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The Best in Catholic Blogging

Because Tolkien and Lewis Took A Walk After Dinner - Frank Weathers, Patheos/Why I Am Catholic

Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War - John Whitehead, Once I Was A Clever Boy

St. Leo: Model for the Modern Catholic - Patrick Owens, Cowboys-Philosophers-Poets

None So Blind: Obedience is an Antidote to Stupidity - Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

“The Best Reason for a Revival of Philosophy. . . - Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

The Language Gap - Anna Williams, VirtuousPla.net

Are You a Beautiful Temple? - Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Card. Maradiaga: “A Bishop cannot Go into Politics” - Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Loneliness and Gender - Melinda Selmys, Sexual Authenticity

Portraiture: the Art Defending & Proclaiming Humanity - Daniel, Seeds of Hope

Ten Things the Devil Wants Us to Believe - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

George Tiller was Compassionate? No, God is Compassionate - Tom Crowe, Catholic Vote

The Question Behind Our Political Divisions - Francis Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

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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