Recommended Books for 2014: 12 Catholic, 4 Secular by Taylor Marshall; Significant Others and More!

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Recommended Books for 2014: 12 Catholic, 4 Secular by Taylor Marshall, PhD – BigPulpit.com

Significant Others – Beverly Stevens, Regina Magazine

Facing Relativism, Standing for Morality – Matthew Tyson, Ignitum Today

Having “Only” One – Marie Meaney PhD, Truth and Charity Forum

My Type of Brainwashed Morons – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

VA Hospital Bans Religious Christmas Carols - Fr. Z’s Blog

Masterpieces Upon This Transient Earth - Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today

How Common-Core Approach Conflicts with Catholic Teaching – Phil Lawler, The City Gates

Falling Into the Scapegoat Trap – Melanie Jean Juneau, Catholic Stand

Common Core: A Threat to Catholic Education - Phyllis Schlafly, Crisis Magazine

General George Washington At Prayer – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

University of Notre Shame Submits to Obama – Fr. Z’s Blog

Vandals Within The Gates – God & Caesar

The Hidden Life of Wisdom - Christopher O. Blum, Crisis Magazine

When Was Judas Replaced? - Jimmy Akin

Complicating Conception: Parents Desires & the Rights of Children – Christopher White

Pope Abolishes Monsignor Title for Priests Under Age of 65 – Gerard O’Connell, Vatican Insider

Who’s to Blame for Human Depravity? - Regis Martin, Crisis Magazine

Plenary Indulgences for Particular Days – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Belgian “Doctors” To Kill Kids They Think They Can’t Cure – William M. Briggs

@WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange: Anti-Catholic Bigot – Teófilo, Vivificat

Your Husband & Porn – Matt Fradd

Archbishop Chaput on Reversal of Msgr. Lynn’s Conviction – Thomas L. McDonald, God and the Machine

Jesuit University Proffesor: Was Apostles’ Love for Jesus ‘Homoerotic’? – Matthew Archbold, Catholic Education Daily

To See or Not to See - Nicole DeMille, Catholic Lane

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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