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The 2019 Catholic Gentleman Gift List – Sam Guzman at The Catholic Gentleman +1

Cardinal Sarah Marshals The Church Militant – Joseph Pearce at Crisis Magazine +1

The “Mother Church” of All Catholic Churches is Not One You Would Expect – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Rome: Mass At St. John Lateran For Dedication, Weird – Fr. Z’s Blog

Do Catholics Believe in Ghosts? – Fr. Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today

Ross Douthat’s Recent Column & An Interesting Debate That Follows – Deborah Gyapong at Anglicanorum Coetibus Society

The Jewish Family Löb & Their Seven Christian Martyrs – Dr. Edouard Belaga at Catholic Stand

Was There A Female Pope: Pope Joan – Jimmy Akin at Jimmy Akin.com 90 It’s Lovely to be Human – Fr. John Catoir at Catholic Stand

France Fractured – Theodore Dalrymple at First Things

Those Martyrs Who Don’t Make The News, A Testimony From Burkina Faso – Sandro Magister at Settimo Cielo via L’Espresso

Resolute to Persevere, Christians Worship in Dire Conditions – Bitter Winter

Catholic Hospital Bans Volunteer Who Encouraged Pregnant Woman to Not Have Abortion – Micaiah Bilger at Life News

US Bishops Call For St. Irenaeus To Be Declared Doctor Of The Church – Mark Pattison at Catholic News Service via Catholic Herald

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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