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Catholic Teen Sexologists, Rumblings in the Diocese of Nashville - Kevin Aldrich, Catholic Stand

1962: Of Manners in Church, of the Vernacular, and of Vocations – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

Podcast on Catholic Exchange About the New Masters in Sacred Arts – David Clayton, Beauty of Catholicism

Why I Absolutely Love Saint Therese of Lisieux – Chloe Mooradian, epicPew

New Threats to Religious Liberty – Russell Shaw, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report

Crucified “Christa”: A Sign of Faith Lost; The Episcopal Church - Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture

Occupational Hazards of Catholic Liturgical Music as a Profession – Joel Morehouse, New Liturgical Movement

This 81-year-old Woman Got a ‘Don’t Euthanize Me’ Tattoo; Canada’s Culture of Death – Catholic News Agency

Pope Benedict is Still Misunderstood in Germany – Marie Meaney, Crisis Magazine

Pope Francis says Walk with Transgender Persons, but Fight Gender Theory – Inés San Martín, Crux

Norms, Abnormality, and False Liberation – James Kalb J.D., The Catholic World Report

Teen Girl’s Life, Death the Stuff from which Saints are Made – Fr. Jeffrey F. Kirby, Crux

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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