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The Father’s Role in a Child’s Life is Crucial – Thomas J. Neal PhD, Neal Obstat Theological Opining

What Game of Thrones Says About Where Our Culture Has Gone by Jason Liske of the Ascending Mount Carmel blog - Big ulpit

NFP and the Key to Happiness - Stacy Trasancos PhD, Catholic Lane

Parents Militant: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility – Abigail C. Reimel, Ignitum Today

Catholic Dads and The Domestic Church – Eneubauer, 21 Century Pilgrim

St. Hildegard of Bingen: A Visionary for All Time – Brennan Pursell, Crisis Magazine

Allowing Kids to be Adopted by SSA ‘Parents’ is Not in Their Best Interests – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Holy Madness, Top Ten Fools For the Love of Christ – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Our Prayer Should Be Simple – Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Rhode Island Catholic

Episcopal Consecration at the Chiesa Nuova in Rome – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Fall 2011, Sacred Music – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Canada: Christian Dad Fighting for Parental Rights Smeared in Local Press – Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews

Prenatal Testing Leading to Abortions of Disabled Babies is Eugenics – Mark Leach, Life News

Moving Beyond Labels – Carl E. Olson, OSV Newsweekly

EF Masses In the Rest of Australia – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

The Surrogate Uterus: The AGR Case & Melissa Brisman – Harold Cassidy, Public Discourse

Quæritur: During Mass Can a Lay Person Bring the Eucharist to the Altar – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Old Wound of Childhood Sexual Abuse – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

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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