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Pope Francis is the Hammer of Freemasons!  True! - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

The Hound of Heaven – Edward Monti, Catholic Stand

Making a Prayer Fan: Sacramentals – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Today

Siblings Arrested in Cyberattack That Compromised Vatican Computers – Catholic News Agency/EWTN News

Hacking and the Law, Ethics, Vigilante Justice, and Catholicism – Steffani Jacobs, Catholic Stand

Time for God, Fr. Jacques Philippe’s Classic on Mental Prayer – Nancy Ward, Catholic Spiritual Direction

More Catholic Facts That Makes You Look Like Smartest Person Ever – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew

The (Population) Bomb That Never Detonated – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic World Report

Champions of the Rosary: An Interview with Fr. Donald Calloway – Sam Guzman, The Catholic Gentleman

Quotes Suitable for Framing: Frederick Douglass – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

Silence and the Last Temptation of Father Rodrigues – J. Bolton, Augustines Alley

Can the Orthodox Way End the Divorce and Remarriage Debate? – Ines A. Murzaku Ph.D., Crisis Magazine

Cardinal Caffarra Explains the Reasons behind the Dubia – Catholic News Agency/EWTN News

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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