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Incorrupt Body of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, 5 February A.D. 2016
Incorrupt Body of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, 5 February A.D. 2016 (photo: Paul Haring of CNS via The CWR)

Padre Pio: A “Second St. Francis” for Our Troubled Times - Fr. Seán Connolly, The Catholic World Report+++

Anglican Rosaries – Christopher Mahon, The Anglicanorum Coetibus Society [3]

Jordan Peterson’s Church of St. Joachim of Fiore [Podcast] – Taylor Marshall Ph.D. [2]

Blessed are They That Hunger & Thirst After Justice – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

The Structure of the Daily Office, Part I: Introduction – Tom B., tom’s digest

The Sex Scandals, Cover-ups, & Pope Francis - Big Pulpit

Millennials, Roe v. Wade, & Demographics – Marcus Roberts, Mercatornet

Archbishop Chaput of Philadelphia on the Synod’s Working Document, Concerns – Fr. Z’s Blog

Ecumenical Winter: The Ecumenical Movement Has Stopped Moving – Michael Root, First Things

Wha'll be King but Cherlie? – David Warren, Essays in Idleness

Church That Focuses on Power but Lacking Mercy Creates Bitter Fruit – Timothy P. O’Malley, OSV Newsweekly

Cases of STD's are on the Rise – Paul De Maeyer, Aleteia

The Bishop in the Church 0f England as Absolute Monarch – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Inside the Royal Baptism of Little Prince Louis – Cerith Gardiner, Aleteia

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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