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Blasphemy Tests the Limits of Tolerance at the Catholic College of the Holy Cross – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Astronomer Saints Who Wed Science & Faith Together – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

What St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Can Teach Us On Loving the Eucharist – Fr. Ed Looney, Catholic Exchange

Secular Superficiality vs. the Rootedness of Culture – Anthony M. Esolen Ph.D., Crisis Magazine

“Roe v. Wade” Derangement Syndrome – George Weigel, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report

A New Era for American Catholicism – Tim Stanley, Catholic Herald

But I Don’t Work at an Office! – Meghan Ashley Sabo, Meghan Ashley

Hundreds of Priests Study Exorcisms at the Vatican – Chloe Langr, epicPew

Catholicism, Fundraising, Book Launches, & Overcoming Struggles - Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

The Christians Who Resisted Hitler – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Philosopher Seeks Proof of Late Wife’s Soul – & Is Led to Catholicism! – ChurchPop

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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