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Downton Abbey May Not ‘Do God’ But It Certainly Does Anti-Catholicism by Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith of Catholic Herald Magazine - Big Pulpit

New Website Helps Students Find Authentic Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame – Justin Petrisek, Catholic Education Daily

Christian Relationships and the Communion of Saints – Stephanie H. To, Catholic Stand

Psychological Science and the Evaluation of Nullity – Rick Fitzgibbons, The Catholic Thing

The Gift of Encouragement – Lianna Mueller, Ignitum Today

U.S. Embassy in Rome Warns U.S. Citizens about Potential for Terrorist Attacks – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Unreality Is Not New, Alas – Anthony Esolen Ph.D., The Catholic Thing

Today Palmyra, Tomorrow the Parthenon – Rev Patrick G. Burke, Paddy

Order of Malta First Aiders Attended Scene of Deadliest Paris Attack – Staff Reporter, Catholic Herald Magazine

Don Pelayo Starts the Reconquest – Brother André Marie, Catholicism.org

The ‘Long Lent’ of Sex Abuse Survivors and the Road to Recovery – John Burger, Aleteia

Christian Belief Cost Former Atlanta Fire Chief, Kelvin Cochran, His Job – Jason L. Riley, The Wall Street Journal

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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