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Sexting and Teens: The Myth of Safe-Sexting - Thomas L. McDonald, God & the Machine

Aquinas Upswing in Catholic Colleges? - Charlotte Hays, CNS Blog

On Celibacy: Jesus Is Not A Consolation Prize - Anastasia Kenney, Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

Adam and Eve, Jesus and Mary - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Broken? - Becky Ward, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Choral Communio in eBook! - Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Moving the Goalposts on the Defense of Marriage Act - James S. Cole, Crisis Magazine

Lincoln and the Liberty of Catholic Americans - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

What is a Personal Prelature? - Kenneth J. Wolfe, Rorate Cæli

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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