Dominicana

George Weigel on Evangelical Catholicism in Boston – Boston Catholic Insider

The Intellectual Pitfalls (on the Temptations of Pornography) – Alice von Hildebrand

Bad Things can be Done by Good People – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

. . .the Hierarchy Claim They Get It. . .Disease Strikes Again in Melbourne – K. Edwards

The Spirit of Vatican II is Still Alive & Well with the Sinsinawa Dominicans – Fr. Z’s Blog

Abortion Insiders Turn Their Backs on the Industry – Jim Graves, The Cthlc World Rprt

The Law as the Bully’s Pulpit – Fr. Robert John Araujo SJ, Mirror of Justice

Infertility & Abortion: Proof the World Isn’t Fair – Kristen Walker Hatten, LifeSiteNews

Who Knew Our President Was Such a Great Comedian? – Tom McDonald, P/God & Mchn

The Catechism on the Right of Self-Defense – E. L. Core, Catholic Lane

Connecticut’s Catholics Humiliated Yet Again – Anne Hednershott, The CWR Blog

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Take Part in March for Life 2013 Around the Country – Joseph Pronechen, NCRegister

Pope’s Former Butler Given Hospital Job – David Uebbing, Catholic News Agency

New Spanish Canons, Gaudix, Spain – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Tolkien Recites the Ring Verse – Jacob Tawney, The American Catholic

Louisiana Named Most Pro-Life State, Washington Most Pro-Abortion – Steven Ertelt, LN

Our Path to Salvation – Alexandra Reis, Ignitum Today

Why Seminarians Should Study Sacred Art & Architecture – Duncan G. Stroik, Crisis Mag

The Marriage Debate: What States Really Can’t Do – George Weigel, First Things

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Dog Turns Up to Dead Owner’s Church Every Day – Fr. Z’s Blog

Did You Know that St. Peter’s First Church in Rome was a House Church? – Dr. Marshall

Gay Opposition to Gay Marriage – Glenn T. Stanton, First Things/First Thoughts

Five Characteristics of a Matrimonial Vocation – Kerri, Catholic Sistas

Book Review: Along the Way: Lessons for an Authentic Journey of Faith – J. Heimann

Syriac Patriarch Blames West  – Simone Cantarini, Asia News

An Inspiring and Beautiful Video for Altar Servers – Msgr. Charles Pope, DC Archdiocese

Is the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei Building a Bridge to the S.S.P.X.? – Fr. Z’s Blog

How Artificial Birth Control Aborts Babies – Patti M. Armstrong, Integrated Cthlc Life™

Is Man No More Than An Ape? – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Are Unseen Things Real? – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

A Second Look at Confession – Kevin M. Tierney, Catholic Lane

The Beginning of the End of Evangelical Christianity – Russ Rentler MD

Grammar Lesson of the Day: But – Anthony Esolen, First Things/First Thoughts

Roe v. Wade at Forty: The Court’s Two Unwarranted Stipulations – Francis J. Beckwith

Fr. Jenkins to March for Life – Matthew Archbold, The CNS Blog

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Catholic Priests are Right to Express Fears Over Govt Marriage Plans – Francis Phillip

Irish Pro-Lifers Rally at Defining Moment in Abortion-Law Debate – Cthlc News Agency

No Catholic Kings and Queens at Buckingham Palace – James Kelly, Daily Register

Muslims Impose Sharia Law on the Streets of London – Richard Collins

Christians Allowed to Wear Crosses, Not Allowed to Follow Consciences – Dc. Donnelly

Christians’ Rights Trampled on by ‘Obsessive Political Correctness’ – J. Bingham, Tlgrph

UK Parents Reject Abortion after Seeing Disabled Son Smile on Ultrasound – T. Baklinski

Msgr. Eamon Martin to Occupy St. Patrick’s Chair – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

Sacra Liturgia 2013 Conference: Join Me in Rome! – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Alice Tait & ‘Ruthie Leming’ – Rod Dreher

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Is the Papacy a Constitutive Element of the Church? – T. Flanders, Pat. No. (OX)

Resources For Week of Prayer For Christian Unity – Vatican.va

Trapped Syrian Christians Face “Risk of Extinction” – Gerald Butt, Church Times

In Egypt, Faith in Christ is a Jail Sentence – Byzantine, Texas (OX)

