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This 400 Year-Old Saint’s Story Won Big at a Rome Film Festival - Maggie Maslak, Catholic News Agency

Confession: A Pain that Ends in Joy – Karl Keating, Catholic Answers

Community and Economic Development: Transforming Our Cities Through Love – Liz Crandell, Acton Institute

A New Institute for the Study of Scholastic Theology and Philosophy – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

How Well Do You Know the Patron Saints? – Alex R. Hey, epicPew

American Catholicism: Mediocre By Design – Mattias A. Caro, Ethika Politika

Was Noah’s Ark Shaped Like a Pyramid? – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia

Planned Parenthood Videos Haunted Me–Still Do – Jamey Brown, Catholic Stand

After a Stranger Raped Me, I Refused an Abortion, Now I Have No Regrets – Libbie Peters, LifeNews.com

Belief: In God We Trust – Dan Byron, Catholic Stand

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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