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After 39 Years of Marriage, Widower and Doctor Enters the Priesthood – Margaret Mone at Catholic East Texas +1

The Forgotten Pope – Eamonn Clark, S.T.L., at Christian Renaissance Movement +1

Biblical Evidence for Justification by Faith and Works – Nate Guyear at Catholic Stand

Driving Refugees to Krakow: Father Patrick Briscoe Reports from Poland – Aleteia

Book Review: The Way of the Cross for Priests – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Lenten Tastes of Spring: Pasta Primavera – Emily Malloy at The Theology of Home Blog

The Rosary Is Not Vain Repetition – J.P. Nunez at Catholic Stand

‘There is No Debate’: Cardinal Tomasi on the Future of the Order of Malta – The Pillar

Of Things Unseen – Father Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today

St. Margaret of Cortona, Saint for People Whose Sexual Partner Won’t Marry Them – Mary O’Regan at Mary’s Blog

Easter Dresses That Bloom All Year ‘Round – Meghan Ashley Styling at Catholic Mōdê Blog

Pro-Abortion “Handmaidens” Break Up Mass, Blast Archbishop Cordileone, Attack Pro-Lifer – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report

Gay Is Not Your Identity, Father - Trent Horn at Catholic Answers

Pope Francis, The Tradition Latin Mass, and the Ordinariates – Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity

Want More Great Catholic News Links? Click Here! - Tito Edwards at Big Pulpit

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