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“Fifty Shades of Grey”, More Like Fifty Types of Denial – Pia de Solenni

I’ve Had Enough of Boycotts – Rebecca Frech, Shoved to Them

Melinda Gates & the New Population Control Movement by Timothy Herrmann of the Catholic Lane blog – Big Pulpit

Sigrid Undset & the Fate of Europe – Paul Adams, Saint Austin Review/Ink Desk

Liturgical Colors in the Dominican Rite – Fr. Augustine Thompson OP, New Liturgical Movement

Shanghai has a New Courageous Bishop – Gerard O’Connell, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

On Blogging, Religious Liberty and 'Bell Ringing Homilies' – Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

To Rise From Ashes: The Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

Death with Dignity & Other Euphemisms – Pursued by Truth

Kevin Knight Interview: Digitizing Catholic Tradition – Brandon Vogt, Ignitum Today

The Celebrated Actress Who Loves Tea, Cake & Debate with Nuns – The Catholic Herald

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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