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Wow! 100-Year Old Widowed Priest Has 4 Sons Who Are Priests – Billy Ryan at uCatholic +1

Would Jesus Attend a ‘Pride Parade’? – Trent Horn at Catholic Answers Magazine +1

Fr. Rosica, Amazing Papal Claims, & Resignations – Fr. Z’s Blog

Called Out Of The Priesthood?: Fr. Jonathan Morris – Fr. Charles Fox at The Catholic World Report

Steve Bannon: Crisis in the Church Will Worsen, Laity Needs to Act – Edward Pentin

Learning How To Pray Takes Time & Practice – David Torkington at Catholic Stand

The Bishops & Capital Punishment – Edward Feser, Ph.D.

Worlds Apart – Fr. Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today

Proof From Desire – Ben Butera at The American Catholic

Free Course ‘Mission of the Laity’ Offered By Sacred Heart Seminary – Gene Van Son at Catholic Stand

Vatican News To Launch News Show & Podcast In Latin – Carol Glatz at Catholic Herald

A Clerical Swipe At The Benedict Option? – Rod Dreher

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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