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The Best in Catholic Blogging

A Tweeting, Blogging, Podcasting Bishop - Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

I’m a Cartoon - Stacy Trasancos PhD, Accepting Abundance

Catholic Identity and the New Translation - Jake Tawney, The American Catholic

Hundreds More Anglican Defections Expected - Martin Beckford, Daily Telegraph/Religion

5 More Things No One Knows Are Ridiculously Catholic, But Should - Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Even Austrian Darkness Cannot Overcome the Light - Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

Why Celebrate Christ’s Birth, Instead of His Conception? - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

When is a Vicar Not a Vicar? - Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Say It Loud: Bourgeois and Proud - John Zmirak, Crisis Magazine

A Journey to the Home of St. Damien of Molokai - NativeCatholic.com

The Blessings of Bunny Slippers - Julie Robison, Ignitum Today

7 Reasons Why You Should Not Go to the TLM - Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

Good News on the Grave Sin of Despair - Webmaster, eChurch Blog

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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