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The Importance of Personal Influence in Teaching the Faith – Veronica Arntz, Truth and Charity Forum

Fulfillment in the Wifely Vocation – Stephanie Gordon, Catholic Answers

The Greatest 20th Century Catholic Novels - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

The Catholic Response to Feel-Good Religion – Jonathan B. Coe, Crisis Magazine

Heaven Isn’t Earned but Hell Is: Salvation – Karl Keating, Catholic Answers

St. John Chrysostom: The Family as Micro-Church – Steven Meyer S.T.D., Truth and Charity Forum

How the Devil Deceives Us – Ray Sullivan, Catholic Stand

10 Times Bishops Reminded Catholic Politicians Teachings on Life, Marriage, and Family – Justin McClain, epicPew

On Praise (to God, Is It Needed or Necessary?) – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., The Catholic Thing

Padre Pio Shows the Church can be Democratic After All – John L. Allen Jr., Crux

Critics Find Dodgy Ethics in ‘Three-Parent Baby’ Conception – Catholic News Agency

Real-Life Exorcist Says Holiness Counts More Than Using Latin – Mary Reza, Catholic News Agency via Crux

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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