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Seven Ways CNN Gets It Wrong on Bishop’s Residences – by Joshua Bowman - BigPulpit.com

10 Facts You Probably Should Know about the New Caliphate – Susan E. Wills, Aleteia

God Only Helps Whom? – Abigail C. Reimel, Ignitum Today

Islam & the Crucifixion – Jon Sorensen, Catholic Answers

But I Don’t Know How to Pray: Being God’s Mouthpiece – Strahlen Smith, Catholic Stand

How the Eucharist Ended a Heresy & Restored Peace – Kathleen Pluth, The Chant Café

How to Talk to Non-Catholics About the Faith – Emily Stimpson, OSV Newsweekly

How Chase Bank & Other Corporations Coerce & Bully Christians – Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine

Are the Holy Father’s Informality Undermining the Church - William Oddie PhD, The Catholic Herald

Ora et Labora . . . & Vacation? – Sr. M. Regina Van Den Berg FSGM, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Catholic Families, NFP & the Upcoming Synod – Micah Murphy, Truth & Charity

Good vs. Holy – J. D. Mullane, OSV Newsweekly

Exorcist Speaks Out on Planned Oklahoma Black Mass – John Burger, Aleteia

Escape from Ireland: One Family’s Story – Harry Stevens, Regina

Beijing Persecuting The Church, Fearing One Day Being Christian - Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, The Catholic Herald

Why Virtue Requires an Imperfect World – Fr. Robert Spitzer, Strange Notions

Decoding Vatican II’s Marian Paradigm Shift – Fr. Timothy J. Sauppe STL, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Why I Used to be Pro-Choice & Why I Stopped – Ali Ghaffari, Dead Philosopher's Society

Talking About Nature in an Unnatural Age – James Kalb, The CWR Blog

Divorce, Fortitude & Standing with Mary – David Heath, M3 Squared

Unreality: The Spirit of Antichrist – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

Raise Children, Not Pets – Gina D’Urso, Aleteia

Science Is A Smug Teenager - Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Japan: Land of the Setting Catholic Sun? – Steven W. Mosher, Aleteia

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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