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How is the Church using new media to promote its teaching on chastity?

On Aug. 27, Catholic speaker, wife and mother Sarah Swafford tweeted @SarahSwafford18: "So excited for the launch of ChastityProject.com! I feel so blessed to be on such an amazing team! Check out the website! #unbelievable."

Swafford joins fellow Catholic speakers Jason and Crystalina Evert and others to promote Church teaching on dating and relationships.

 

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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