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August 22, 2022

Prayer Honoring Mary as Queen and Mother of Us All

By Philip Kosloski, Aleteia - Praise God for the glorious gift he has given us in Mary, Queen and Mother... Sometimes we forget what a blessing we have in Mary, Queen and Mother of us all. She is our advocate before God, cheering us on and helping us with her prayers... Here is the collect for her feast on August 22, praising God for such a great gift as Mary, Queen and Mother. ..

August 22, 2022

Arriving From Arizona: Profiling Mark Finchem, by David Nussman

By David Nussman, Church Militant - Rep. Mark Finchem, R-Ariz., candidate for secretary of state: "We know it and they know it. Donald Trump won.".. Finchem has been a major voice in the Stop the Steal movement, aimed at addressing alleged rampant fraud in the 2020 presidential election... Rep. Finchem: "The Arizona election should be decertified by the — with cause — by the Legislature."

August 22, 2022

Saint Gemma vs. the Temptation to Worldliness

By Kristen Van Udenm, Catholic Exchange - It is striking, when reading about the saints in their own words, just how terrible an opinion they hold of themselves. But it makes sense: as sanctity grows, so too does the awareness of one’s own sinfulness... St. Gemma Galgani was a mystic visionary who died at the age of 25 in 1903. ...

August 22, 2022

Contraception and Infallibility — Part 1, by E. Christian Brugger, John M. Finnis

By E. Christian Brugger, John M. Finnis, EWTN News - An Aug. 8 tweet from the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV) claimed that Humanae Vitae (HV) did not teach a truth guaranteed by the Church’s infallibility. While we were writing this commentary on it, the tweeted statement (full text here) was deleted without explanation. But the confusion at the heart of the tweet is widespread and will not go away with the tweet. ...