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Dress Sense & the Real Presence – Loreto Xavier at Catholic Stand +1

Reclaiming the Second Vatican Council – Deborah Gyapong at The Anglicanorum Coetibus Society +1

Why Kids From Big Families Have An Advantage In Life – Javier Fiz Pérez at Aleteia

Local Filmmaker, Collaborators Create ‘Messiah’ – Catholic News Herald of Western North Carolina

Archbishop Chaput Addresses The Baleful Fr. James Martin – Catholic Philly

The Long, Harrowing, Bloody History Of Persecution Of Christians – Robert R. Reilly at Mercatornet

Fr. James Martin, S.J., & Internet Bullying – Fr. Z’s Blog

Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupré: Une Histoire De Fantôme Et D’Amour Qui Transcende Le Temps – Augustines Alley

A Year with the Mystics – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

The Vatican: Integral Ecology & Liberation Theology – Maureen Mullarkey

The Precarious Papacy – Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity

Schism for Dummies – One Mad Mom

Wolves in Shepherd’s Clothing – Jane Clark Scharl at Crisis Magazine

Why Is The Church Not Standing Up For Parental Rights? – David Paton 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