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The Model Priest for a Church in Crisis – Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas at Crisis Magazine +1

“James Led The Council!” – Karlo Broussard at Catholic Answers Magazine +1

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament Via Adorecast – Team Catholify

Popular & Orthodox Catholic Blogger “SuperTradMum” (Marie Dean): R.I.P. – Fr. Z’s Blog

A Look At 21st Century Discernment To The Religious Life – Brian Fraga at Our Sunday Visitor

How To Begin Praying & Meditating – Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., at Catholic Exchange

Practicing Acceptance & Seeing Burdens As Blessings – Randy Hain at Integrated Catholic Life

St. Therese Of Lisieux’s Way of Abandonment & Peace – Fr. Joel Guibert at Catholic Exchange

The Transformative Power of Pain – Christian Daru at Catholic Stand

How To Pray In Mystical Contemplation – David Torkington at Catholic Spiritual Direction

We Can Grow Old Gracefully in Christ – Alan Scott at Catholic Exchange

How Silence Can Radically Change Your Spiritual Life – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Fighting The Good Fight – Richard Van Kirk at Catholic Stand

The Essence Of Prayer–Gently Trying – David Torkington at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Pray This Novena & St. Therese Might Send You A Rose From Heaven – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

From Naaman to Newman – Fr. Hugh Somerville-Knapman, O.S.B., Dominus Mihi Adjutor

Reflection on the “Our Father” – Cecily Lowe at Catholic Stand

Tracking The Journey Of The Holy Sponge That Gave Christ His Last Sip Of Wine – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

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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