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The Great Paradox of Medieval Monasticism – Robert Keim at Via Mediaevalis

Benedictine Byzantium? – R. Jared Staudt, Ph.D., Obl. O.B.S., at Building Catholic Culture

Priests in Hell – Father Jerry Pokorsky at Catholic Culture

Overcoming Sloth – Monsignor Charles E. Pope at Simply Catholic

How Do You Explain a Deathbed Wedding? – Father Hugh Barbour, O. Praem., at Catholic Answers Magazine

Exploring a Poem: Hopkins’ “The Sea and the Skylark” – Julian Kwasniewski at Tradition & Sanity

The Impact of Saint Augustine – Regis Martin, S.T.D., at Crisis Magazine

Actual Video Footage of Padre Pio – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog

Consoling Roses for Jesus and Mary – Diana Ragsdale at Catholic Stand

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Judgment: An Act of Justice or Suspicion? – Father Kenneth M. Dos Santos, M.I.C., at Catholic Stand

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Cardinal Müller: Christians Defined by Taking Up the Cross ‘and Not Laying It Down’ – Michael Haynes at Per Mariam

Can I Trust the Gospels? – Jimmy Akin at Catholic Answers Magazine

Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live! – The Chapel in Poland that Saint Maximilian Kolbe Founded via Big Pulpit