Why Did JP2 Say This Prayer Every Day; Tocqueville, Subsidiarity, and Clericalism; and More Links!

The Best in Catholic Blogging

Why Did John Paul II Say This Prayer Every Day? - Billy Ryan, uCatholic+1

Should Priests Accused of Abuse be Denied Public Funerals? – California Catholic Daily

Shandong Authorities Target Christian Students at Universities – Jiang Tao, Bitter Winter

Have Scientists Given Up Trying to Explain Transgender? – Michael Cook, Mercatornet

ACN: Almost 300 Million Christians Persecuted in 21 Countries – Robin Gomes, Vatican News

Cambodia, Genocide, & the Beijing Connection – Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter

The Ugliness of Catholic #MeToo – Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine+3

Alexis de Tocqueville, Subsidiarity, & Clericalism – Fr. Charles Klamut, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Why Do You Doubt? – Carol Monaco, Catholic Stand

Déjà Vu All Over Again? – Fr. Dennis Garrou, The Catholic Thing

Stop Weaponizing The Priest Abuse Crisis Against Catholic Theology – Matthew Petrusek

“Ancient Baptists” & Other Myths – Fr. Hugh Barbour O.Praem., Defenders of the Catholic Faith

Australians Should Be Wary of Amending Religious Discrimination Laws – Greg Walsh, Mercatornet

Baptize in the Name of . . . Who? – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers Magazine

Cardinal Müller Seeks to Thread the Needle, But Misses the Canonical Mark – Christopher R. Altieri, The Catholic World Report

Hardened Sinners? Perhaps More Than You Think – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture

New Book Clarifies Beliefs & Corrects Misunderstandings about the Papacy – CWR Staff, The Catholic World Report

Pope Francis & the Devil: Misreading the Signs of the Times – William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine+4

For the Most Recent in 'The Best in Catholic Blogging' click on  Big Pulpit .

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