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Padre Pio’s Letter to Pope Paul VI on Humanæ Vitæ - Fr. Gordon J. MacRae, These Stone Walls+++

Archaeological Evidence May Support Jonah’s Whale – J.P. Mauro, Aleteia

Google is Giving $10,000 a Month to Catholic Non-Profits & Charities – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

How Do You Know There’s a God? – Nathalie Fernandez, Ignitum Today

Why Don’t Catholics Read The Bible? – uCatholic

Priest’s Letter Canceling Netflix Due to “Salute to Abortion” Goes Viral – ChurchPOP

6 Promises Of God Every Christian Should Know – Becky Roach, Catholic Link

The Significance of These Biblical Numbers Will Blow Your Mind – Chloe Langr, epicPew

A Prayer Against Depression, by St. Ignatius Loyola – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Boosting Films That Foster a Culture of Life – John Zmirak Ph.D.

Humanae Vitae: An Unwelcomed Anniversary in the West – Fr. Basil Cole O.P., Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Mortal or Not, Sin Always Causes Harm – Msgr. Charles Pope, Community in Mission

Humanae Vitae for Millennials & the Whole World – Michele Chronister, Catholic Exchange

An Icon of the Prophet Elijah – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

The Saint Who Understood the Importance of Fashion! – Meghan Ashley Styling

Benedictine Brick by Benedictine Brick – Fr. Z’s Blog

What’s In a Name? Why I Call Myself Pro-Life – Carly Hoilman, Catholic Vote

Eternal Truths & “Pastoral” Changes – Eduardo J. Echeverria, The Catholic Thing

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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