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Cultural Realpolitik: The Homosexual Establishment - Matthew Schmitz, First Things+++

11 Patron Saints for Kids Heading Off to College – Cerith Gardiner, Aleteia

Questions for “Bible Christians” – Steve Ray, Defenders of the Catholic Faith

The Paramount Importance of Daily Prayer – David Torkington, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Quæritur: Faithful, Active Women Religious, Where To Go? – Fr. Z’s Blog

A Gender Studies Hoax – J. Budziszewski Ph.D., The Underground Thomist

Roe v. Wade has Brought Women Grief, It’s Time to Acknowledge It – Veronika Winkels, Mercatornet

The Power of Perseverance in Catholic Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

They Probably Don’t Even Have a Starbucks! – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

Irish Prime Minister Varadkar: I’ll Push Pope Francis on Accepting Same-Sex Families – Catholic Herald

McCarrick Watch: Up-to-Date News on the former-Cardinal McCarrick Homosexual Predation & Cover-Up Scandal - Big Pulpit

Patrick Coffin: Making Sense of the Office of the Holy See with Philip Lawler – Patrick Coffin, Catholic Stand

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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