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The Dying Out of Women Religious & the Crisis of Religious, Priestly Vocations, Wherein Fr. Z Rants -  Fr. Z’s Blog+++

Christian Teacher Suspended for Accidentally Calling Transgender Kid the Correct Gender – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Canada’s First In-Utero Surgery to Repair Spina Bifida a Success – J-P Mauro, Aleteia

On Vulnerability & Self-Disclosure in Priestly Formation – Fr. Thomas V. Bergh Ph.D., Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Quæritur: Scheduling a Specific Mass for a Profession: IT Professionals – Fr. Z’s Blog

Catholic Schools Asked To Drop Words ‘Mother’ & ‘Father’ from Admissions Forms – Catholic Herald

A Catholic Spin on Maslow: Your Needs Define Your Eternal Destiny – Gabriel Garnica, Catholic Stand

Finding Truth For a Living – Ben Butera, The American Catholic

“Hindu Radicals Want To Eliminate Us. Help Us,” Says the Bishop of Sagar – Asia News

Review of Netflix: Stranger Things Seasons 1 & 2 – Sister Helena Burns F.S.P., Hell Burns

When Padre Pio was Visited by a Soul from Purgatory – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

The Church Must Help Married Couples More, Says Pope Francis – Cindy Wooden, Catholic Herald

G.K. Chesterton & Anglo-Catholicism, Before the Personal Ordinariates – Deborah Gyapong, Anglicanorum Cœtibus Society Blog

Massimo Faggioli on the Middle Ages – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Elsewhere: Michael Martin on Heresy – Rick Yoder, The Amish Catholic

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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