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Tabernacle at Corpus Christi Maiden Lane
Tabernacle at Corpus Christi Maiden Lane (photo: Screengrab via Catholic Herald)

How a Parish Eucharistic Group Helped Revive a Church – Fr. Alan Robinson, Catholic Herald

Ancient Altar in Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre Found Hiding in Plain Sight – Joan Lewis, Joan's Rome

Is the Story of Adam & Eve a Myth? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Divine Roots of American Democracy – Edouardo Belaga Ph.D., Catholic Stand

A Young Nun Searches for Orders that Wear Habits – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

French Bishop Proclaims 70th Healing in Lourdes a Miracle – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia

How to Fundraise with Facebook – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Requiescat in Pace: Billy Graham – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

5 Moms Speak on the Future of Homeschooling – Mary Ellen Barrett, Seton Magazine

For Lent: “Thou Mastering Me God!” – Fr. Robert P. Imbelli, The Catholic Thing

3 Problems with Protestant Doctrine of Sola Scriptura, In One Infographic - ChurchPop+++

The Healing Power of Tears – Richard Decker, Catholic Exchange

Catholic School Opens in Renovated Kmart – Chloe Langr, epicPew

Catholicism is Love – Cecily Lowe, Catholic Stand

Peggy Noonan Calls for a Revival of the Gentleman – J. Douglas Johnson, Crisis Magazine

On Cardinal Cupich’s Problematic, Convenient Conscience – Carl E. Olson, The Catholic World Report

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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

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