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A priest and seminarians pray the Liturgy of the Hours in the empty Church of San Sebastiano on March 13, 2020, in Livorno, Italy. In Italy, public Masses have been suspended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Italy has passed 21,000 with the death toll rising to 1441.
A priest and seminarians pray the Liturgy of the Hours in the empty Church of San Sebastiano on March 13, 2020, in Livorno, Italy. In Italy, public Masses have been suspended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Italy has passed 21,000 with the death toll rising to 1441. (photo: Photo by Laura Lezza/Getty Images)

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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