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The Mass and Masculinity – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

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Love and Responsibility: The Battle for Purity – Dr. Edward Sri, Integrated Catholic Life™

HHS Mandate Fight Not Going Away – Donald McClarey, The American Catholic

Christus Vincit – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Break Me Open: The Discomforts of Evangelization – Stephanie Calls, Ignitum Today

Go For It: Four Reasons Why You’re Ready to Start a Post-College Bible Study – Jen Loser, Focus

Celiac Disease, Alcohol Intolerance and Church’s Pastoral Response; Gluten, etc. – Fr. Z's Blog

The Upside-Down World of Catholic Higher Education – Anne Hendershott, Catholic World Report

New Book from James Hitchcock – Rich, Over the Rhine and Into the Tiber

Do Converts Have to be Re-baptized? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

The Historical Roots of 1960s Radicalism – James Kalb, Crisis Magazine

Email Leak Reveals Abortionists Prior Knowledge of Halappanavar Case – Life Institute

French Jesuits in Mortal Decline – Augustinus, Rorate Cæli

Determination to Redefine Marriage: Cui Bono? – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

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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