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The Rise of the “Amazonian” Elites – Joshua Hren, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine +1

Women Priests & Artificial Ecumenism – Fr. Dwight Longenecker +1

A Dowager Of The Spirit Of Vatican II Has Gotten A Dose Of Her Own Medicine – Fr. Z’s Blog

Pope Francis & Teilhardian Evolution: Program for the Amazonian Synod – Rosary to the Interior

Book Review of Fr. George Elliott’s Discernment Do’s & Don’ts – Fr. Matthew Stehling at Catholic East Texas

Bring Back Traditional Dating – Andrea Bear at Catholic Stand

How Long Before The Courts Address The Construct Called “Age”? – Randall B. Smith, Ph.D., at The Catholic World Report

Changed, Not Ended – Fr. Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today

What True Accompaniment Is: Urban Examples – Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was Both

Reconciliation Revisited II – Dan Byron at Catholic Stand

The Transgender Moment – Michael Cook at Mercatornet

Alas For Fortress (Catholic) Poland – Rod Dreher

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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