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Permanent Assignments for Parish Priests Long Overdue – Richard Becker, Crisis Magazine

Praise for a Catholic Guide to Mindfulness – Claire Dwyer, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Hollywood, Media Applaud Netflix for Showing ‘Both Sides’ of Abortion, It Doesn’t – Katie Yoder, Catholic Vote

The Oldest Wooden Church in the World is in England – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia

Comparison: Roman Missal, Missale Romanum, & Divine Worship – Foster Lerner D.O. Ph.D., The Anglicanorum Coetibus Society

Keeping Alive the Art of Stonemasonry & England’s Cathedrals – J.P. Mauro, Aleteia

The Sex Scandals, Cover-ups, & Pope Francis - Big Pulpit

Voters in Nevada have a Chance to Make Prostitution Illegal Again – John Burger, Aleteia

Blood Test to Reveal Baby’s Sex Leading to Abortions – Micaiah Bilger

Vice & Fire – Peter Hitchens, First Things

China’s War on Christianity – Benedict Rogers, Catholic Herald

Vatican I, Pius IX, & the Problem of Ultramontanism – Adam A.J. DeVille Ph.D., The Catholic World Report

The Power of the Pope – Margaret Somerville, Mercatornet

Episcopalis Communio: What Does Pope’s New Document Mean for The Church? – Christopher Altieri, Catholic Herald

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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