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Our New ‘Catholic Cultural Revolution’s Red Guard; Their Cadres and Their Tactics - Fr. Z’s Blog

Taking Back Sundays for the Sake of “Holy Leisure” – Jean Elizabeth Seah, Aleteia

6 Saintly Warriors to Celebrate on All Hallows Eve – Laura Hensley, epicPew

Who Are the Christianophobes? – Ben Butera, The American Catholic

Facts About the Devil from an Exorcist – Charlie McKinney, Catholic Spiritual Direction

I’ve Been Witnessing Intergenerational Joy, and It’s Changing Me – Jim Schroeder, Aleteia

Churches Attacked in Australian ‘Same-sex Marriage’ Vote – Catholic Herald

Let Prayer Be Your Air – Gabriel Garnica, Catholic Stand

Polish Bishops’ Conference: Accompany the Remarried, but No Communion – Catholic Herald

Exclusive: How to Follow Your Vocation (and Go on Holiday) – Brice Sokolowski, Catholic Fundraiser

We Strongly Support Rubio-Lee Plan to Double Child Tax Credit – Brian Burch, Catholic Vote

Martin Luther Would be Horrified by the World He Forged – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput O.F.M. Cap., Catholic Herald

New Sacred Music: Recordings and Remarks – Peter A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Liturgical Movement

Cardinal Burke’s Smashing Buckfast Abbey Talk on Message of Fatima – Fr. Z’s Blog

On St. Ignatius of Antioch and the Early Church – Leroy Huizenga Ph.D., The Catholic World Report

Pope Francis Appoints a New Bishop to Archdiocese of Tokyo, Japan – Vatican Radio

Venerable Maria Llorença Llong, Capuchin Poor Clares Founder – Brian O’Neel, The Catholic World Report

Why No One Should Be Shocked By Hollywood Sex Scandals – Fr. Bill Peckman, ChurchPop

More About Indefectibility – Wherein Fr. Z Rants About Popes, Councils, Priests – Fr. Z’s Blog

Bishop Kräutler Hopes Amazon Synod Leads to Married Priests and Deaconesses – La Croix

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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