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Multiple Updates: Theologian of USCCB That Addressed Pope Francis Resigns, USCCB President Responds, Plus More. . . - Fr. Z’s Blog

Planned Parenthood to Black Community: You are Better Off Dead – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

Quæritur: The Irreverent Priest at a Funeral Mass – Fr. Z’s Blog

Praying for the Impossible? Try These Three Saints – Chloe Langr, epicPew

Real but Dangerous: A Catholic Account of the 3 Kinds of Ghosts – ChurchPop

Remember Hurricane Chainsaw Nun? New Drink Named After Her – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia

Mount Calvary Church Celebrates 175 Years with an Altar Consecration November 11 – Deborah Gyapong, Anglicanorum Cœtibus Society Blog

How to Fundraise Like a Catholic for a Catholic Organization – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Thy Will be Done on Earth – Susan Skinner, Catholic Stand

Analysis: Will the 2019 Synod Discuss Married Priests? – Dan Hitchens, Catholic Herald

Exorcism Prayer of St. Michael the Archangel – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

On the Dignity and Vocation of Women – St. Pope John Paul II, The Catholic Thing

#MeToo: A Catholic Response – Ashley Sheridan Fox, Truth and Charity Forum

Composer-Doctors of the Church – Thomas V. Mirus, Catholic Culture

How Protestants Still Get Justification Wrong – Stephen Beale, Crisis Magazine

Martin Luther: Father of Modern Liberty or Political Absolutism? – Robert R. Reilly, The Catholic World Report

Never Forget the Bloody Horrors of the English Reformation – Dominic Selwood, Catholic Herald

Critique of Faggioli’s Interpretation of Early Ratzinger’s Work – Eduardo Echeverria, The Catholic World Report

The Crisis of Pastoral Leadership – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Cardinal Müller Supports Buttiglione, Distances Himself from Correctio Filialis – Andrea Tornielli, Vatican Insider via La Stampa

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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