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At DC Red Mass, A Call “To Do the Good” - Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

Hilary White: How a Fire was Lit within Me - Hilary White, LifeSiteNews.com

A Formidable English Bishop Who Rooted Out Corruption - Catholic Herald

Come & See: Bringing Others (& Ourselves) to Christ - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Toward a Viable Catholic Political Strategy for our Times - Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

How Porn Is Like Strangulation - Rob Hall, Road to Rome

Art vs. Hate Crime - Michael Barber, The Sacred Page

Big Bro - Brent Stubbs, VirtuousPla.net

A Catholic Perspective on Tattoos, Piercings, & “Body Art” - Deacon Robert Lukosh, Envoy Magazine

More Catholic Colleges Oppose HHS Contraception Mandate - Cardinal Newman Society/Campus Notes

Minnesota Catholic Conference Calls Out Fake “Catholics for Equality” Group - Thomas Peters, Catholic Vote/American Papist

Will Obama Destroy Franciscan University of Steubenville? - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

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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