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Bishops and Birth Rates: A Heroic Solution – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Our Love Story – Rachel Zamarron, Ignitum Today

Prominent Atheist Converts and Gets Baptized – Leah Libresco, Unequally Yoked

Getting Into the Habit – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Patheos/Standing on my Head

Fordham, Coulter and Singer – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Transalpine Redemptorists Growth Spurt! – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

Brick by Brick in Brazil . . . Indiana, Priest Starts Up a TLM, People Come – Fr. Z’s Blog

Biblical Foundations and the Thread of History – Brian Jones, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Celibacy and the Priesthood – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

St. Theresa of Avila, West Roxbury, Massachusetts – Matthew Alderman, New Liturgical Movement

Entering the Fullness of Faith – Jason Liske, Catholic Lane

Anarchist Saints and the Folly of the Cross – Sr. Theresa Noble, Pursued by Truth

Fake Equestrian Orders, What Drives Men to Playact? – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Small Parish Rejuvenated Through the Extraordinary Form Mass – Kathleen Pluth, The Chant Café

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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

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