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Did You Know? The Oldest Hymn Still Sung Today Is Nearly as Old as the Church – Billy Ryan at uCatholic +1

Converting America Means Thinking Differently – Charles Coulombe +1

Bye Bye, Stranger Things (Netflix) – Patrick Coffin at Crisis Magazine

Tinkering with the Faith – Fr. Jerry Pokorsky at Catholic Culture

A Medieval Eucharistic Knife – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Archaeologists Uncover A Gate From The Time Of King David – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

Divine Providence: God’s Will–Mary’s Help – Dom Cingoranelli at Catholic Stand

Keeping Feasts with Greater Festivity – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

The Father’s Blessing – Kat Larson at Ignitum Today

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Faithful Catholic & Possible Supreme Court Nominee Planned Parenthood Hates Most – Micaiah Bilger & Steven Ertelt at Life News

As The Vatican Turns – Rod Dreher

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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