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Minnesota Game Changer Due to Same-Sex Marriage Initiative? – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

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The Sistine Chapel: A Liturgical Classroom – Kathy Schiffer, Catholic Lane

Death, A Part of Life – Bernard Toutounji, Ignitum Today

How Prayer Works, and How It Doesn’t – Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and Machine

New Evangelization? Living Tradition? It’s All a Matter of Holiness – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

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The Fourth Joyful Mystery Meditation: The Redemption of the Redeemer – Catholic in Brooklyn

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Christianity in Nigeria: Between Martyrdom and Testimony – Giorgio Bernardelli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Unique to Unsettling: 14 Photos of Mother Mary Statues – H. H. Ambrose, Saint Peter's List

Summary of the Clerical Continence Debate and Response – Dr. Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

The Union of Brest – Your Word From the Wise

Changing Catholic Attitudes About Cremation – Jim Graves, Catholic World Report

Discovering the Value of Home – Carolyn Moynihan, MeracatorNet

Hissy Fit Over Expulsion of Dissident Theologian Tina Beattie from the Catholic University of San Diego – Fr. Z’s Blog

Desperate for Publicity: SNAP Smears Two Innocent Clerics – David Pierre Jr., The Media Report

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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