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Youth Synod 2018
Youth Synod 2018 (photo: Paul Haring of CNS via The CWR)

A Deeper Look at the Final Synod Document Raises Questions about Sources, Analysis, Emphasis - Fr. Nicholas Gregoris Ma.L. Ma.D., The Catholic World Report+++

Promises Worth Sharing; A Book Review – Pete Socks, Catholic Stand

St. Teresa of Avila’s Horrifying Encounters with the Devil – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Robert Spencer & the Religion of Terror – Jeffrey Rubin, Crisis Magazine

New Abbey Church of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles – Shawn R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal

From White Supremacy to Black Power, to Islam, & then to Catholicism – Steve Ray, Catholics Defending the Faith

The Dark Flowers of Modernism – Carlos Caso-Rosendi

A Simple Case for the Papacy – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Eerie Messages from the Dead at the Museum of the Souls of Purgatory – Zelda Caldwell, Aleteia

Anti-Semitism & the Rise of Rage – R.R. Reno, First Things

Know Thyself Part IV: Love One Another – Christian Daru, Catholic Stand

New Daily Updates on the Sex Abuse Scandals & Cover-ups - Big Pulpit

Scandals, Saints, Vatican II, & Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Catholic Traditions & Treasures – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

A Reaction to a First Traditional Latin Mass – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Slow Death of Liberation Theology in Brazil – Silvio Simonetti, Acton Institute

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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