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3 Paintings Every Catholic Should Meditate On During Advent - Jennifer Rundlett at Aleteia +1

Eastern Orthodox Challenges The Immaculate Conception – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith +1

Titanic (Revisited) – Kat Larson at Ignitum Today

Chinese Depictions Of The Life Of Christ – Ælredus Rievallensis at Canticum Salomonis

The Eucharist Foretold – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

A Last Chance For Australian Justice: Free George Cardinal Pell – George Weigel at The Catholic World Report

The Virtue Of Hope As Diving Into The Mercy Of God - Jim Dougherty at Catholic Stand

A Non-Blessing Blessing, A Fr. Z Mini-Rant To Priests – Fr. Z’s Blog

Can the Catechism Get It Wrong? - Charles Coulombe, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine

Who Is He (James Martin, S.J.L.G.B.T.) To Judge? – One Mad Mom

Christians Have Lived In Turkey For Two Millennia, But Their Future Is Uncertain – Ramazan Kılınç at Mercatornet

Church On The Brink Of Schism In Communist China, The Alarm Of Cardinal Zen – Sandro Magister at Settimo Cielo via L’Espresso

News From Real-Life Benedict Options - Rod Dreher

In An Age Of Lobbying & Identity Politics, Our Leaders Are Out Of Touch – Chad C. Pecknold, Ph.D., 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