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A Culture Without God Is Like a Ship Without a Pilot - Monsignor Charles Pope, Community in Mission+++

Patriarch Béchara Raï: My Trip to Saudi Arabia – Gianni Valente, Vatican Insider via La Stampa

Christians Trying to Return Home Face New Obstacle in Iraq – John Burger, Aleteia

Get to Know Anna Hofmann, a Fresh Voice in Opera & Sacred Music – J-P Mauro, Aleteia

How To Know & Deal With Heresy Today – Part III – Guy McClung Ph.D. J.D., The American Catholic

Is Political Islam Worse Than Communism? Ask St. John Paul II – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream

The Harvest of Shadows: Guns, Faith, Fear & Zombies – Michael White, Catholic Stand

Hot Air vs. Capital Punishment: A Reply to Paul Griffiths & David Bentley Hart – Edward Feser Ph.D., The Catholic World Report

Three Chords & the Truth: The Incarnation – Deacon Greg Lambert, Catholic Stand

Family Breakdown is Linked to Mental Health Problems in Teens – Harry Benson, Mercatornet

Quæritur: Self-Intinction; Wherein Fr. Z Rants – Fr. Z’s Blog

We’ve Nothing to Fear from Freud – Adam A.J. DeVille Ph.D., Catholic Herald

Clothing the Naked Catholic Square – Fr. John A. Perricone, Crisis Magazine

Have We Reached the Limits of the Classical Liberalism Bargain? – Darwin Catholic

Abuse I’ve Received Has Been Unreal: Stephen Walford Interview – Mark Greaves, Catholic Herald

Dialogue or Monologue? A Double Standard Inside the Catholic Church – Nicholas Senz, The Catholic Thing

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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