August 21, 2015 - New Cathedral Raleigh, NC/ Cloister on the Platte in Nebraska

This week on Register Radio, Jeanette De Melo talks with Bishop Michael Burbidge of Raleigh, North Carolina, about the building of a new cathedral. It’s a big project and Raleigh is the only diocese in the United States currently building a cathedral. Also, Dan Burke talks with Register writer Anthony Flott about a new retreat center in Nebraska funded by billionaire Joe Ricketts.

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