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The Gifts of the Holy Spirit: What They Are & How to Use Them - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

A 40-Something Cardinal? - George Weigel, Crisis Magazine

Canonization Cause Opened for First U.S. Opus Dei Priest - Eric Sammons, The Divine Life

Revitalizing the Faith of Our Teens - Katie Peterson, The Integrated Catholic Life™

The Pope Has Turned the Book of Common Prayer Into a Catholic Liturgy - William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Moral Absolutes & the Humpty Dumpty Fallacy - Matthew O’Brien & Robert C. Koons, Public Discourse

Safer Chemical Abortions? Evidence Undercuts Claims of the safety of RU486 - Brendan Malone, MercatorNet

No Mainline Protestants in GOP field? - Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Get Religion

The Power of Prayer & Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Should I Refrain from Communion if I Can’t Remember When I Last Ate? - Trent Beattie, Catholic Spiritual Direction

New Crosses in the 21st Century: The Church in China - Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D., Catholic World Report

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Theology of the Body Objections - Ches, The Sensible Bond

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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