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Why We Are Where We Are – George Weigel at Denver Catholic +1

What Masks Reveal – Steve Smith at Catholic Stand +1

One of St. Blog’s Most Reasonable–& Durable–Scribes is Now a Published Author – Dale Price at Dyspeptic Mutterings

The Powers of Hell Will Not Prevail – Fr. Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today

Scandal: Fr. Dan Horan Publicly Called Sister Deidre Byrne a Nazi – Fr. Z’s Blog 

Want More Great News Links?  Click Here! - Tito Edwards at Big Pulpit

Can a Local Bishop, or Does It have to be the Pope, Excommunicate James Martin – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern Orders

Liturgical Improvisation Must End – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Increasing Concern about Government & the Social Order – Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture

Gay Jesuit Celebrates "Welcome Mass" at a San Francisco Catholic High-School – Joseph Sciambra at Sons of St. Joseph

The Catholic Church & Her 23 Liturgical Rites – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith

The Detwang Triptych by ALBL Oberammergau – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Why Did Jesus have to Suffer so Much on the Cross? – Fr. David Nix at Pilgrim Priest

The Genius of Father James Martin, S.J. – Jesse B. Russell at Crisis Magazine

My Advice: Invest Heavily in Guillotines – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report

Quit Feeding the Rhetoric of “Fear” – Jennifer Fitz at Sticking the Corners

Restoring Humanity: Off the Shelf with Jared Staudt – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

Another Encyclical from Pope Francis? – Aleteia

A Letter to Catholics who Support Abortion – Jonathan Fessenden at Clarifying Catholicism

Monks to Leave Downside Abbey after 200 Years – Catholic Herald

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