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Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid - Jim Dougherty, Catholic Stand

On the Loss of Common Spaces in a Politicized World - Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission

Totalitarianism, Anarchism, and Our Growing Discontents - David R. Carlin, The Catholic Thing

Leah Libresco Devastates Gun Control Talking Points - Dave Griffey,  Daffey Thoughts

The Correctio Filialis Is Not What It Seems in the Big Picture - Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture

The CRISPR Revolution: Getting Ahead of the Ethical Curve – Sister Renée Mirkes, The Catholic World Report

Transgenderism: A Weapon Against the Family – Emmett McGroarty Esq. and Jand Robbins Esq., Crisis Magazine

Avoiding Embarrassing Situations Receiving Holy Communion – Fr. Roger Landry, Integrated Catholic Life™

Lapsed Catholics–Reflections on a Hospital Census – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

How to Perfect Your ‘Thank You’ in Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Eternal America? – Brother Timothy Danaher O.P., Catholic Exchange

A Discussion on Liturgical Reform in 1980 – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

From Panic Attacks to Freedom in God - Part I – Susan Skinner, Catholic Stand

Did St. Teresa de Ávila Invent French Fries? – Maria Paula Daud, Aleteia

Film Starring Pope Francis to Get First Showing at Vatican – Catholic Herald

Alleged Eucharistic Miracle in Mexico After Earthquake Goes Viral – But Is It Real? – ChurchPop

The New Mass Readings Explained: Year B – Brant Pitre Ph.D., The Sacred Page

Dogma Lives Loudly Within You – H.L. Duncan, Catholic Stand

The Recent Jesuit-run Boston College Conference on Amoris Lætitia – Fr. Z’s Blog

First Look at ‘The Man In the High Castle’ Season Three – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

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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