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Revival and Romanticism – Beauty in Education

How Contraceptive Mindset Helped Pave the Way to Same-Sex “Marriage” – Christopher Eden, Catholic Lane

The Winning Strategy by Dr. Peter Kreeft of the Integrated Catholic Life™ web magazine – Big ulpit

Christian Art and the Subversion of Death – Anthony DiStefano, Catholic Phoenix

Hard-Hearted Hypocrisy (Mark 7:1-23) – Fr. John Bartunek, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Vatican to Work with Apple, iTunes to Produce e-Books – Fr. Z’s Blog

Seven More Eastern Catholic Saints You Should Know – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Why It’s Okay To Speak Religiously in the Face of Tragedy – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Guiding Students on a Journey to the Truth – William J. Carroll PhD, OSV Newsweekly

Who’s Your Doctor?, Part II – Larry D, The American Catholic

Grateful for Life-Lessons Learned at Christendom College – Emily C. Hurt, Theological-Librarian

Judging Church - Kayla Peterson, Ignitum Today

Richard III: Not as Nasty as You Thought? – Ed West, Catholic Herald

As Anglicans Turned to Rome in 1964, Some Catholics Protestantized – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Vatican to Participate in TED Initiative in 2013 – Giorgio Bernardelli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

St. Giles, Patron Saint of the Paralympics? – Richard Collins, The Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma

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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