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An Idiosyncratic Guide to Papally-Minimalist, Free-Market Catholicism - Leroy Huizenga, Ph.D., The Catholic World Report+++

Fr. Perrone: The Greatest Weapon is the Keeping of a Well-Ordered Soul – Fr. Z’s Blog

“All God’s Children Go to Heaven” Derek & the Jar Baby – Daniel Demers, Catholic Stand

The Last Shall Be First – Noel Ethan Tan, Ignitum Today

It's Almost Here! The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale! – Meghan Ashley Styling

Work, Identity, & Christian Faith – Benjamin L. Smith Ph.D., Those Catholic Men

Why Does Holy Water have Salt in It? Elisha, Jesus, & Salted Fish – Taylor Marshall Ph.D.

German Archbishop Approves Communion for Protestant Spouses in ‘Individual Cases’ – Catholic Herald

The Great Divide: From Civility to Civil War? – Paul Murano, Catholic Vote

Ubuntu – Eugene Tan, Ignitum Today

Pop Culture Role Models – Sean Morrisroe, Catholic Stand

Persecution of the Traditional Latin Mass – Shane Schaetzel, Catholics Are Christian

Pope Francis’ Paradox – Andrea Gagliarducci, Monday Vatican

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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