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Oscar Wilde: “Gay” Icon or “Homophobe”? – Joseph Pearce++

How Netflix’s “Sabrina” Mocks Christianity, Glorifies Witchcraft & The Demonic – ChurchPOP

Advent Activities to Build Family Traditions & Faith – Mary Ellen Barrett, Seton Magazine

Catholic Art Saved the Faith, Here’s Why & How – Laura Hensley, epicPew

Did a Giant Virgin Mary Statue Float Down a Flooded Street in Viral Video? – ChurchPOP

Seven Ways Devotion to Saints Makes a Difference – Peter Kreeft Ph.D., Integrated Catholic Life™

Cardinal Tobin Still Doesn’t Get It – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture++

Some Tough-Minded Questions for Tenderhearted Seamless Garment Pro-Lifers – John Zmirak Ph.D., The Stream+

Homilies on Hot Topics –  Howard Kainz Ph.D., The Catholic Thing

Religious Freedom vs. Religious Feelings – William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine

Five Biblical Lists of Mortal Sins – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission+

Previewing the New Constitution for the Roman Curia – James Hardley, Rome Reports

American Eugenics is Targeting Down Syndrome Kids – Christopher M. Reilly, Mercatornet

Elvis Sings “The Miracle of the Rosary” – Ryan Scheel, uCatholic

Discos in the Vatican? The Church Can Do Better Than This – Fr. Dominic Allain, Catholic Herald+

Google Is Watching You – K.V. Turley, Crisis Magazine++

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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