Marriage: Church Trumps Politics, iChant App, Square Dancing, Private Revelation, and much more!

The Best in Catholic Blogging

Marriage: Church Attendance Trumps Politics - Tom Hoopes, Catholic Vote

iPhone App: iChant Gregorian - Diane M. Korzeniewski O.C.D.S., Te Deum Laudamus!

New Auxiliary for Melbourne: Father Vincent Nguyen O.F.M. Conv. - Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

Square Dancing as an Image for the Church? - Monsignor Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Arnold and Maria’s ‘Catholic’ Marriage - Brad A. Greenberg, Get Religion

The Catholic Church & Private Revelation - Father Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Doctor Rapped for Talking about God with Patient - Jonathan Wynne-Jones, The Telegraph

Father Pfleger Returning to Pulpit at Saint Sabina - Manya Brachear, Chicago Tribune

. . .Father John Zuhlsdorf comments here. . .

$1.8 Million Report on Church Sex Abuse Took 5 Years & Offers Few Insights - Michael Cook, MercatorNet

. . .Mark P. Shea has a problem with ‘ephebophilia’ here. . .

Live-Blogging the “Apocalypse” - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Good-Bye Girl Scouts - Marcia Segelstein, World

This will be a continuing series from Monday through Saturday twice a day, that I will be contributing for the National Catholic Register.  This will be very similar to what you see on www.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