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General MacArthur Encouraged Catholic Church to Convert Japanese en masse - ENI News

Verastegui Opens L.A. Pro-Life Medical Center - Jim Graves, Our Sunday Visitor

Please Let Us Celebrate Ascension on Thursday Again - Father Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald

Evangelization, Catholic Identity and Ascension Thursday - Eric Sammons, The Divine Life

Coronation of the Pope on Ascension Thursday - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Where is Jesus’ Body After the Ascension? - Reginaldus, The New Theological Movement

The Essential Public Purpose of Marriage - Jennifer Roback Morse, MercatorNet

When Do I Get My Month? - LarryD, The American Catholic

Low-Gluten Hosts Available for Those with Celiac Disease, Allergies to Wheat - Michelle Martin, Our Sunday Visitor

Did Apostles Doubt Christ When He Appeared in Galilee? - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Turning Funerals Into Casual Canonizations - Trent Beattie, Catholic Lane

Understanding Anti-Catholic Bullies - Matthew Hanley, 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

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