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What Pope Francis Wants Is Clear, His Successor . . . Cardinal Tagle? – Rocco Palmo at Whispers in the Loggia +1

An Ordinariate Oratory? – Simon Dennerly at The Anglicanorum Cœtibus Society +1

ChurchMoney: Off The Shelf With Fr. Michael White – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

Some Contemporary Marian-Inspired Vestments In Blue & White – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

The Present Of Presence – Fr. Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today

Studies: When Cultures Undergo Sexual Revolution They Collapse In 3 Generations – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Necessary Journey Of Our Hearts – Fr. Nicholas Blackwell, O. Carm., at Catholic Stand

Poor Leaving Church “En Masse,” Says Researcher – John Burger at Aleteia

Vandals, Leave The Hymns Alone – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing

Melted Rosary Discovered After Nagasaki A-Bomb: Photo Reveals Its Haunting Backstory – ChurchPOP

Rubrics, Rubrics . . . – Fr. John Hunwicke at Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

What Are The Different Types Of Gossip? – Msgr. Charles Pope at Our Sunday Visitor

The Only Catholic Priest Ever to Play in a Major League Baseball Game – Billy Ryan at uCatholic

The Site Of A Forgotten 1933 Simile Genocide Of Assyrian Christians – Lord David Alton

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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