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Want to Aid Vocations? Help Reduce Debt, Laboure Society Says – Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency

When The Lab Girl Went To Church - John Farrell, Forbes

Iconostasis, Rood Screen, Altar Rail or Shag-Pile Carpeted Step? – David Clayton, Beauty of Catholicism

Peace In Dark Times – Andrew J. Peach, Crisis Magazine

United Kingdom: Gay Rights Activist: ‘Gay Cake’ Ruling a Defeat for Freedom of Expression – Madeleine Teahan, Catholic Herald

Praying for the Souls of the Dead: A Catholic Tradition – Nada Mazzei, Catholic Stand

A Cradle of Early Christianity, Turkey is Unwelcoming to Today’s Christians – Derya M. Little, The Catholic World Report

15 Worship Songs to Cure Your Bad Day – Amy Reinhardt, epicPew

Against Syrupy Sermons – Deacon James H. Toner Ph.D., The Catholic Thing

Comedy Writer says Evangelization on T.V. Must be ‘Subtle, Creative’ – Beth Griffin, Crux

Walter Cardinal Kasper: It’s a Scandal to Deny Holy Communion to Adulterers - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

Transgender Debates Require Distinction between Theory and People – Austen Ivereigh, Crux

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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