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The following are my top 20 posts from the beginning of this blog in January 2013.
1. After Sick Political Stunt, Fr. Pavone’s Faculties Should be Suspended (35,863)
2. Sorry, But I’ve Changed My Mind About Pope Francis (31,387)
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5. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome, Vol. II (10,123)
6. Why Latin Mass Onlyists are Destroying the Latin Mass (7,647)
7. Life Site News Gets a Pope Story Wrong (6,983)
8. Fox News Editor Adam Shaw Has Temper Tantrum Against the Pope (6,800)
9. Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome, Vol. I (6,719)
10. Vote Republican to Stop Abortion and Other Myths (6,711)
11. How Not to Talk About the Beatles (6,495)
12. Three Reasons to Take John 6 Literally (5,936)
13. It is Time for Devout Catholic Tim Kaine to Be Publicly Corrected (5,554)
14. Killing Jesus: Could Christ Have Spoken From the Cross? (4,138)
15. Seven Epiphanies That Made Me Catholic (3,718)
16. Cardinal Schonborn Gives Clarification on Communion (3,677)
17. The Protestant’s Dilemma: A Review (3,578)
18. No, Mr. Obama, the Crusades and ISIS Are Not the Same Thing (3,536)
19. Notre Dame Professor Dr. Candida Moss Says Jesus Wasn’t Down With Marriage (3,121)
20. My Love is a Garden Enclosed (3,037)
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