Catholic and Orthodox Reunification in the End Times – Vivificat (RC)

Escapism is Not a Fruit of the Spirit – Vincent Martini, OBOA (OX)

The Prologue of Ohrid: “On Danger” – MONKROCK (RC)

Embrace the Embrace – Ric Ballard, Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal (EC)

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Hallowed Be This House – Robert Woods, Christian Humanist

The Gentleman Goes Second – David Mills, First Thoughts / First Things

Regulating the Wrong Things? – Marc Eisner, Pileus

Roe at Forty, Part 2 – Francis J. Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

The Worst Keynesian Ever – Brian Domitrovic, T.I.C.

What These Thugs Steal From Us All – Rod Dreher, American Conservative

An Environmental Conservatism? – Peter Blair, Public Discourse

Mass Organization Devoted to Obama – Keith Koffler, W.H.D.

Christians: Siblings, Not ‘Friends’? – Wesley Hill, First Thoughts / First Things

Making God a “Convenience” – Alan Jacobs, American Conservative

Cities Slide Deeper into Pension Sinkhole – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Martian Chronicles Is a Great Book – Robert Woods, Christian Humanist

A Heresy in Education – Jake Tawney, T.A.C.

America’s Exodus from Marriage – Peter Wehner, Commentary

Mommas, Don’t Let Your Daughters Grow Up To Be Altar Boys – Ignitum Today

A Shocker in Philly – Carl E. Olson, The Catholic World Report

Beauty Communicates Something Beyond Words – David Clayton, New Liturgical Mvmnt

Eight Spiritual Maxims from Saint John of the Cross – Abram Muenzberg, St. Peter’s List

Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York – Kenneth J. Wolfe, Rorate Cæli

Eight Books on J. R. R. Tolkien’s Catholicism – Brandon Vogt, BrandontVogt.com

St. Prisca (Priscilla) – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

“How Do You Expect Me to Follow That?” – Ink and Quill, Ignitum Today

The Church, Nonprofits, and Taxes – Dimitri Cavalli, The Catholic World Report

Morsi’s Egypt Persecuting Chrisitans and Obama Won’t Do Anything – William Oddie, CH

Why the French, of All People, Resist the Redefinition of Marriage – Phil Lawler

Pope Benedict XVI Now Has a Twitter Account in Latin – Fr. Z’s Blog

Cardinal Cañizares: Mass is Not a Show Nor for Entertainment – H. Sergio Mora, Zenit

How Low Will Benedict XVI-Bashing Pundits Go? – Carl E. Olson, The CWR Blog

What Do We Mean by Islamism? – Denis MacShane, MercatorNet

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Laws Protecting Abortionists – Richard Doerflinger, Public Discourse

David Brooks and Humility – Alan Jacobs, T. A. Cn.

The Law as the Bully’s Pulpit – Fr. Robert J. Araujo, S.J., Mirror of Justice

Prisoners & Prostitutes – Andrew Haines, Ethika Politika

Myth of Profitable Athletics Departments – Jordan Bloom, State of the Union

Blue Storm Ravages California City – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Obama and Truman – Daniel Larison, T. A. Cn.

The Impulse to Care for the Most Vulnerable – Elizabeth Schiltz, Mirror of Justice

The War on Boys-Part One – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Interpersonal Comparisons of Dignity – Jason Sorens, Pileus

US Could Be Top Oil Producer This Year – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

As Goes Christianity, So Goes Society? – Rod Dreher, T. A. Cn.

Law as Tradition: The Inescapability of Tradition – Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice

Conservatism: A Look Ahead – George Carey, T. I. C.

Venerable and God-Bearing Father Anthony the Great – A Sinner (OX)

Alexander Schmemann: A Man in Full – R. J. Neuhaus, First Things

Entering Into the Silence – Abbot Tryphon, The Morning Offering (OX)

Live From Mumford Rd. Episode 2 – Christ the Bridegroom Monastery (EC)

Patriarch Bartholomew to Visit Estonia – Estonian Public Broadcasting (OX)

An Introspective Interview with Megan Fox – Mystagogy (OX)

In Case of Emergency – St. Elias Today! (EC)

Not a Tame Religion: Guest Post by Byz. Bandit – Fear Not Little Flock (EC)

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