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Requirements of Conjugal Love: Blueprinting for a Lasting Marriage in Christ Paul Chutikorn at Homiletic & Pastoral Review +1

“Get Uncomfortable”: 3 Inspiring Ways Catholics Can Effectively Evangelize  Simone Rizkallah at ChurchPOP

The Role of Sacred Music in Catholic Education  Jennifer Donelson at New Liturgical Movement

God’s Trunk Show: An Apologia for Glorious, Priestly Vestments  Fr. Michael Rennier at Adoremus

Altarworthy & Jasper Artisans Guild Vestment Collaboration  Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

City Votes to Make Itself a “Sanctuary City” for Unborn Babies  Micaiah Bilger at Life News

The Theology of Stepfatherhood David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info

Our Diaconal Call: Accompanying Families Through Miscarriage or Stillbirth Deacon Gerard-Marie Anthony & Dr. Sabine Heisman at Catholic Stand

Cardinal Danneels, Euthanizer Of Belgian Catholicism  Rod Dreher

6 Rules Of Minimalism According To The Saints  Maria Paola Daud at Aleteia

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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