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Houston Priest Beaten After Gun Fails to Fire, Says Divine Intervention Saved His Life: “I Should Be Dead” – ChurchPOP +1

Ten Ideas for Catholics Teaching in Public Schools – Kerri Lynn Bishop at Catholic Stand +1

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Survey Finds That Encouragement Is Key To Foster Priestly Vocations – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

Peter Kreeft On Books & Music – Charlie McKinney at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Best Hymnal for the Liturgy of the Hours – Tom B. at tom’s digest

Alternatives For Catholics On Social Media – Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity

The Sign of the Cross: 15 Powerful Words – Janet Meyer at Catholic Stand

Icons from the Byzantine Museum in Athens – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Autistic Memory & Prayer – Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, L.C., at Through Catholic Lenses

Who is My Enemy? – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine

Why It’s Worse When Priests Sin – Mark A. McNeil at Catholic Answers Magazine

Ten Reasons For Tradition’s Appeal – Cream City Catholic

Why I’m Restoring My Pugin Cathedral To Its Former Glory – Bishop Davies of Shrewsbury at 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