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Salvation Through Wrinkles – Russell Brewer, Ignitum Today

Who Belongs to Your Catholic Tribe? – Taylor Marshall Ph.D.

The Theology of the Healthy Body, Part I – Guy McClung J.D. Ph.D., Catholic Stand

When the Quiver Is Missing Three Arrows  – Martina Kreitzer, Catholic Sistas

Blessed Clemens Von Galen Contra the Swastika – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

The Sacredness of Marriage: A Lesson from the Pagans – Msgr. Daniel B. Gallagher, Crisis Magazine

God Makes Our Weakness Strong – Nicholas Senz, Catholic Stand

The Church on War and Peace – Aaron Linderman Ph.D., Truth and Charity Forum

25 Women Saints Who Prove Every Day Is Women’s Day – Chloe Mooradian, Epic Pew

What John Cage can Teach Us About the Mass – Matthew Schellhorn, Catholic Herald

Girl Scouting Problems – Teresa Tomeo, O.S.V. Newsweekly

How St. Teresa of Jesus (Avila) Performed a Spiritual Work of Mercy – Rosemarie O.C.D.S.

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Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.

Four German Bishops Resist Push to Install Permanent ‘Synodal Council’

Given the Vatican’s repeated interventions against the German process, the bishops said they would instead look to the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Meanwhile, on Monday, German diocesan bishops approved the statutes for a synodal committee; and there are reports that the synodal committee will meet again in June.

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