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Prediction for 2020 Based on the Old Testament – Fr. David Nix at Pilgrim Priest +1

Dan Burke Reveals Miraculous Virus Recovery Story: I’m Alive Because of Your Prayers – ChurchPOP +1

Perhaps It’s Time to Turn Back to God – Dom Cingoranelli at Catholic Stand

The Isenheim Crucifixion – Kinga Lipinska at Liturgical Arts Journal

Desperation – Kat Larson at Ignitum Today

These Saints Know Firsthand about Surviving Pandemics – Meg Hunter-Kilmer at Aleteia

Teaching Children in Uncertain Times – William Hemsworth at Catholic Stand

A Strong Prayer Life is the ‘Lifeblood’ of Vocations – Patti M. Armstrong at Our Sunday Visitor

Italy & the UK: Two Approaches to Closing Churches – Christopher Altieri at Catholic Herald

Towards a Catholic Politics – Jeffrey Cimmino at Crisis Magazine

A Priest Offers the Mass & Gets a Call from His Bishop – David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info

The Blasphemy of Faggioli, Wherein Fr. Z Rants & Makes a Constructive Suggestion – Fr. Z’s Blog

At The Moment The Magic Of Vatican II Came Into Existence . . . – Fr. John Hunwicke at Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment

St. Joseph Formed Jesus as a Man – Jason Craig at Catholic Exchange

What a Friend We Have in Moloch – John Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Stream

Corona Virus; Two Church Pastors, Two Styles; Their Words Compared – Sandro Magister at Settimo Cielo via L'Espresso

St. Thomas Aquinas versus Adrian Vermeule – Samuel Gregg, D.Phil.(Oxon.), at Transatlantic Blog via Acton Institute

The Road to Condoning Cannibalism – Justin Lee at First Things

Large Companies Are Complicit In Religious Liberty Violations In Communist China – Ewelina U. Ochab at Religion Unplugged

Invoking the Tradition: Catholic Social Teaching in Policy Debates – Ben Peterson at Public Discourse

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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