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An Irish Romance – Tracy O’Dwyer, Regina Magazine

God Is The Artist - Mariella Hunt, Ignitum Today

3 Resources to Help Teach Chastity to Your Kids – Matt Fradd

Make the Sign of the Cross & Go In! - Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Family Breakdown Should be a Concern to Us All – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, The Catholic Herald

The Books We Preach By – Br. Henry Stephen OP, Dominicana

Musician & Pilgrim: Matt Maher Interview – Bonnie Engstrom, Reading Catholic

Vibrant Isn’t About Busy: Organizing Parish Life for Discipleship – Colleen R. Vermeulen, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Violence Is Contrary to God’s Nature: Dealing with Atheists – Dr. Matthew Ramage, Strange Notions

Dominican Rite Solemn Mass in San Francisco – Fr. Augustine Thompson OP, New Liturgical Movement

Young Woman Found Dead Unharmed for 3 Years – K. V. Turley, The Catholic World Report

The Rise of Atheist Megachurches – Benjamin Mann, Catholic Exchange

Why I Don’t Believe in the Rapture – Shane Schaetzel, Catholic In The Ozarks

Hip Christian Books – God & Caesar

How Can I Talk to My Kids About Sex? – Raymond Larose, Aleteia

Talking White Trash – Anthony S. Layne, Catholic Stand

Dialogue on Fornication – James Chastek PhL, Just Thomism

PopeWatch: Man of the Year – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Vatican II vs. the Liturgical Terrorists – James Likoudis, Aleteia

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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