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The Time the Pope Was Elected by Accident, Who Killed Father Kunz. . . 20 Years Later, and More!

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The Crowning of Pope Gregory XI, A.D. 1371, a miniature from the Froissarts Chroniques
The Crowning of Pope Gregory XI, A.D. 1371, a miniature from the Froissarts Chroniques (photo: uCatholic)
Tito Edwards Blogs

The Time the Pope Was Elected by Accident – Billy Ryan, uCatholic

Who Killed Father Kunz. . . 20 Years Later – Fr. Z’s Blog

Can Our Prayers Affect the Past? – Tim Staples, Catholic Answers Magazine

The College of The Holy Cross (Massachusetts) Succumbs to Political Correctness – William Kilpatrick Ph.D., Crisis Magazine

What You Need to Know About Worse Than Murder Inc. – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

Why are Oxen Perched on the Cathedral of Laon? – Caroline Becker, Aleteia

Sex Education: Chipping Away at the Culture of Death – Birgit Jones, Catholic Stand

Killing the Bible Softly with Your Appeals – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Reasons for Relativism – J. Budziszewski Ph.D., Mercatornet

An Online Source for Ceramic Images & Hand-Carved Shrines – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

New Vestment Work: A Gothic Chasuble from Altarworthy – Shawn R. Tribe, Liturgical Arts Journal

The Sacramental Ecclesiology of St. Ignatius of Antioch & Joseph Ratzinger – Veronica A. Arntz, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Life Hidden in Mystery – Peter Darcy, Catholic Stand

Geriatric Spirituality – Cornelius F. Murphy Esq., Homiletic & Pastoral Review

The Seven Samurai & a Parkland Shooting Reflection – Dave Griffy, Daffey Thoughts

The West Must Grasp Religion if It is to Fight ISIS – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith Ph.D., Catholic Herald

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Tito Edwards

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal Catholic life, he reverted completely to his childhood faith that began on the eve of the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He publishes Big Pulpit, Catholic Stand, Ignitum Today, and The American Catholic.

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.

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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

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