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Are These the True Faces of Saint Peter & Saint Paul? - Jesús Colina, Aleteia+++

A New Book On Discerning Your Personal Vocation & How to Make It Happen – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

Daily Mass Attendance: Is There an Upward Trend? – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Celibacy Does Not Cause Clergy Scandals – Jason Craig, Those Catholic Men

Cardinal Nichols: ‘The Church Must Not Try to Hide Major Failings’ – Catholic Herald

Why Email is the Hottest Trend in Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

7 Ways You Can Support the Pro-Life Movement in a Culture of Death – Emily Shaw, Catholic Link

Beyond the Stripes: 5 Style Insights from Living 5 Months in France – Meghan Ashley Styling on Fashion for Catholics

Stay-at-Home Moms & Depression: Four Things to Know – Gregory Popcak M.D., Catholic Exchange

Are These The Actual Footprints of Jesus Christ? – Billy Ryan, uCatholic

Fr. Tom Reese Wants You To Vote Pro-Abortion – Fr. Z’s Blog

Artificial Birth Control, Sexual Revolution, & Modern Collapse of Morality – Scott Pauline, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

3 Problems Surrounding American Catholic Youth Ministry – Theresa Williams, epicPew

Cardinal Müller: We are Experiencing Conversion to the World, Instead of to God – The Catholic World Report

Canadian Bishops: Marijuana Use is Sinful, Despite Legalization – Deborah Gyapong, Catholic Herald

The Vatican & Red China’s Unceasing Negotiations – Sandro Magister, Settimo Cielo

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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