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Fighting Back, Attacks on the Priesthood - Esther, A Catholic Mom in Hawaii

Natural Family Planning and the Telos of Sex - Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Catholic Education Resource Center

Beginnings of a Cathedral Renovation: Saint Carthage’s, Lismore - Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

The Beauty of Human Weakness - Chelsea Zimmerman, Reflections of a Paralytic

Suffering and Hope. . . - Adrienne’s Corner

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished - Father Joseph Fessio S.J., Catholic World Report

New Website Documents ‘Pro-Choice’ Violence - Stephen Phelan, 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