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A portrait of St. Ignatius of Loyola with text "5 Crazy Things you Didn't know about St. Ignatius of Loyola by John B. Manos" and "and 2 others that will shock you". The portrait is in a dark, muted color palette with the saint depicted wearing historical attire."

5 Crazy Things you Didn’t know about St. Ignatius of Loyola

These 5 things about St. Ignatius of Loyola will shock you! 2 bonus: Ignigo’s ultimate prayer, and the one formula they have to convert souls is in their constitution (do they do it?)

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Discussion: Men and the Church

Recently I had the privilege of being asked by Mr. Matthew Christoff to sit down for an interview on the state of men in the Church. Mr. Christoff’s apostolate–The New Emangelization and Catholic Man Night–is becoming increasingly popular and provides solid spiritual food for Catholic men. Where go Catholic men…there goes the Church. You can listen…

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Hobby Lobby: Whatever You Do to the Least…

Though the Supreme Court in Burwell, et al v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., et al., (argued on the Feast of the Annunciation and released on June 30, 2014), held in favor of Hobby Lobby in a 5-4 decision, Justice Kennedy’s concurring opinion presents ample reason for concern: …it should be said that the Court’s opinion…

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A mystery for our readers: Do you know anything about this Cross?

My aunt had her 90th birthday party and gave me some things. Among them, she gave me this cross. Anybody know what this is called and when these were made? We’ll give a hint:  this one carries an indulgence from a Pope Pius. Tell us in the comments what this is!

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BREAKING: EWTN files with Supreme Court of the United States

Eternal Word Television Network, EWTN, files for emergency relief at the United States Supreme Court. The HHS Contraception mandate would require them to supply contraception and abortion causing drugs next Tuesday, July 1, or pay $35,000 per day ($13 million dollars per year). See the full release at Becket Fund.

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Cover of "The Wanderer Forum" Volume 1, Number 2 discussing the translation of liturgy. Features a cross and altar with red cloth. Text includes "Englishing the Liturgy" and Latin phrase "Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth."

BAM! Paprocki Drops a Knee on the Head Bob crowd

Thank God! Do you hear the sound? (bam!) That’s the sound of a knee being dropped. In a pastoral letter, Ars celebrandi et adorandi, given to his diocese on June 22, Bishop Paprocki says it:  “the proper reverence to the Blessed Sacrament is ‘to bend the knee,’ to genuflect.”  THANK GOD! On Bending the Knee Wait! Do you hear the…

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Garabandal Surprise: Eternal rest, Joey Lomangino.

Glenn, a “staff member” of the Mother of God Forums reports: June 18, 2014 – Joey Lomangino has passed away. | Mother of God: “June 18,2014 – Joey Lomangino 53 years ago today, St. Michael the Arch[a]ngel appeared in Garabandal. Today unfortunately, this is not as happy an occasion. It is with a broken heart,…

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A collage featuring a book cover titled "Credentialed to Destroy" by Robin S. Eubanks, an old photograph of John Dewey, and a child wearing a dunce cap with the text "OUR KIDS" in red. The book cover has a burning torch and the word "Fichte." The child sits in front of a chalkboard with writing."

Book Review: Credentialed to Destroy: How and Why Education Became a Weapon by Robin Eubanks

Over the last three decades, there have been a number of excellent books written to explore the direction education reform has taken. Some look narrowly at specific programs or policies; other take a broader perspective, following the historical trends that bring us to our present moment. Robin Eubanks’ Credentialed to Destroy: How and Why Education…

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Fr. Schall on Charlie Rice’s Latest

Excellent analysis in Catholic World Report.

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Was Pope Francis Implicating the Legion of Christ as “Swindlers?”

Recently, Pope Francis pigeonholed problem people in the Church and gives us three particular groups of his concern. L’Osservatore Romano translated the three major groups as “Uniformists, alternativists and advantagists.” This last group, the advantagists is the one that they reported as: “’look for advantages’. They ‘go to Church but for personal advantage, and wind up conducting…

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