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The Gaying of the Church - Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine+++

The Beauty of Rood Screens – Harry Mount, Catholic Herald

Probability, Chance, & the Death of Herod Antipas – Anthony S. Layne, Catholic Stand

Someday Roe v. Wade Will be Hated as Much as the Dred Scott Decision – Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

A Priest’s Silver Jubilee – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

A Big List of Saints from Big Families – Becky Roach, Catholic Link

Dominican Efforts Save Endangered Species of Salamanders – Chloe Langr, epicPew

Understanding Your Emotions & Using Anger – Matt Robinson, Catholic Stand

McCarrick Watch: Up-to-Date News on the former-Cardinal McCarrick Homosexual Predation & Cover-Up Scandal - Big Pulpit

Back to Homeschooling with St. Therese of Lisieux – Michele Chronister, Catholic Exchange

We Have Nothing to Fear from the Truth: 25 Years of Covering Clergy Sex Abuse – Carl E. Olson, The Catholic World Report

All the Rites of the Church, Including the Lesser-Known Ones, In One Diagram – ChurchPOP

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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