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The Best in Catholic Blogging

The Family’s Not-So-Secret Strength - Carolyn Moynihan, Crisis Magazine

Refocusing the Poverty Debate - Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing

The Continuity of Centesimus Annus - Richard Aleman, The Distributist Review

Padre Pio’s Response to Persecution from within the Church - Dianne M. Korzeniewski OCDS, Te Deum Laudamus!

Bishop, Priest, & Deacon. . . What do these Words Mean? - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Padre Pio on Hell - Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Mary Sees Us - Catholic Spiritual Direction

Dolphin Tale’s Positive Portrayal of Homeschoolers - Peggy Bowes, Integrated Catholic Life™

A Few Topical Thoughts on Capital Punishment - DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

Capital Punishment, Sanctity of Life, & Human Dignity - Christopher O. Tollefsen, Public Discourse

To the Single Folks - Colin Gormley, VirtuousPla.net

Secular Society is like a Plant without Roots - Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald

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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