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“Don’t Be Afraid of Confession. . .Feelings Don’t Determine Forgiveness,” Parish Priest Encourages  ChurchPOP +1

Well-Respected Australian Journalist (& Atheist): George Cardinal Pell Was Falsely Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Two Boys  Ben Graham of News Corp Australia+1

I Stand With Cardinal Pell  Mark Lambert of De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

Try Giving Up Worry; Off the Shelf 113 with Gary Zimak  Pete Socks of Catholic Stand

What Does the Bible Teach About Fasting?  Deacon Michael Bickerstaff of Integrated Catholic Life™

Should a Catholic Participate in Carnival?  Philip Kosloski of Aleteia

Fr. Thomas Rosica’s Long Term, Large Scale Blatant Plagiarism is a Problem Which Extends Right to the Top of the Church  Fr. Dwight Longenecker

A Good Video About the Pontifical Swiss Guard  Fr. Z's Blog

The C-Section  Ryan Kraeger of Ignitum Today

Employing Reason to Be Happy: Peace in the Present Moment  Suellen Brewster of Catholic Stand

The Catholic Problem with Ocasio-Cortez’s Children Question  Katie Yoder of Catholic Vote

Bishops Rebuke Catholic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia for Voting for Infanticide: “Appalling” Lack of “Basic Human Decency”  Lauretta Brown of Life News

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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