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New Approach for Communion of Remarried Divorcees? by Andrea Tornielli of Vatican Insider - BigPulpit.com

Only Homosexuals Can Get Angry? – Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing

Watching & Waiting: Advent in Carmel - Sr. Carmen Laudis, Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

When Ought We to Declare a Catholic Institution Dead? – Daniel McInerny, Aleteia

Sorrowful Mysteries & Sin - Amanda Mortus, Ignitum Today

Smaller House Means Shedding Books: What to Throw Out? – Dr. William Oddie, The Catholic Herald

The Forbidden Rite via Fr. Z’s Blog - BigPulpit.com

Are Sexual Sins the Least Bad? - Todd Aglialoro, Catholic Answers

We Shouldn’t Turn to Church for Economic Analysis - DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

Fewer Catholics Schedule Funerals for Their Dead – Fr. Z’s Blog

An Empty Vessel - Michelle Fritz, Catholic Stand

The Tridentine Masterpiece - Donald S. Prudlo, Crisis Magazine

Bethlehem Redux – Anthony S. Layne, Catholic Stand

Dominican Rite Requiem Mass in Edinburgh – Br. Lawrence Lew OP, New Liturgical Movement

Messianic Prophecies: Psalm 2 – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

For Academics, Religion Is a Conflict of Interests - Margaret Somerville, Mercatornet

Fearing My Daughter - Pattie Maguire Armstrong, Integrated Catholic Life™

Transforming Wounds, Restoring Dignity – Allison LeDoux, Truth and Charity Forum

Single Best Argument Against Philosophical Materialism? - R. P. Ritchie, Strange Notions

Germans Elect Their Own Bishops – Mark de Vries, In Cælo et in Terra

– Mark Lambert, De Omnibus Dubitandum Est

High West: Son of Bourye – Whiskey Catholic

Why the Christmas Tree Is Christian – Michael Durnan, Regina Magazine

John Allen Video Interview on The Global Persecution of Christians – Aleteia

Please Support First Things Now – R. R. Reno, On the Square

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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