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Can Women Preach at Mass? – Jimmy Akin at Catholic Answers Magazine +1

On The Present State Of The University of Notre Dame – Nicolas Abouchedid  at The Irish Rover

Surprising Convergences between an Anti-Catholic Textbook & the Liturgical Reform – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement

The Real Presence & The Pew Study – James at Cream City Catholic

Just Too Cool: Ancient Roman Tchotchke – Fr. Z’s Blog

What Does The Rise Of Boris Mean For Catholics? – Simon Caldwell at Catholic Herald

This Jesuit Became His Nation’s First Priest After Sitting Next To Mother Teresa On An Airplane – Ray Cavanaugh at Aleteia +1

Use the Baltimore Catechism – Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity +1

Reclaiming the Forgotten Wisdom of a Bygone Era – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine +1

When We Listen to Lies – Rob Marco at Catholic Stand

Was The Original Walsingham Statue Destroyed Or Is It In The V&A? – Fr. Michael Rear & Francis Young at Catholic Herald

Inner Peace – Carol Monaco at Catholic Stand

Elsewhere: Catholic Kabbalah – Rick Yoder at The Amish Catholic

Let My People Go – Kat Larson at Ignitum Today 

How I Became A Black Catholic – David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info +1

The Priest as Warrior – Fr. Dwight Longenecker +1

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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