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Beautiful Abandoned Church Buildings in Smolensk, Russia
Beautiful Abandoned Church Buildings in Smolensk, Russia (photo: RussiaTrek.org)

A Village in Russia Had No Children & Its School Was About to Close Then Something Beautiful Happened. . .  Marcus Roberts of Mercatornet +1

Five Ways to Practice Forgiveness  Fr. Ed Broom, O.M.V., of Catholic Exchange +1

Good Bishops Willingly Defy Hostile Cultural Elites  Joseph Woodard of Crisis Magazine +1

Interesting Observation by @CCPecknold about Laicization of McCarrick  Fr. Z's Blog +1

What Can You Do When Scandal Strikes The Church (Again)  Will Wright of Catholic Link

Anatomy of the Healing Process  Fr. Jerry Pokorsky of Catholic Culture

Infidelity: One Cause for Clergy Abuse  Tom Collingwood of Catholic Stand

McCarrick Will Continue to Live at Kansas Friary  Christopher R. Altieri of Catholic Herald

In the Interests of Transparency. . .  Philip Lawler of Catholic Culture

The Rome “Summit”, “Gay” Priests, & #sodoclericalism; Wherein Fr. Z Rants  Fr. Z's Blog

St. Clement of Alexandria Teaches Major Donor Fundraising  Brice Sokolowksi of CatholicFundraiser.net

The Scandal & the Lampstand  John F. Kippley of The Catholic World Report

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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