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6 Obstacles to Being Authentically Catholic by Randy Hain of the Integrated Catholic Life™ website - BigPulpit.com

Pope Francis’s Vision for Restructuring the Church - Russell Shaw, Catholic Lane

What I Learned About Marriage from 2 Nursing Home Residents – Bethanie Ryan, Ignitum Today

Good Formation for Priests Is Essential for Good Liturgy – Kurt Poterack, Catholic Education Daily

Muslims, Christians, and the Middle East – BigPulpit.com

We Can’t Give Children Enough of Shakespeare – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Family Planning, or Family Discernment? - Lauren Meyers, Ignitum Today

Solemn Vows at the Stift Heiligenkreuz in Austria – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

Joseph Bottum Goes For “Strange New Respect” – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Oscar Wilde, Modern Theologian – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

On Living in the Post-Nietzschean Age - Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Orthodoxy and Doxology - W. Patrick Cunningham, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Joseph Bottum and His Bottom Line – Howard Duncan, Catholic Stand

MegaChurch or Catholic Church? – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

More Gombert! - Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Suicide’s Tormented Souls – Randall B. Smith, Crisis Magazine

Can Religious Freedom Survive Same-Sex Marriage? – Matthew J. Franck, First Thoughts

Pope Francis Calls To Complain About Ben Affleck For Batman - Eye of the Tiber

Towards a Truly Compassionate Eugenics – Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic

Pope Francis and Fatima – Andrea Tornielli, Vatican Insider

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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