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St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Secret Formula for Raising Millions - Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Movie Review: Mary Magdalene (2018); Feminism & Revisionism – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Ignitum Today

‘Black Panther’ Star Boldly Proclaims “I Fell in Love with Jesus” – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Pope Francis, How Are His Curial Reforms Proceeding – Andrea Gagliarducci, Monday Vatican

Say Hello to “The Catholic Podcast”! – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

How Focusing on Catholicism’s Beauty Can Lead People to the Faith – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Lent as a Moving Experience – Gabriel Garnica, Catholic Stand

Things To Come: Faith, State, & Society in a New World - by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput O.F.M. Cap., The Catholic World Report+++

When the Parish Next Door Doesn’t Work – Eric Sammons, Catholic Answers Magazine

Steering Clear of “The Catholic Ghetto” – Michael Pakaluk Ph.D., The Catholic Thing

The Failure of Sweden’s Motherhood Experiment – Allan C. Carlson, Mercatornet

Rebellion or Reverence: A Consideration for the Church – James Hooper, Catholic Stand

How Granda Brought About Twin Pugin-Inspired Chalices – Kinga U. Lipinska, Liturgical Arts Journal

Quæritur: USCCB Asks Us to Call Officials about DACA; If I Don’t, Do I Sin? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Janus v. AFSCME and Catholic Social Teaching – Michael Moreland, Mirror of Justice

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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