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Teaching the Real Presence Without Words – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy

10 Great Books for Lent That You Won’t Find on Other Lists – Vicki Burbach, The Pelican's Breast

An Encounter with the Forearm of St. Francis Xavier – Patrick Malone, Catholic Stand

Vatican: Pray for Justin Trudeau’s Conversion Over Abortion Policy – Catholic Herald

The Work of the Sacristan – Karen Reep, Catholic Stand

Going Pro with Your Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Jordan Peterson: Fix Yourself – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

An Armenian Bishop “Ordains” a Deaconette – Fr. Z’s Blog

Professor Fastiggi’s Pretzel Logic – Edward Feser Ph.D.

Tag Yourself: Church Architecture Edition 2.0! – Rick Yoder, The Amish Catholic

Climate Trumps the Unborn – Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine

In Defense of Indoctrination – Trent Horn, Catholic Answers Magazine

The Russian Orthodox Church, Big Maneuvers on the Moscow-Kiev Axis – Gianni Valente, Vatican Insider via La Stampa

Postliberal Theology – R.R. Reno, First Things

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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