First Links — 6.20.12

Single Dads by Choice
Jennifer Ludden,  NPR

Benedict XVI and Catholic Ecology
William L. Patenaude,  Catholic World Report

Brain Death: An Orthodox Jewish Take
Daniel Riefman,  Tradition

Dying, Without Reason, in Massachusetts
Hadley Arkes,  The Catholic Thing

The Ronald Knox Society of North America [blog]
Various Contributors

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