Japanese Church in Shock, Maryland Same-Sex Marriage Bill Defeated, and much more...

The Best of Catholic Blogging

Catholics & Black Churches Defeat Same-Sex Marriage in Maryland! - Thomas Peters, Catholic Vote/American Papist

Communion, Canon Law, and Pastoral Practice - Doctor Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

Japanese Church ‘In Shock’ after Massive Earthquake and Tsunami - EWTN News

Devastation Hindering Japanese Church Efforts to Assess Needs - Catholic News Service

Same-Sex Marriage Bill Killed in Maryland Assembly - Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

Japanese Church Officials Struggle to React to Earthquake - Catholic Herald

“The Ethics of Abortion” - Benjamin Mann, California Catholic Daily

Waves - Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Faith of Our Fathers - Matthew Spalding, InsideCatholic

Hating the Church in Australia - Father John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Rehabilitating Eugenics - Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Help the Tsunami Victims in Japan:

Here’s Where You can Donate to Pacific Tsunami Emergency - Barbe Fraze, Catholic News Service

This will be a continuing series, Monday through Saturday twice a day, that I will be contributing for the National Catholic Register by ThePulp.it.

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