Daily Links, July 19: Questions of the day edition

Is Mass attendance down because people don't understand the faith? Says Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith at the Catholic Herald (UK): "People walk away from the practice of the faith not because the reject it as such, but because they do not really understand what it is they are doing when they practice the faith."

Was Trayvon Martin's death really God's plan? George Zimmerman says so.

Is this Olympic runner going to become the next Tim Tebow? They've got the same coach, anyway.

Will Catholics take heed of the annual Natural Family Planning Awareness Week?

Will Catholic Charities of Chicago have better luck suing against the HHS mandate than some other challengers did?

Only time will tell!

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Elizabeth Lefebvre

Elizabeth Lefebvre is a writer living in Chicago.