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A Modest Proposal to End the Vocations Crisis - Fr. John A. Perricone, Crisis Magazine+++

Study Affirms Earth Is Uncommon & Perhaps Even Unique – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission

Grace In Marriage: Reflections From a 17-Year-Old Bride – Birgit J., Designs by Birgit

An Effective Prayer Against Lustful Thoughts, by St. Thomas Aquinas – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Quæritur: Blessing for a Wheelchair, Stretcher, or Ambulance – Fr. Z’s Blog

Pope Francis to Migrants: Respect Laws, Culture & Religious Traditions – Billy Ryan, uCatholic

Misconceptions About Natural Family Planning (NFP) – Anne Cherney, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Homosexuality – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

Cedars of Lebanon, a Cultural Treasure for an Ancient Land, Face Threats – John Burger, Aleteia

The Witness of a Young Catholic in Love with Traditional Liturgy – Peter A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Liturgical Movement

Pope Francis Confirms Panama Visit for World Youth Day 2019 – Chloe Langr, epicPew

Was Shakespeare Catholic? A Book Round-Up – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

How God Can Know & Cause a Universe of Things – Dennis Bonnette Ph.D., Strange Notions

Hell – Noel Ethan Tan, Ignitum Today

The Shortcut to Finding Your Next 1,000 Donors – Brice Sokolowski, Catholic Fundraiser

The Saint Who Understood the Importance of Fashion! – Meghan Ashley Styling

1975 Letter to the Editor: Yearning for the Traditional Latin Mass – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy

A Challenge to the Vatican from America’s Consecrated Virgins – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture

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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