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The Confusion About St. Joseph’s “Doubt” – Joseph Sciambra at Sons of St. Joseph +1

The Fruits Of Fatima – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand +1

Graham Leonard & Gavin Ashenden – Fr. John Hunwicke at Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

Growth Stages In Our Relationship With God – Deacon John Bacon at Catholic Stand

I Am Sorry, Mom – Kat Larson at Ignitum Today

Pray The Rosary At Christmas Time – Russell Shaw at Catholic Exchange

If Only She Had Been Allowed To Go To Woodstock – One Mad Mom

Tribunal Psychologist: “I Could Conceivably Make A Case For Any Marriage Being Null” – Leila Miller at LeilaMiller.net

The Possibly Dubious Liturgical Legacy Of Leonardo’s Last Supper – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at the New Liturgical Movement

The Church In Australia’s Plenary Council 2020 Is Generating “Mixed” Reactions – Lisa Bright at Catholic Outlook

Support For Fr. Joseph Illo, Fr. Z Rants About Denial Of Communion – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Three Wise Men: History Or Myth? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at The Stream

He Revealeth The Deep & Secret Things – Rod Dreher

The Best Spiritual Books Of 2019 – Francis Phillips at Catholic Herald

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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