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Modern Films & the Enamel of Our Souls – William Doino Jr., First Things/On the Square

Are Lives & Acts of Unbelievers Entirely Sinful? – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Jail a New Church-State Option for Bishops? – Terry Mattingly, On Religion

Stripping Catholic Colleges of their Catholic Identity: Is It Right – The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

Politician-Saint, St. Stephen of Hungary – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

Be the Bride - Amanda Mortus, Ignitum Today

Books on Europe & the Church, from a Catholic Perspective – Robert Asch, StAR/Ink Desk

Nancy Pelosi’s “Friends” In Very Low Places? by the Restore-DC-Catholicism blog – Big ulpit

On the Need to Cultivate Serenity in the Midst of a Culture War – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

The Ordinariate and Walsingham – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

The Authority of the Superhuman Truth – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Another Argument in Favor of Traditional Baptismal Fonts – Brad Noel, Southern Fried Catholicism

Chick-fil-A and the One Day that Changed the World – Jennifer Roback Morse, MercatorNet

Jesuit University to Host Pro-Abort Rights Papal Critic Cokie Roberts – Matthew Archbold, The Cardinal Newman Society Blog/Campus Notes

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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