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Assimilation has been the Preferred Strategy of Catholic Leadership in America Since the Days of John Carroll, but Should It Always Be? There Is Good Reason to Think It Shouldn’t - Russell Shaw, The Catholic World Report

One Bishop’s Bold Move to Restore the Sacred – Liturgy Guy

Science and the Evidence for God – Nicene Guy, Ignitum Today

The Chastity, Mercy, and Love of Saint Maria Goretti - Birgit Jones, Catholic Stand

9 Eye-Opening Books that Flannery O’Connor Wants You to Read – Stephen Mirarchi, epicPew

Fortnight For Freedom: Archbishop John Ireland on Patriotism – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

An Inexpensive Pilgrimage? – Dan Byron, Catholic Stand

Kimberly Hahn: Wife, Mother, Author, and Local Politician – Jim Graves, The Catholic World Report

Maronite Bishops: ‘Christian Presence in Middle East Must be Preserved’ – Catholic Herald

Five Amazingly Introverted Saints and Why They’re Important – Brooke Gregory, epicPew

The Matter Is Decided Britain Is Leaving, So What Happens Now? – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald

Should Christians Fly the Rainbow Flag in Solidarity with the Orlando Victims? – Trent Horn, Catholic Answers

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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