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Demon Leaving the Confessional
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That Time a Demon Invaded the Confessional, & a Porn Addict was Released - Stephen Mirarchi, epicPew+++

Confessions of a Former Freemason Turned Catholic Convert – David L. Gray, DavidLGray.info

Here’s What Happened When Matt Fradd Gave Up the Internet for One Month – ChurchPOP

The Church in Northeastern India Has Grown in Surprising Ways – John Burger, Aleteia

Powerful Pieta – Kat Larson, Ignitum Today

Perhaps No One Shows Better the Faith-Science Alliance Than St. Albert the Great – Nicholas Senz, Aleteia

Breaking Law Once Hardly Justifies Breaking It Twice – Edward N. Peters J.C.D. J.D., In the Light of the Law

New Yorkers Using Collection Basket to Ask Bishop Malone to Resign – Mark Lambert, De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

Another $5M Sought for the Renovation of Christ Cathedral – California Catholic Daily

Fr. James Martin Shovels Scandalous Rubbish to Justify Sin - Fr. Z’s Blog

More New Reports on the Sex Abuse Scandals & Cover-ups - Big Pulpit

Poor Old Thing, Stephen Hawking’s Quest for Immortality – Fr. John Hunwicke, Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

I Would Rather Be Cleaned – Janet Meyer, Catholic Stand

Human Dignity in the Public Square – Michael Cook, Mercatornet

The Sexual State & the Origins of Elite Ideology – Rob Marco, Catholic Stand

Are You a Schismatic If You Disagree with the Pope (e.g., Cardinal Burke)? – Steve Ray, Defenders of the Catholic Faith

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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