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By Fr. Paul John Kalchik, Church Militant - A forgotten road to holiness: avoiding occasions of sin... The fourth of August marks the feast day of St. John Vianney, one of the world's most beloved saints, known for his exceptional dedication and meticulousness... One fascinating revelation for those learning about the saint, often affectionately referred to as the Curé D'Ars, is that he vehemently criticized dancing and all the wicked tendencies associated with it.

By Martina Moyski, Church Militant - A Catholic family in the United States is making it their grand mission to inspire everyone in the world to wear Our Lady's brown scapular and receive the wonderful protection it offers... The Scapular Apostolate, founded three years ago in the diocese of Syracuse, N.Y., is currently hand-making and distributing scapulars to as many people as possible all over the world. But its goal, "to place a scapular around every shoulder," is to tap a one-of-a-kind scapular-making machine to achieve it.

By Steven Tucker, Crisis Magazine - During the General Synod of the Church of England (CofE) on 7 July, the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, argued that the Lord’s Prayer opening with the words “Our Father” was “problematic” (that far-left code word du jour). The alleged “problem” was that this hitherto innocuous phrase may cause upset “for those whose experience of earthly fathers has been destructive and abusive.” Furthermore, the word “Father” could also be considered offensive “for all of us who have labored rather too much from an oppressively patriarchal grip on life.”

By Alexandra Greeley, Catholic Exchange - Books, movies, and websites discuss what exorcism is — a demonic possession that afflicts a person. And while some claim that possession is really just a mental illness, many professionals, especially Catholic priests, disagree. That explains why in the Catholic church ordained priests are trained to expel the Satanic evil from the afflicted and perform exorcisms in the name of Jesus Christ. Sections of the Bible do refer to exorcisms and tell about the frequent times Jesus cast out evil spirits, showing (Luke 10:17) Christ’s power over demons.