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Brain Damage & the NFL: Is Watching Football Immoral? - Christian Tappe, Crisis Magazine

Why You Don’t Have to Use Natural Family Planning - Colleen, Catholic Sistas

Coffee and Ritual - Ink and Quill, Ignitum Today

Catholic Blogosphere Link Roundup on the President Obama Same-Sex Marriage Fallout for Wednesday - The Pulpit

Respecting Dignity of the Worker Means Rewarding Better Work - Dominic Iocco, Solidarity with Salisbury

101 Books Gen Ys Must Read before they Die - Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Benedict XVI Raps Political Apathy - Giacomo Galeazzi, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

6 Types of Catholic Churches: The Basics - Jackson, Saint Peter's List

Why Philosophy Matters - Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/In Depth Analysis

Rare Video Footage of the Pontifical Liturgy According to Rite of Lyons - Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Anglicanorum Digest - Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

A Bishop-elect for Toowoomba: Fr. Robert McGurkin - Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

John Lennon’s Bad Theology - Matthew Hennessey, First Things/On the Square

Jimmy Fallon on His Catholicism - Angela Santana, San Antonio Catholic Beat

The Catholic Response to President Obama on Same-Sex Marriage – The Pulpit

5 Male Celebrities I’m Boycotting & Why (In Their Own Words) - Kristen Walker, Live Action

Priorities and a Life Filled with Meaning - Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™

Dominican Parish to Create Columbarium - Valerie Shmalz, Catholic San Francisco

Is Hand-Holding a Necessary Component of Communion - Anita Moore, V for Victory!

Re-Branding "Women"? Another Silly Idea Takes Hold - Elise, Kissing the Leper

Abortion Industry Drooling over Latin America - Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, LifeSiteNews

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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