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The Stare of Medusa by Caravaggio
The Stare of Medusa by Caravaggio (photo: Church Life Journal)

The Stare of Medusa & the Return Gaze of Christ - Cyril O’Regan Ph.D., Church Life Journal+++

Recognition for a Much-Neglected English Catholic Artist – K.V. Turley, Crisis Magazine

How This Missionary Found a Muslim Lady’s Secret Love for Jesus in Saudi Arabia – ChurchPOP

The Everyday Costs of Discipleship – Constance T. Hull, Catholic Exchange

The Official Prayer to Pope Saint John Paul II – Billy Ryan, uCatholic

In Defense of Holy Marriage – Deacon Michael Bickerstaff, Integrated Catholic Life™

Is Celibacy Really Superior to Marriage? – J.P. Nunez, Catholic Exchange

Underground Catholics Forced to Become “Official” – Shen Xiang, Bitter Winter

African Fertility is Right Where It Should Be – Lyman Stone, Mercatornet

The Enduring Attraction of the End Times – Russell Shaw, The Catholic World Report

The Canadian Euthanasia Express Rolls On – Margaret Somerville, Mercatornet

Only One Sexual Activity Promotes Health – Christopher Kaczor Ph.D.

On the Prudence of Borders – Robert F. Gorman, Crisis Magazine

What Does the Catholic Church Teach About Immigration? – A. Garofolo, Those Catholic Men

When Men of the Cloth Do Wicked Things – Filip Mazurczak, The Catholic Thing

Send Smoke of Satan to Tour Bishop, Really, Do It – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture++

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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