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2,800-Year-Old Altar Confirms War Between Israel & Moab, As Documented In Biblical Texts – Aleteia +1

Let’s Talk Ad Orientem – One Mad Mom +1

More On Liberal Liturgists’ Attacks On Ad Orientem Worship, Bishops, & Priests Who Support It – Fr. Z’s Blog

Exclusive: Fake Visionary Painted Tears of Blood on Mary Statue, Sculptor-Cleaner Reveals – ChurchPOP

The George Cardinal Pell Case: Australia’s Dreyfus Affair? – Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture

The Spiritual Symbolism Of John The Baptist’s Unusual Clothing – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Can I Be “Gay” & Catholic? – Sister Helena Burns, F.S.P., at Hell Burns

Our Role in Helping those with Same-Sex Attraction – Paul Kniaz at Catholic Stand

The Catholic Case Against Open Borders – James Kalb, J.D., at Crisis Magazine

Opposition Is Growing Among Chinese Catholics To New Vatican Guidelines For Clergy – Union of Catholic Asian News

Ode To The Poem: Why Memorizing Poetry Still Matters – Veronica Alfano at Mercatornet

City Or Farm –  Fr. Virgil Michel, O.S.B., at Adoremus Bulletin

Saints Joachim & Anne: Fruitful Infertility – Michele Chronister at Catholic Exchange

How Christ’s Resurrection Redeems Us – Sarah Greydanus at Catholic Stand

Our Lady’s Co-Redemptive Role – Keanu Heydari at Seeking the Owl of Minerva

Gratitude Brings Many Blessings – Charlie McKinney at Catholic Spiritual Direction

A Federal Court Strikes a Powerful Blow for Free Speech & Religious Freedom – David French at National Review

Are Catholicism & America Compatible? – John C. Pinheiro, Ph.D., at Acton Commentary

A “One-Stop Shop” For Natural Law Theory – W. Bradford Littlejohn at The University Bookman

For Australian Catholics, It Feels Like 1st-Century Rome – Natasha Marsh at Catholic Herald

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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