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Sins of Omission: The Abusive Pennsylvania Clergy Abuse Report  Paul Kengor, Ph.D., of Crisis Magazine +1

Do You Know Priests Who are Struggling, Under Attack? Terrific Movement: Seven Sisters Apostolate  Fr. Z's Blog +1

Catholic Harbor Seton’s Version of Facebook is 1-Year-Old  Seton Magazine

The Fate of Bitter Winter’s 45 Arrested Reporters  Marco Respinti of Bitter Winter

To Understand The Entire Bible, Begin At The Beginning  Guy McClung, Ph.D., J.D., of Catholic Stand

Pagans vs. Christians in the Modern World  Rachel Lu, Ph.D., of Public Discourse

“The Culture of Death,” The Suicide of the West*: Abortion, Infanticide, Euthanasia  Robert Kurland, Ph.D., of Catholic Stand

Don’t Believe the Flat (Earth) Myth, It’s Anti-Christian Bias Disguised as History  Michael Newton Keas of The Stream

5 Miraculous Springs That Have a History of Healing  Philip Kosloski of Aleteia

Toward the Light  Erin Cain of Ignitum Today

Are Your Hangups Holding Your Style Back?  Meghan Ashley Styling

The Future Of St. Blockbuster’s Parish  Rod Dreher of The American. . .

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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