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The Number of Lawsuits Against the Church is Growing, as is the Pushback When the Church Seeks to Clarify Acceptable Behavior by the Editorial Board of O.S.V. Newsweekly - Big Pulpit

George Weigel vs. Liturgical Improvisation – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

Suffering For a Reason: Not What Yoda Would Advise – Pete Socks, Catholic Stand

British Government Accused of Disregarding Plight of Syrian Christians – Simon Caldwell, The Catholic Herald

A Tale of Two Churches: La Sagrada Familia and the Seville Cathedral by Aurora C. Griffin of The Dispatch at The Catholic World Report - Big Pulpit

Church and State on Collision Course in Kenya Over Compliance Rules – Allen Ottaro, The Catholic World Report

Baltering – Ellen R.M. Toner, Dappled Things

Appointees to Communications Secretariat Show Popes’ Reforms Taking Effect – Austen Ivereigh, O.S.V. Newsweekly

The Mercy of God is More Life-Changing Than a David Bowie Concert – Francis Phillips, The Catholic Herald

Exorcism Films Exaggerate Satanic Powers Over God, Says Exorcist – The Catholic Herald

What Does the Episcopalian Suspension Mean? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

The Christian Premise Suppressed by the New Orthodoxy on Race Relations – Nicholas Danne, The Dead Philosophers Society

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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