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Cardinal Sarah’s Guide to the New Counter-Reformation – Michael Warren Davis at Crisis Magazine +1

Honoring Jesus Through Mary: 7 Things You May Not Know – Birgit Jones at Catholic Stand +1

Ask Father: For Holy Communion Can I Choose To Go Only To The Priest & Not The Lay Ministers? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Why We Cannot Hope for Universal Salvation: A Brief Explanation – Eric Sammons at Swimming Upstream

Prelatial Dress of the Religious Orders: The Carmelites – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

God’s Unfolding Plan – Nicholas Lye at Ignitum Today

Catholic Chinese Community Refuses To Leave Church Scheduled For Demolition – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

The Amazon Synod’s Self-Subverting Vision – Michael Pakaluk at The Catholic Thing

Let The Dead Lie In Peace? Not In Spain – Vincenzina Santoro at Mercatornet

The Strange Case Of Pope Vigilius (Helps Explain Pope Francis A Bit) – Edward Feser, Ph.D.

HBO, BBC Series ‘His Dark Materials’: ‘Killing God’ & Undermining ‘Basis Of Christian Belief’ – Tom Gilson at The Stream

A Godly Gem Of A Catholic Church By Fr. George Rutler In New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen – Stephen Schmalhofer

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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