Thursday Afternoon Edition

An Alliance Between Catholics & the Orthodox are Needed - Mark Shea, Cthlc & Enjoying It!

Sacred Music is the Easier Path - Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Another Gross Example of the Repression of Christianity in Turkey - William Oddie, Cth Hrld

Can I Go to Another Parish for a “Big” Confession? - Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

A Rerum Novarum for Our Time - Patrick Fagan, The Catholic Thing

Birth of Charles of Burgundy, Future Holy Roman Emperor - Stephanie A. Mann, SAS:TER

In Seeking Wise Counsel, Find Someone Who Has Suffered - Monsignor Charles Pope, AOW

Christ Doesn’t Let You Off That Hook - Eric Sammons, The Divine Life

For All the Sacramentals, The Vestments (Part II) - Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

Dublin & Boston: Speaking the Same Language - Phil Lawler, Cthlc Culture/On the News

This will be a continuing series starting in March for the National Catholic Register by ThePulp.it.

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis