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Padre Pio, Purgatory, and Praying for Souls in the Cemetery - Maura Roan McKeegan, Catholic Exchange

The Fruits of Soft Discipline - Fr. Mark A. Pilon, The Catholic Thing

Is Your Parish Beautiful? Does That Matter? – Fr. Robert McTeigue S.J., Aleteia

What Does It Mean to Want to be a Saint? – Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange

Heroic Priest Who Found God’s Grace in the Gulag – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Did You Pray for Your Pastor Today? – Bevil Bramwell O.M.I., The Catholic Thing

Help Souls in Purgatory with This November Indulgence – Chloe Langr, epicPew

6 Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life, According to St. Ignatius of Loyola – ChurchPop

Why We Pray for the Dead – Marcellino D’Ambrosio Ph.D., Integrated Catholic Life™

Private Conscience and the Church – Fr. John Catoir J.C.D., Catholic Stand

The Saints and Shrines of England – A Clerk of Oxford

Proofs for the Existence of God – Edward Feser Ph.D., Strange Notions

Benjamin Wiker on Reformation: Enlightening, Balanced Reflection on Past & Present – Piers Shepherd, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report

How I Played Footsie with Evil & How God Set Me Straight – Vicki Burbach, Pelican’s Breast

Bishop Philip Egan: Pray for Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Conversion’ – Nick Hallett, Catholic Herald

H.L. Mencken (1923) on Liturgy Translation; Hilarious, Prophetic, Applicable Now – Fr. Z’s Blog

Exorcist, Journalist Explores Eastern Meditation & Mindfulness – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic Spiritual Direction

You Know of Junípero Serra But Have You Heard of Pablo Tac? – Christian Clifford, Aleteia

Quæritur: Latin Misspelling? “Eundem” or “Eumdem”? – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Traditional Latin Mass: A Remedy for Modern Man’s Spiritual Ills – L. Joseph Hebert, Crisis Magazine

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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