The Inspiring Conversion of Philip Trower, In Defense of the Immaculate Conception and Much More!

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The Inspiring Life and Conversion of Philip Trower by William Doino Jr. of First Things - BigPulpit.com

Religion New Services Slams Our Lady in Joke – Shaun McAfee

In Defense of the Immaculate Conception: Part 4 – Nick Hardesty, Catholic Stand

Libido Delendi: Desire to Obliterate Church Architecture – Fr. Z’s Blog

Reverse Wreckovation in Los Angeles – Enzo Selvaggi, Regina Magazine

We’re Losing the Next Generation(s) of Catholics – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Sexual Radicalism in Catholic Higher Education – Robert Oscar Lopez, Public Discourse

Catholic Moral Analysis of Waterboarding – Father Matthew P. Schneider LC, Project YM

Major Media Ignore Arrest of Gay Activist and Political Donor – Dustin Siggins, Crisis Magazine

In Showdown with U. S. Sisters, Vatican Blinked – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

The Elephant at the Synod: Contraception – Howard Kainz PhD, The Catholic Thing

Quæritur: Offering Correction to a Bad Priest – Fr. Z’s Blog

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Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal Catholic life, he reverted completely to his childhood faith that began on the eve of the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He publishes Big Pulpit, Catholic Stand, Ignitum Today, and The American Catholic.

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