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Meet the Cardinal who ‘Recharges for Battle’ by Fasting from Food & Water by Jack Carrigan of the Catholic Herald - Big Pulpit

Rome: Huge Crowd for Family Day; One Man, One Woman; Success! – Fr. Z’s Blog

Prayer, How to Get Started – David Torkington, Catholic Stand

Minaret and Muslims in Mexican City Set to Host Pope Francis – Yemeli Ortega, A.F.P.

Trials of Trust – Marissa Standage, Ignitum Today

Eliminating Poverty or Eliminating Children? – Steven W. Mosher, Catholic Lane

Europe’s Feckless Secularism – William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal

What Did Christ Really Look Like? – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

Are You Getting Outside Enough? – Joel Woods, Maccabee Society

Evolution Directed by God? The Lactase Persistence Gene – Reflections of a Catholic Scientist

Wherein Fr. Z Promotes Monkish Beer!  From the Benedictine Monks in Norcia – Fr. Z’s Blog

Who are the Real Anti-Semites? – William Kilpatrick, The Catholic World Report

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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