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Why Middle East Christians Feel Betrayed by the West – Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency

Legendary Dish Gives Catholics Extra Motive to Help on Quake Relief – John L. Allen Jr., Crux

A Tsunami of Mercy – Jonathan B. Coe, Crisis Magazine

Lectio Divina and the Facebook Newsfeed – Brother Michael Baggot, First Things

Meeting Point Sex Education Program Not Ready for Catholic Schools – The Cardinal Newman Society

52 Great Movies For Catholic Family Viewing – Neal J. Conway, Faith and Culture without the Baloney

Coming Soon: A Meeting between Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury – Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency

Lone Convert from Bhutan became Priest Thanks to Mother Teresa – Fr. Kinley Tshering, Crux

Poverty, Politics, and the Church in Pope Francis’s Argentina – Samuel Gregg D.Phil., The Catholic World Report

A Byzantine Combination Breviary and Hand-Missal – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

An Apology for Catholics of the Past: Pope Francis and His Apologies – Timothy J. Williams Ph.D., Crisis Magazine

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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