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Ex-Atheist Rips Into Architects of Sexual Revolution: We Were Wrong by Carl E. OlsonBig Pulpit

Can I Trust Opus Dei? – Dan Burke, Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

Legislation Creating “Same-Sex Marriage”: What’s At Stake? – Francis Cardinal George O. M. I.. Truth and Charity Forum

Theology of Waiting: Why We Should Embrace Delayed Gratification – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Interview: Singer-Songwriter Audrey Assad – Bonnie Engstrom, Ignitum Today

Modern Man Has Lost His Way: Western Heritage of Christ and Socrates – H. H. Ambrose, Saint Peter's List

A Different Kind of Sex – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

Spanking and Abortion – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Pedophilia as a “Sexual Orientation” – Robert P. George DPhil, Mirror of Justice

Is the Jesus Prayer Vain Repetition? – Fear Not Little Flock

Coptic Leaders: Egypt’s Constitution Will Bring Islamic Caliphate – John Pontifex, Catholic Herald

You Don’t Need to Believe in God to Support Traditional Marriage – Stephen Kokx, Catholic Vote

Syrian Conflict Could Worsen Christian Exodus – Catholic News Agency

The Road Not Taken. . . A Path to Sainthood – Michelle, Catholic Sistas

The Youth Classical Schola: A Longitudinal Success Story – Kathleen Pluth, The Chant Café

Roman Missal 3.0: Updates Installed – Fr. David M. Friel, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Giotto: Nature Meets the Supernatural – Linus Meldrum, Crisis Magazine

Reading in the New Year to Life Our Nation from Our Political Depression – Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

Response to U. N.’s Claim of Access to Contraception as Basic Human Right – Sr. Renée Mirkes, The CWR Blog

Priestesses Ordination in Cincinnati? – Rich, Over the Rhine and Into the Tiber

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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