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Gerwig’s Narnia Swaps C.S. Lewis for Woke Reinvention

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Bunker Busters Fit The Catholic Morality Test

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A Church Of Surprises–Pope Leo XIV

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Farewell, Pope Francis, For A Little While

I remember a night long ago in college, when I was searching for why I...

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Why I Write Christian Fantasy–And What Difference It Makes

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The Radical Left Is A Religion And Abortion Is Their Sacrament

  The Radical Left Is A Religion Talk about unhinged. It may seem like the...

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How Many Catholics Are There In The World? A Look At Where They Live

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Death of Roe v. Wade–63 Million Voices Cried Out: Justice Is Served

An Unexpected Deliverance--The Death Of Roe V. Wade And so it happened, here on the...

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Where Are You Catholics?–Told You They Weren’t Coming Back

  Where Are You Catholics? A little riff on a famous Christmas song: Where are...

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Et Cum Spiritu NoNo–The Demise of the Traditional Latin Mass Experiment

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