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The Best in Catholic Blogging

Where Did the Bishop’s Mitre Come From? - Anthony S. Layne, The Impractical Catholic

Holy Week and Padre Pio: An Interview from 1945 A.D. - Theresa Rita, Zeal for Your House Consumes Me: Following Christ in the 21st Century

There is No Mass on Good Friday and There is No Mass in heaven - Reginaldus, The New Theological Movement

Because Christ Sacrificed Himself So That We May Live - Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

New Translation:  The Roman Canon Part VI (The Words of Institution, Secunda Pars) - Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

R.I.P.: Doctor Who Actress Elizabeth Sladen, a.k.a., Sarah Jane Smith - Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Don’t Water It Down - Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

Passover Is No Time To Wish For The End Of Christian America - William A. Jacobson, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

The Predictability of the Catholic Theological Society of America - Doctor Jeff Mirus, CatholicCulture.org/On the Culture

First Photo of Arson Damage in Sagrada Familia Basilca - Thomas Peters, Catholic Vote/American Papist

Suspicious Fire Destroys Another California Church - California Catholic Daily

Father Reese on Accountability, Jesuits in Decline - Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org/On the News

This will be a continuing series from Monday through Saturday twice a day, that I will be contributing for the National Catholic Register.  This will be very similar to what you see on 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