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A Catholic School Removes Teacher for Defending Faith by Anne Hendershott of Crisis Magazine - BigPulpit.com

A Rapid Surge of Interest in Priestly Vocations in the Diocese of Albany – Fr. Z’s Blog

Book Review: Teresa Tomeo’s Pint-Sized Devotional – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Epic Pew

Art, Religion and Purpose – Brother André Marie

You Have a Voice Regarding Three-Parent Embryos - N. M. Barry, Catholic Stand

ISIS, the Coptic Martyrs, and the Brutal Reality of the Cross – ChurchPOP

Works of Mercy Part IV: Clothe the Naked and Bear Wrongs Willingly, Part V and Part VI – J. C., Ignitum Today

Finding Peace After Traumatic Events - Matt O’Connell, Restless Press

Film Review: Do You Believe? – Dave Hartline, The American Catholic

Catholic Relief Services Implemented Prophylactic-Promoting Video Series – Lepanto Institute

Purity: The Key to a Healthy Nation? - Vicki Burbach, Catholic Spiritual Direction

‘No Differences’ Theory Countered in New Study if Being Gay Is Genetic – Emily Stimpson, OSV Newsweekly

Love and the Skeptic – Carl Olson, Strange Notions

The Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen on Those Mysterious Creatures: Angels – ChurchPOP

Quæritur: Stole-less Confession Okay? – 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