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Action Item! Pray for Fr. Mark Morris, a Fired Chaplain for Praying for End to Gay Pride Parade - Fr. Z’s Blog+++

Why Can’t Women Become Catholic Priests? – uCatholic

Where is Purgatory in the Bible? The Complete Guide – Scott Smith J.D., All Roads Lead to Rome

When Will Our Priests Sing Again? – Jim Russell, Crisis Magazine

Discover the Secret to Happiness with These Powerful Prayers of St. Bridget – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

A Priests Visit to the Mystic & Stigmatic, Therese Neumann of Konnersreuth – Mystics of the Church

Don’t Let the Scandals of the Hierarchy Lead You to Despair – Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange

The Saint Who Understood the Importance of Fashion! – Meghan Ashley Styling

The Shortcut to Finding Your Next 1,000 Donors – Brice Sokolowski, Catholic Fundraiser

Netflix to Film ‘American Jesus’ Series on Reincarnated 12-Year-Old Christ – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Education & the Formation of Culture – R. Jared Staudt Ph.D., Newman Society

St. Thomas Aquinas Says These 4 Things Will Ensure Your Prayer is Answered – Stephen Beale, Aleteia

Don’t Concede Ground to Cultural Marxists, Beauty Does Have Utility! – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

Liturgy & Laity; New Book on Changes After Vatican II – Alcuin Reid, First Things

Intolerance – Tom Collingwood, Catholic Stand

Discord – Noel Ethan Tan, Ignitum Today

My Mother Was a Priest – David Torkington, Catholic Stand

Rebirth of the Russian Empire – Shane Schaetzel, Catholics Are Christian

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‘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