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Do Catholic Parents Have to Raise their Children as Catholics? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

Cardinal Dolan to USCCB: Bring Back Meatless Friday’s and Confession! by Catherine Harmon of The CWR BlogBig Pulpit

Sexting, Sexcasting, and Moral Foundations – Stacy Trasancos PhD, Catholic Lane

On Spe Salvi and The Lord of the Rings – Cristina Montes, Ignitum Today

Requiem in the Ancient Ambrosian Rite: Msgr. Angelo Amodeo – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Runnymede – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

The Recent Unpleasantness – Fr. C. J. McCloskey, Truth and Charity Forum

Christianophobia – Mark Movsesian, First Things/First Thoughts

Secular Witch Hunts and Post-Modern Fairy Tales – Michael Coren, Catholic World Report

Advent Calendar of Hymn Tune Introits, Liturgical Year 2013 – Kathleen Pluth, The Chant Café

2013 Traditional Calendar Season – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

A Guided Tour of Holy Ghost Church – Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church

Quæritur: Must We Not Genuflect to the Blessed Sacrament During Mass? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Black Pastors Must Take the Lead Against Abortion – Rachel Bohannon, LifeSiteNews

Why Conservative Anglicanism is Doomed – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

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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