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U. N. Calls Access to Birth Control a “Human Right” – Steven Ertelt, Life News

Hymnal 1940 is Online – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Study Shows Self-Identifying Homosexuals are a Small Percent of the U. S. via Fr. Z's BlogBig Pulpit

Exeter Cathedral, Corpus, a Clock and Martial – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Explaining Reason: Atheism or Christianity? – Stacy Trasancos PhD, The American Catholic

2012 Statistics for the FSSP: A Booming Order! – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

Why I Wear a Purity Ring – Abigail C. Reimel, Ignitum Today

Bishop Geoffrey Robinson Confessional Seal Scandal Brings Up a Question – Dr. Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

Can a Priest or Bishop Ever Reveal What is Said in Confession? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

Mark Regnerus Expresses “Skepticism” about Lesbian Family Study – Carl E. Olson, The Catholic World Report Blog

‘It Was Ghastly to See the Men Lying There’ – Justin Portess, Catholic Herald

Consumerism and Politics the Gospel Way – Sr. Theresa Noble, Pursued by Truth

Better Than Nothing – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

A Big Factor Why the Archdiocese of Boston Has Problems – Boston Catholic Insider

The Silence of the Shepherds: The Nation and the Church Gone Astray – Louie Verrecchio, Catholic Lane

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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