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What Does Pope Francis’ Letter to Cardinal Sarah Really Say? - Fr. Z’s Blog

St. John Paul II was a Sublime Visionary but had an Achilles Heel – Fr. George Rutler, Catholic Herald

Do You Have Same-sex Attraction? Talk to Your Father – Anthony Esolen Ph.D., Crisis Magazine

James Martin, Massimo Faggioli, and Hater’s Hate – Fr. Z’s Blog

Who Are We?  Anglicans?  Ordinariaites?  Anglo-Catholics? . . . – Deborah Gyapong, Anglican Cœtibus Society Blog

The Vicar on the Anglican Ordinariate – Fr. Humphrey Blytherington via Fr. Dwight Longenecker Blog

Pope Francis (and the Vatican) Rethink Europe – Andrea Gagliarducci, Monday Vatican

Poor in Spirit or a Poverty Spirit – Ken Kniepman, Catholic Stand

The Lost Condemnation of Communism – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

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

Lunacy in Lyon – Fr. Z’s Blog

As We Enter Heaven, We’ll Be Greeted by Grateful Souls We Prayed for in Purgatory – Fr. Richard Heilman, Roman Catholic Man

At University, It’s Risky to ‘Come Out’ as Christian - Madeleine Kearns, Catholic Herald

Pope Benedict XVI the Prophet – Shane Schaetzel, Catholic in the Ozarks

Catholic Attitude Towards Abortion: Go and Sin No More – Cynthia Millen, Catholic Stand

Quote for the Day: St. Augustine – Bob Kurland Ph.D., The American Catholic

Purgatory Is Not an Insult – Sarah Greydanus, Catholic Stand

Is Mary Praying the Rosary to Herself? – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Same Kind of Different As Me (Film Review): The Healing Power of Forgiveness – Patti M. Armstrong, Catholic Lane

On “Conservative Catholics” and the Papacy – Edward N. Peters J.C.D. J.D., The Catholic World Report

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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