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All Saints Catholic Church with St. Josephs Statue in St. Peters, Missouri
All Saints Catholic Church with St. Josephs Statue in St. Peters, Missouri (photo: Catholic Exchange)

The Perennial Truth About St. Joseph - K.V. Turley, Catholic Exchange+++

The Life of a Gardener: Prayer & St. Teresa of Avila – Fr. Nicholas Blackwell O. Carm., Catholic Stand

The Masculine Genius – Sister Helena Burns F.S.P., Hell Burns

Warmth in the World of Religious Sisters – Sarah Greydanus, Catholic Stand

Quotes Suitable for Framing: Alfred the Great – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

16 Strong Confirmation Names for Today’s Teen Boys – Cerith Gardiner, Aleteia

The 7 Deadly Sins as Jane Austen Characters – Melissa Guerrero, epicPew

Female Ordination Advocates Ignore Theological Truth, Focus on Power – Nicholas Senz, The Catholic World Report

Participation in the Mass – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Waste Land: Britain’s Culture of Death – K.V. Turley, Crisis Magazine

The Temptation to Latitudin-Arianism – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Do Catholics Have to be Democrats? – Jason Scott Jones

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Dominican Father Brian Thomas Becket Mullady speaks to Jesuit Father Mitch Pacwa on ‘EWTN Live,’ on July 31, 2019.

Longtime EWTN Host Father Brian Mullady Dies at 78

Father Mullady, a Register contributor, will be remembered for his strong media presence teaching the Catholic faith in an understandable and relatable manner. Throughout his career, he hosted seven television series on EWTN and published seven books with EWTN Publishing.

Soon-to-saint Carlo Acutis' body in Assisi.

The First Millennial Saint

We are now only days away from the highly anticipated canonization of the first Millennial saint, Blessed Carlo Acutis, on April 27. Courtney Mares, Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency, joins us from the Eternal City. And then, across the US and even in secularizing Western Europe, this Let had witnessed increases in conversions. We talk to Register correspondent Matt McDonald and Jane Tomaszewski, one of the newest members entering the Church.