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Bringing the ‘Catholic’ Back to a California Parish by Beverly Stevens - BigPulpit.com

Is Virginity at Marriage a Mistake? - Arleen Spenceley, Catholic Lane

Lord, Make My Kid Holy! – Matthew Higgins, Ignitum Today

Must Catholics be Poor? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Aleteia

Ave Maria, Florida: An Interview – Julie Machado, Catholic Stand

Quæritur: How to Correct a Priest Who’s Getting Rubrics Wrong? – Fr. Z's Blog

Tolstoy and The Battle of the Will – DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

Children as Commodities – George Weigel, Aleteia

A Throw Away Culture in Reproductive Medicine - Arland K. Nichols, Crisis Magazine

Pope Francis, Sin & Creepy Fish – Sr. Theresa Noble, Ignitum Today

Cloaking Infanticide With Medical Respectability - Denise J. Hunnell MD, Catholic Lane

All Hallows Eve & All Saints Day Preview – BigPulpit.com

Leaving Seminary: A Gut-Wrenching 6 Days – Anthony Baratta, Evangelical to Catholic

The Feast of All Saints – Melissa Musick, The Catholic Catalogue

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Gerard Manley Hopkins & Beauty - Fr. David Friel, Views from the Choir Loft

A Potent Paradigm for a Tepid Church – Brandon Vogt

A Sneak Peek Inside U. S. Vatican Embassy – Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace

Protestant & Catholic Fanatics: I Want In – Thomas J. Neal PhD, Neal Obstat Theological Opinings

Orthodox Demonology 101 – Byz Pulpit

Be Hopeful: The Lunacy Can’t Last Forever – James Kalb, Crisis Magazine

How English Martyrs Inspired Me to Make a Documentary - Christian Holden, Catholic Herald

The Nation at Princeton’s Service - Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine

D. H. S. Seizes List of Whistleblowers – God & Caesar

Another Bishop Restricts Eulogies – Fr. Z’s Blog

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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