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Development, or Corruption; There Can Be No ‘Paradigm Shifts’ in the Church - Gerhard Cardinal Müller, First Things+++ 

Comment: Poverty & Liturgical Art – Shawn R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal

When God Came to the Reality TV Show Big Brother – Ann Widdecombe, Catholic Herald

Quotes Suitable For Framing: Fr. George Rutler – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

Tim Staples: Catholicism, Ecumenism, & Offensiveness – Patrick Coffin, Catholic Stand

Easter Vanishes from iPhone Calendars Leaving Christians Asking Why – J.P. Mauro, Aleteia

St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Secret Formula for Raising Millions - Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Whither The Reform? – Amid a Move to Korea, Aftershocks in Rome – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

Toronto Thomas Cardinal Collins Calls for Resistance to a Controversial New Government Requirement – The Dispatch via Catholic World Report

Government Regulation of Social Media Would Be Bad – Paul Levinson, Mercatornet

The Transformative Power of Memory – Sarah Greydanus, Catholic Stand

Before a Parting of the Ways – P.J. Smith, Semiduplex

Carrier on Five Proofs – Edward Feser Ph.D.

Dear Vatican, Put Not Your Trust in China or Turkey – William Kilpatrick Ph.D., Crisis Magazine

If the NRA is to Blame for Gun Violence is Hollywood to Blame for AIDS? – Dave Griffey, Daffey Thoughts

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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