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“This is the Secret of Pope Francis” by Carl E. Olson of The CWR Blog - Big Pulpit

Oriented Toward Gregorian Chant – Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo CSJ, Catholic News Agency

The Internet Ruins Everything – Tim Glemkowski, Ignitum Today

Catholic Social Teaching, Without Fear – Joseph Wood,The Catholic Thing

The Liturgical Direction of Francis: A Diatribe Against the Diatribes – Jacob Tawney, The American Catholic

The Dorothy Day Few of Us Know – Stephen Beale, Crisis Magazine

So You Think You Know How the Morning After Pill Works? – Stacy Trasancos PhD, Catholic Stand

Getting More from Holy Mass – Sr. Benedicta Marie OCD, Integrated Catholic Life™

All the Current Updates on Pope Francis this Morning - Big Pulpit

Of Slackers, Control Freaks and Love – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

The Greatest Reaction To White Smoke. . .Ever – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Changing Catholic Readership – Super Trad Mum, The Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma

Catholic Line Art, Black and White – Cynthia Ostrowski, Corpus Christi Watershed

What’s With the Indirect Put-Downs of Pope Benedict XVI? – Fr. Simon Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

Of the Pope’s Mozzetta. . . – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Holy Father Revives an Ancient Tradition – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

An Odd Occasion to Discuss Celibacy – Dr. Edward Peters, In the Light of the Law

Weighing Virtues in the National Debt Debate – William Bole, OSV Newsweekly

Whiskey Review: Buffalo Trace – Whiskey Catholic

Nuns On Bus Scour Ohio In Search Of Misplaced Veils – Eye of the Tiber

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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