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Mallersdorf Abbey Producing Beer Since 12th Century; Master Brewer Sister Doris – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia

Catholic Sociobiology: Was There an Adam and Eve? – David Pence M.D., Anthropology of Accord

Learning, Dialogue, and the Responsibility of the Listener – Francis J. Beckwith Ph.D., The Catholic Thing

Father Marvin R. O’Connell, Requiescat in Pace – Bradley J. Birzer, The Dispatch

The Time I Dreamed of Blessed Mother Teresa – Rich Lamm, epicPew

Join the Angels and Children in The Cosmic Dance – Melanie Jean Juneau, Catholic Stand

The Atlantic Covers Ben-Hur Flop and the Epic Quest to Sell Christian Films – Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

David Craig’s Verse Is a Poetry of What Robert Lowell, that Most Refined, or  . . . – Jame Matthew Wilson, The Catholic World Report

Expert Says Mother Teresa Did Ordinary Things Extraordinarily Well – Inés San Martín, Crux

Hello, My Name Is Mother Teresa, I Just Wanted to Give You My Card’ – Kate Veik, Catholic News Agency

The Dark Side of Dolphins – Ben, Two Catholic Men and a Blog

Why Catholics Should be Alarmed about the Rise of the Religious ‘Nones’ - Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency

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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