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Spanish Civil War: A Martyrs' Love Letter - Marcel LeJeune, Aggie Catholics

Is Social Media Killing Catholic Media? - Mary Kochan, Catholic Lane

Postmodern Man Needs Catholics to Show Him How to Party - Jeffrey Tucker, Catholic Exchange

Msgr. Luigi Ligutti and Distributism - Richard Aleman, The Distributist Review

Daylight (poem) - J.B. Toner, Dappled Things

Mary, Mother of God, Simple English Propers - Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Religious Liberty: “You Need Not Thank Anyone But God For It” - Elaine Krewer, The American Catholic

Augustinian Maxims & Truths - Fr. James V. Schall SJ, Crisis Magazine

The "Little Crown" of the Blessed Virgin - Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

Do Religious Beliefs Matter? - Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

A Traditional Western Icon, The Rheinau Psalter - David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

A Case of Demonic Possession - Richard E. Gallagher MD, New Oxford Review

How I Stole the Pope’s Homily & (Almost) Got Away With It - Fr. Paul Wharton, Hearts on Fire

Apparitions & Miracles at the Shrine of Our Lady in Salta - Gerard O'Connell, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Positive Psychology and Pastoral Practice - Dr. Christopher Kaczor PhD, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Have you been Saved?: 7 Lessons About Justification - Deacon Mike Bickerstaff, Integrated Catholic Life™

Saying Yes to Life - Kathryn-Jean Lopez, The Catholic Thing

Detroit’s Historic Assumption Grotto, Then and Now - Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace

Pedophilia: An Obscure Message of Hope - Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

Quæritur: Simultaneous Masses vs. Concelebration - Fr. Z's Blog

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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