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May is Mary’s Month: Scriptural Proof for Marian Devotion – Edward Looney, Ignitum Today

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Can You Be Pro-Life While Supporting the Death Penalty? – JoAnna Wahlund, Catholic Stand

What is This Thing Called Virtue? - Bruce Frohnen, Crisis Magazine

Marian Devotion and the Spiritual Life - Daniel Burke, RCSD

Death of Red China’s Most Famous & Powerful Bishop – Anthony E. Clark PhD, The Catholic World Report

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Numbers Aren’t Everything But They Are Something – Mark Brumley, The CWR Blog

E. S. P. N. Apologizes for Expressing Christian Doctrine – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Is Black Sabbath a “Christian” Band? – Gene Fant, First Things/First Thoughts

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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

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