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Filipinos Affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Urgent Need of Help – The Catholic Herald

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Our Failed Religious Freedom Policy – Thomas F. Farr, First Things

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For-giving, Thanks-giving – Fr. Christopher M. Zelonis, The Shipwrack-Harvest

Such is the Evidence of Faith - Stacy Trasancos PhD

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The Story of My Soul - Russ Rentler MD, Crossed the Tiber

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2 Popes & the End Times - Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

PopeWatch: Here I Leave My Pain – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Why Scholarship Trumps Archaeology – Jill Duchess of Hamilton, The Catholic Herald

A Heart-to-Heart with St. Thérèse - Susan Bailey, Catholic Mom

Assurance of Salvation in a Pinch – Jon Sorensen, Catholic Answers

China’s Cardinal Zen: Don’t Let the Underground Church Down – Marco Tosatti, Vatican Insider

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A Rapist’s Parental Rights - Birgit Jones, Designs by Birgit

Why Isn’t the Average Catholic Interested in Evangelization – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

No One Sees God – Matthew Becklo, Strange Notions

Have You No fear of God? Meditation on Salutary Fear – Msgr. Charles Pope

E. F. Mass Experience at Holy Innocents in Manhattan, NYC – Fr. Z’s Blog

New or Old Mass, What’s the Difference – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

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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