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Abortion Will End When It Loses Its Cool - Carrie Gress Ph.D., Off The Cuff via Helena Daily+++

A Mission to Change San Francisco – California Catholic Daily

In Communist China, the Price for Faith: Beaten, Homeless, & Penniless – Jiang Tao, Bitter Winter

When the Church is Silent, We Support Sexual Immorality – W. Ross Blackburn Ph.D., the Human Life Review

Are Artists Selfish? The Calling of a Catholic Artist – Mary Schaffer, Benedictine XVI Institute

The Effect of the Extraordinary Form on Vocations to the Priesthood – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Artist is Prophet & Poet – Vatican News

“Islam, What Every Infidel Should Know”, My Talk Given at Steubenville – Steve Ray, Defenders of the Catholic Faith

Why Doesn’t God Give Everyone Faith? – Brother Dominic Koester O.P., Dominicana

Bronze Age Smarties – Carlos Caso-Rosendi

On Retribution – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic Thing

Video: A Few Good Men & The Present Crisis – Fr. Z’s Blog

Some Curious Results In World Poverty Rates; With Update – William M. Briggs Ph.D., Statistician to the Stars!

Boldness & Passion – Shane Dwyer, Ignitum Today

How Many Migrants Can a Nation Absorb? – John Paul Meenan, Crisis Magazine

Resisting “Transgenderism”, with Truth & Love – Joanna Bogle, The Catholic World Report

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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