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More Evidence of the Vocations Reversal - Matthew Cantirino, First Things/First Thoughts

Why More Women are Becoming Nuns, Especially in Britain - Ruth Gledhill, London Times

Sodom and Gomorrah Excavated, Guess How They were Wiped Out - Fr. Z's Blog

For Greater Glory: Interview With Andy Garcia - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Rito Ambrosiano Antico & the Seminarians of the ICRSS - Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

On Conversions: “Here Comes Everybody!” - Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

Three Things about the Composer Antonio Vivaldi - Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

New Book: B16's Reform: The Liturgy Between Innovation & Tradition - Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Al Sayyid: The Crusading Valor of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar - Brendan J. McGuire, Crisis Magazone

Understanding Papal Infallibility - Howard Kainz, The Catholic Thing

Just How ‘Tolerable’ is Prostitution? - Andrew Haines, Ethika Politika

A Gay Man I Consider a Saint - Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

“Pro Multis” - Dr. Robert Moynihan, Catholic Lane

You Have My Pen. . . - Abigail Reimel, Ignitum Today

Homosexual Activist Dan Savage Now Attacks Papa Bene (video) - Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews

True Baring & Hard Knox - Joseph Pearce, StAR/Ink Desk

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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