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Junipero Serra: Pope Francis Ruffles Some Feathers by Donald R. McClarey, JD, of The American Catholic - Big Pulpit

Report: 20% Increase in the Number of Men to be Ordained Priests in 2015 - Carl E. Olson, The CWR Blog

Quiz: Which American Shrine Should You Visit? - Tatiana Federoff, Epic Pew

The Coming Persecution: The Ascendancy of Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Militancy – Steve Skojec, One Peter 5

Why Sleepy Prayers Have Value – Michele Chronister, Ignitum Today

Debunking the Conspiracy Theory: Why Jesus’ Disciples Didn’t Lie – Peter Kreeft PhD, Strange Notions

Conspiracies and Catholicism: Angels – Foxfier, Catholic Stand

What Will Our Resurrected Bodies Be Like? – Monsignor Charles Pope

Catholic Supporters Rally Around Archbishop Cordileone – Brian Fraga, OSV Newsweekly

The Sophism of the Homosexual ‘Rights’ Movement – David Rummelhoff, The Dead Philosophers Society

Liberation Theology: KGB Construct or ‘Real Theology’? – Steve Skojec, One Peter 5

Double Standard on Offending Christians and Muslims – George Parry, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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‘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