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Canada: The Straight Story on the Ordinariate - Father Christopher Phillips, The Anglo-Catholic

120th Anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum - Father Robert John Araujo S.J., Mirror of Justice

Huge Breakthroughs in Adult Stem Cell Research - Deacon Keith Fournier, Catholic Online

Wyoming Catholic College’s First Graduates - Joan Barron, Billings Gazette

U.S. House Speaker Delivers Address on Humility, Patience, Faith - Kathryn Jean Lopez

US: Soros Group Behind Attack on Boehner’s Faith - Cliff Kincaid, Accuracy in Media

Egypt Overthrow Followed by Conflict of Christians & Muslims - Richard Spencer, The Telegraph

Jim Cavezial’s ‘Person of Interest’ Picked up at CBS - Michael Crider, ScreenRant

Were Moses, Elijah, & John the Baptist Thieves & Robbers - Reginaldus, The New Theological Movement

Bad Career Move, Defending Marriage: Peter Vidmar - Joseph Knippenberg, First Things/First Thoughts

He Put His job On The Line: Jack Church - California Catholic Daily

Catholic Faith and Governance - John, Party Hard Politics

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This will be a continuing series from Monday through Saturday twice a day, that I will be contributing for the National Catholic Register.  This will be very similar to what you see on www.ThePulp.it.

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