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Sola Fide, 500 Years Later – How Wide is the Divide? – Felix Whelan, Catholic Stand

Ite! The Necessity of Discipline – Jason Craig, The Catholic Gentleman

What Catholics Should Bear in Mind about Immigration – David O’Mahony, Catholic Herald

The Catholic Church Can’t Change Teaching on Capital Punishment – Edward Feser, Ph.D., and Joseph M. Bessette, Ph.D., Crisis Magazine

“Pope vs. Hitler”: a Review and a Plea – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing

Did You Know There Are Proverbs That Didn’t Make It Into The Bible? – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew

Georgetown University Is Right to Face Up to Its History of Slavery, But Not Like This – David Cowen, Catholic Herald

Completing the Gothic Aesthetic of a Parish Church – Peter Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Liturgical Movement

A Suicide in Brooklyn Raises Questions about Parochial Education - Gerard T. Mundy, Crisis Magazine

Time for Catholics to Reconsider Islam and the “Prophet” Muhammad? – William Kilpatrick Ph.D., The Catholic World Report

Evie Help! – Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today

The Enemies of Life – Mitchell Kalpakgian Ph.D., Truth and Charity Forum

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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