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The Truth About Love - Sarah Delaney, Catholic News Service

Manic Mortifications - Ellen Wilson Fielding, InsideCatholic

Vatican Bank Head: Economy Needs Good Priests - Edwards Pentin, National Catholic Register

For Your Lenten Night at The Movies III - Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

A Prophet for Our Times - William Saunders, The Catholic Thing

Curmudgeonry - Charles Culbreth, The Chant Café

Death Struggles Return - Steve Weatherbe, The Daily Register

Cardinal Reappoints Jim McDonough as Chancellor - Boston Catholic Insider

Reporting on Humanae Vitae, Fr. John C. Ford, SJ & Dr. Germain Grisez - Father Robert J. Araujo S.J., Mirror of Justice

Vatican Affirms the Importance of Metaphysics - Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

This will be a continuing series, Monday through Saturday twice a day, that I will be contributing for the National Catholic Register by www.ThePulp.it.

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