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Pope Names by Jeffrey Miller of the Curt Jester blog – Big Pulpit

Benedict’s Coming Revolution Over State-Funded Catholic Charity – Christopher Manion PhD SMOM, Crisis Magazine

Pope Benedict’s African Legacy – Obianuju Ekeocha, Catholic Stand

Petrus Beatus Catenarum Laqueos: Feast of Chair of Peter Hymn – Kathleen Pluth MATh, The Chant Café

A Short Discourse on Love – Ink Not Quill, Ignitum Today

Four Ways Les Misérables Converted Me – Melissa Keating, Focus Blog

One Man’s Heaven is Another Man’s All-You-Can-Eat Dessert Buffet – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

Sedevacantists Shall Be Right, Momentarily – Patrick Coffin, Catholic Answers

Conclave and Prophecy 2013 - Big Pulpit

How to Keep and Not Keep Lent – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Be Not Afraid, Be Very Not Afraid – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing

Theology of the Wounded – Kevin M. Tierney, Catholic Lane

Easy The Devil’s Parody – Dr. Pet. Kwasniewski, Corpus Christi Watershed

Amnesty Equals Abortion – John Zmirak PhD, The Bad Catholic’s Bingo Hall

Intact Families, #1 Factor Reducing Future Illegitimacy: New Study – Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews

Can a Baby be Baptized Against the Parents’ Wishes? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

Intimate Preparations – Ellen Gable Hrkach, Amazing Catechists

New Research: Abortion Poses Higher Risk of Death than Giving Birth – Nora Sullivan, Life News

Daniel Mitsui’s Our Lady of Walsingham – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

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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