Courtship, Etiquette, & the Adolescent Male; Ten Catholic Women Who Changed the World, and more!

The Best in Catholic Blogging

Courtship, Etiquette, & the Adolescent Male - Randall B. Smith, Crisis Magazine

Ten Catholic Women who Changed the World - Mary O'Regan, Catholic Herald

The Last Insult to Our Human Nature by Anthony Esolen of Public Discourse - Big Pulpit

Prayer as the Channel of Celestial Joy - Carolyn Humphreys OCDS OTR, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

The Practical Power of Public Prayer - Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Integrated Catholic Life™

For Greater Glory: A Lesson - Sr. Lisa Mari Doty FDCC, Ignitum Today

I’m Going to Count to Ten: Anger’s Dangerous Path - Paul Kokoski, Crisis Magazine

Roger Ebert Pans For Greater Glory For Being Too Catholic - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Former Boy Band Member Turned Pro-Life Activist Shares Testimony - Jill Stanek, LifeSiteNews

The Story, Martyrs, and Lessons of the Cristero War - Catholic World Report

Help a Young Lady to Wear a Habit – Giving is Habit Forming

For the latest on the best punditry, analysis, and news in the Catholic blogosphere click on Big Pulpit.

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