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By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register - The document is rich in guidance on how to answer the call to holiness in a world filled with distractions, consumerism and hedonism. Frequently, the Pope stresses the importance of prayer and worship, but gives greater emphasis to acts of love and mercy toward one’s neighbor, especially the poor and those on the periphery… In one particularly notable section, the Pope stresses that “equally sacred” to defending the lives of the unborn are the lives of the poor, the elderly exposed to “covert euthanasia” and those facing “every form of rejection.”

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - In his new apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate, Pope Francis offers a broad discussion of a general question applicable to all Christians: the personal call to holiness. However, the controversy surrounding his pontificate is evident in the secular media coverage, which has interpreted the papal document as the Pope’s reply to his critics...

By Todd Nolan,The Cardinal Newman Society - Catholics are called to be disciples. Living our faith plays an integral role within the life of every Catholic institution. At Ave Maria University, in southwestern Florida, students embrace this through the model of St. Teresa of Calcutta... Ave Maria offers students the opportunity to participate in the Mother Teresa Project.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - I have written before on how the Gospel Passage of the encounter of the two disciples with Jesus on the road to Emmaus is, from start to finish, in the full form of a Mass. It is a kind of “Mass on the move.”… The liturgy begins with two disciples gathering as they make their way to Emmaus, just as we pilgrims gather for Mass. Jesus joins them, just as Jesus joins us in the opening procession and greeting by the celebrant.