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Meet A Little-Known Saint Who Helped Other Saints Become Holy – Deacon Omar Gutierrez at Catholic Spiritual Direction +1

An Entire Church Converts: He Brought 54 Converts with Him: Episcopal to Anglican Ordinariate of the Catholic Church - California Catholic Daily +1

The Devil Wears SJ; The Jesuit Superior General: The Devil Is A Symbol, Not A Person – Fr. Z’s Blog

When Catholics Fight Back – Casey Chalk at Crisis Magazine

Bias in Bible Translations – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith

Assumptions on the Assumption by Sister Carolyn – One Mad Mom

Stop The Negative Voices: Spiritual Direction & Prayer – Kendra Von Esh at Catholic Stand

Amazon Streaming Service Reveals “Fellowship” Of Creators For New ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Series – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Can The Pill Really Cause an Abortion? 5 Truths Every Woman Should Know About This Contraceptive – ChurchPOP

Is Mary’s Queenship Biblical? – Edward Sri at Catholic Answers Magazine

The Holy Lance: A Lesser Known Relic of Jesus Christ – Billy Ryan at uCatholic

Introducing Ars Comacina – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

The Early Church’s Contribution to Marriage – Fr. Joshua Neu at Catholic East Texas

Obstacles To Evangelizing In The Modern Age – Jonathan Rummelsburg at Integrated Catholic Life

When Politics Reshapes the Culture – Hadley Arkes, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing

The Morality of Mind Control – Christopher Reilly at Catholic Stand

The Australian Disgrace – George Weigel at First Things

4 Companies That Have ‘Hidden’ Bible Verses On Their Products – Billy Hallowell at Pure Flix

Scholars Discover John Locke Manuscript Arguing For The Toleration Of Catholics – Kimberly Uslin at St. John’s College

Why Muslims Love Mary – Jayson Casper at Christianity Today

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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