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Dear Media: Meet the First African Pope by Joshua Brown of the Catholic Vote website - Big Pulpit

A Little Lent Within Lent: The Tradition of Ember Days – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

T. L. M., Praying in Silence – Rebecca Frech, Ignitum Today

The Orwellian World of Catholic Higher Education – Anne Hendershott, The Catholic World Report

She Who Faces Death by Torture. . . – Foxfier, Catholic Stand

After Pope Benedict XVI’s Resignation, The New York Times Unleashes Record Hate – David F. Pierre Jr., The Media Report

The Conclave and The Papabili - Big Pulpit

Lenten Station: St. Laurence’s (Panisperna), Thursday of the First Week in Lent – Zephyrinus

Benjamin Bunny and the Narrow Gate – Connie Rossini, Contemplative Homeschool

Meatless Recipe for Friday: Vegetarian Gyozas – Esther G, A Catholic Mom in Hawaii

The Conclave and Cardinal Dolan - Big Pulpit

Practical Distributism and the Zombie Apocalypse – David W. Cooney, The Distributist Review

The Great Fast – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

The McAleese Report Shocker You’ll Not Hear about in the MSM – Carl E. Olson, The CWR Blog

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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