Register to Publish Dispatches From ‘Crossroads’ Walk

Joe Flipper, a senior at Franciscan University, will be the Register's on-the-scene reporter for this year's Crossroads campaign. Every other week 22-year-old, Idaho-born Flipper will provide readers with an inside look at what's taking place as they travel from city to city across America, witnessing to life.

As a result of earlier Register reporting on a dynamic young group called Rock For Life, Andrew Daub of Crossroads spoke with Bryan Kemper of Rock For Life and they have tentatively slated a pro-life concert and rally for St. Louis mid-summer. For more information on this event, call either Rock For Life at 503-238-0457, or Crossroads at 800-277-9763.

— Karen Walker

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