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What are Attachments, & What Are They Not? - Monsignor Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Lutheran Convert: JoAnna Wahlund - Why I’m Catholic

The Past and Future of the Graduale Simplex - Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Vatican Bank President: Bigger Families are the Solution to Economic Crisis - Marianne Medlin, Catholic News Agency

Philosophy, Marriage, and Moral Grandstanding - Sherif Girgis, Public Discourse

From Hatred to Hope, One Man’s Journey into the Catholic Church - Catholic Spiritual Direction

First & Only Carthusian Monastery in America - Pat McNamara, Patheos/In Ages Past

Remembering First Woman Saint Of India - Vanessa Barnes

On Redistributing Wealth - Father James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic Thing

Distributism & the Current Crisis: Localizing the Economy - John Médaille, Catholic Lane

The Mystery of the Attempt on Blessed John Paul II’s Life - Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

The Wrong Road to Cultural Revolution in Norway - Wolfgang Grassl, Crisis Magazine

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Chaput’s Unconvincing Critics - William L. Saunders, First Things/On the Square

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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