{"id":493,"date":"2016-10-31T19:25:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T19:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:33:17","slug":"blogroll","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/blogroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogroll+"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Youth_Day_2000\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20130220ff\/20150211-800px-Wydrome2000-trim329.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" align=\"right\"><\/a>What&#8217;s here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/blogroll\/#aggregator\">Aggregator and directory sites<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/blogroll\/#bloggers\">Bloggers and other writers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/blogroll\/#commercial\">Commercial sites<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/blogroll\/#media\">Media<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/blogroll\/#official\">&#8216;Official&#8217; websites<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/blogroll\/#professional\">Professional websites<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/blogroll\/#resources\">Useful resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a name=\"aggregator\"><\/a><strong>Aggregator and directory sites<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/the-american-catholic.com\/\">The American Catholic<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/associationofcatholicwomenbloggers.blogspot.com\/\">Association Of Catholic Bloggers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vofoundation.org\/blog\/\">The Catholic Astronomer<\/a><br>The Vatican Observatory Foundation Blog<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catholicblogs.blogspot.com\/\">Catholic Blog Directory<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catholicbloggersnetwork.com\/\">Catholic Bloggers Network<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicanada.com\/\">Catholic Canada<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catholicexchange.com\/\">Catholic Exchange<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicstand.com\/\">Catholic Stand<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/\">Catholicism Anew<\/a><br>cancaonova.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/everydayediths.wordpress.com\/\">Everyday Ediths<\/a><br>Alicia, Anni, &amp; others<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newevangelizers.com\/blog\/\">New Evangelizers Blog<\/a><br>&#8220;Know your faith. 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