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Chartreuse: The Famous Green Liquor and Saint Bruno.  Click on the link by Taylor Marshall to learn more about this emerald libation.
Chartreuse: The Famous Green Liquor and Saint Bruno. Click on the link by Taylor Marshall to learn more about this emerald libation. (photo: Gift of God)

Christians Need Not Apply? - George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

Exploring Four Myths About the Crusades - Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

St. John Chrysostom & St. Augustine on Matthew 16:18 & Papacy - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

The Decline in Vocations: Celibacy Isn’t the Issue - The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

Study: Contraceptives Double Risk of HIV/AIDS - Susan Yoshihara PhD, Turtle Bay & Beyond

US Supreme Ct. Hears Most Important Religious Freedom Case in Decades - Catholic Lane

‘The Playboy Club’ TV Show Cancelled Following Outcry - Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSiteNews.com

God’s Spaghetti Is Not Our Spaghetti - John Zmirak, Crisis Magazine

Chartreuse: The Famous Green Liquor and Saint Bruno - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Single for a Season - Bob Waruszewski, VirtuousPla.net

Normalizing Polygamy - Carson Holloway, Catholic Vote

“Economic Consequences of Contraception” - Fr. Joseph Illo, Pastors Laptop

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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