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The Sea Within – Dr. Peter Kreeft, Integrated Catholic Life™

Esoteric Elite Morality – R. R. Reno, First Things/First Thoughts

Catholics Must Not Cede Ground in Public Debate – James Kalb, Crisis Magazine

Byzantine Catholicism – John Russell, Holy Dormition

Employees Paying the Price for Obama’s H. H. S. Mandate – Wesley J. Smith, Life News

In Praise of Eastern Catholics – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Ousting Boehner? – Carson Holloway, Catholic Vote

Of Magi and Modernity – Emi Parker, Ignitum Today

Cardinal Questions Whether British Leader can be Trusted – Catholic Herald

A Holy Family: On Procreation and Christian Marriage – Adrienne, Catholic Lane

The Decline of the Church in Britain – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Patheos/Standing on my Head

Dutch Catholics “De-Baptizing” – Fr. Z’s Blog

U. K. Preemie Escapes ‘Death Pathway’ by a Pair of Scissors – Peter Baklinski, LifeSiteNews

The Holy Family: There’s No Place Like Home! – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

Washington Post: Everything You Know About Christmas is Wrong; What? – Mollie Ziegler, Patheos/Get Religion

Blindness and Sin – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

Christmas F. S. S. P. Mass Pics in Nantes, France – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Our Sacred Objects Housed in Secular Museums, Why Not Catholic Museums? – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

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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