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France: Homosexuals Don’t Want to Marry or Adopt, Gay Leader Admits - Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, LifeSiteNews

333,964 Planned Parenthood’s Annual Killing Report - Miriam Brower, Ignitum Today

Rather Be an Angel? - Howard Kainz, The Catholic Thing

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Lessons Beyond the Death Camps – James Wilson, Dappled Things

Walmart: Well Might We Rue the Day – Joseph Pearce, StAR

Lost in Translation (from Latin)? – Christopher S. Morrissey, The Catholic World Report

We Must Fight Human Rights Violations by LGBT Organizations – Robert Oscar López

The Altar Server – Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

Obama Urges America to Protect Children With Exceptions – Rachel Bohannon, Texas Right to Life

Has Sr. Keehan Done All She Can to Stop Abortion? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Daniel Webster and Leviathan – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Evil Industry, Evil Men, Evil Purposes – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

Catholic Evensong at Blackfen – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Week of Christian Unity – Prayer of St. Ephrem

Be Still – Thomas J. Neal PhD, Neal Obstat Theological Opining

A Beautiful Summary of Eucharistic Theology in an Antiphon by Aquinas – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington (DC)

Lance Armstrong and the Power of Forgiveness – Stephen Kokx, Catholic Vote

Grammar Lesson of the Day: And – Anthony Esolen PhD, First Things/First Thoughts

The Bicycle Thief – Aged Parent, The Eye-Witness

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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