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“God Is The Bigger Elvis” - Thomas L. McDonald, God and the Machine

Jesus Had Laser Beams (Sharks Not Included) - Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Mexico, 1931: The Vatican and the “Just War” - Paolo Valvo, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Singing the Mass: Liturgical Music as Participation in Christ - Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, Catholic Sun

Are There Parts of the Mass that Women Are Not Permitted to Sing? - Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Catholic Groups Provide Legal Aid to Those in Need - Scott Alessi, OSV Newsweekly

St. Kateri Tekakwitha, First Native North American Saint - Tribunus, Roman Christendom

What Mercy Looks Like - Sarah Babbs, Ignitum Today

Co-Mediatrix! What Gives? - Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic

A Diagram of The Structure of the Mass - Joe, Two Catholic Men and a Blog

Quæritur: Long Confession Lines - Fr. Z's Blog

Of What Use is a Diocesan Website? - Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Is the Papacy in Need of Structural Reform? - William J. Tighe, New Oxford Review

IRS faces Legal War if It Investigates Bishop after Hitler Comments - Patrick B. Craine, LifeSiteNews

Santorum Strategist Offers Insight on Meeting With Romney - Lisa Graas, The American Catholic

Caritas International placed under strict Control of the Holy See - New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

7 Church Seasons You May Not Be Aware Of - Micah Murphy, Truth & Charity

The Temptation of Lot's Wife - Sandro Magister, Chiesa

A Tale of Three Magazines - Dr. Robert Moynihan, Catholic Lane

A Psalm for the Sibyl - Matthew Alderman, Dappled Things

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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