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Big News from Prefecture of Papal Household – Joan Lewis at Joan’s Rome +1

The Early Church – Reclaiming Catholic History – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand +1

Romanesque Revival: St. John the Evangelist in Plachemine, Louisiana – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Will the Blaine Amendments Fall at Last? – Michael C. Gilleran, J.D., at Crisis Magazine

Following the Winding Path: The Surrender Novena – Birgit Jones at Ignitum Today

Ordinariate Parishes as Schools of Prayer – Deb. Gyapong at Anglicanorum Cœtibus Society Blog

The Warhol Effect – Michael Warren Davis at Crisis Magazine

Fingerprint Scan & Facial Recognition to Enter a Catholic Church in Communist China – Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, L.C., at Through Catholic Lenses

How are Cardinal Cupich & Bishop McElroy Going to Spin This? – One Mad Mom

A Diocese Starts Planning for Decline of the Novus Ordo & Growth of the Extraordinary Form Mass – Fr. Z’s Blog

Year Ago, Media Mangled Covington Catholic Story, What Happened Next Was Worse – Robby Soave at Reason

A Plea For Pakistan’s Christians – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., at First Things

Shutting Down Jason Evert May Have Backfired on Ireland’s Radicals – Katie Ascough 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