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More Parish Closings Nationwide – What Are We to Learn and Do? – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission

Why Are Evangelicals Beating Us? Why Is It Easy to Convert Young Catholics to Evangelicalism? - Shane Schaetzel, Catholic in the Ozarks

Reverence for the Eucharist, Part II – Anthony Sciriha, You for Christ

How to Overcome Worry by Trusting God – Sister Laus Gloriae O.C.D., Integrated Catholic Life™

Is the Vatican’s Top Canonical Official Undermining Canon Law? - Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Cardinal Bertone Talks about the Third Secret of Fatima – Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency

We’re in Danger of Overlooking the Most Important Part of Fatima – Stephen Bullivant, Catholic Herald

Why Do Priests Wear Black? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Fr. Ludwig Pichler S.J., R.I.P. – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

Cultural Renewal Requires Dreamers and Visionaries - John Horvat II, Crisis Magazine

The Saint Who Died Rather Than Give Up His Rosary – Meg Hunter-Kilmer, Aleteia

The Rosary: A Seemingly Endlessly Repeated Prayer – Dan Byron, Catholic Stand

Is Having a “Straw Subdeacon” for a Solemn Traditional Latin Mass Okay? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

The Big Bang Must Have Contained Divine Love – David Torkington, Catholic Stand

This is the Miracle that Led to the Fatima Children’s Canonization – Alvaro de Juana, Catholic News Agency

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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