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How Catholics Understand the Bible – Mark P. Shea, Strange Notions

Pro-Choice Violence & Radical Love – Emma Smith, Ignitum Today

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Cartesian-Inspired Gender Confusions – Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

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Allying with Fundamentalist Muslims in the Culture Wars? – William Kilpatrick, Aleteia

The Bishops & Catholic Hospitals Under Fire – Carrie Gress, The Catholic World Report

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Michelangelo and the Urinal – God & Caesar

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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