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African Priests Are Now The Future Of The Catholic Church In America – Lekan Oguntoyinbo at Quartz +1

What Communist China’s Catholics Really Think Of The Vatican Deal – Anthony E. Clark at Catholic Herald +1

Don’t Fall for the New Age Spiritual Trap – Jeannie Ewing at Catholic Exchange

Reason At Risk From Transgender Activists & The Catholic Church Comes To The Rescue – Salvatore Babones at Mercatornet

Reproductive Rights Glossary for the Unwoke – Mike Most, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine

8 Things You Didn’t Know About St. Benedict Until Now – Jenna Kandas at epicPew

What Catholic Social Doctrine Says About Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski at Catholic Fundraiser.net

What Is A Christian Mystic? – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

A Conversation On Gender: Part I – Defining Our Terms – Samantha Delfin at Catholic Link

The Practical “Do’s” & “Don’ts” Of Vocation Discernment – Paul Senz at The Catholic World Report

“‘I Disagree With You’ Does Not Mean I Hate You” – Robert P. George, Ph.D., at ChurchPOP

Scripture Verses To Remind You That God Cares – Fr. John Catoir at Catholic Stand

Beer Review: Tynt Meadow English Trappist – R. Jared Staudt, Ph.D., at Building Catholic Culture

“American Priest”: The University of Notre Dame's Fr. Ted Hesburgh’s Ambition & Conflicted Legacy – John C. “Chuck” Chalberg, Ph.D.

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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