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Book Review: Thirsting for Prayer – Stuart Dunn, Stuart’s Study

Immigrant Children: Refugees From Failed States – Fr. James Melnick, Catholic Stand

Middle Eastern Christians Face Calamity – Richard L. Russell, Crisis Magazine

The World Ended 100 Years Ago Today by Jason Jones & John Zmirak - BigPulpit.com

The Flight from Iraq – David Warren, The Catholic Thing

Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind – J. R. Baldwin, Ignitum Today

When They Set Fire to Our Monasteries – Philip Jenkins, Aleteia

Buckle Up! Riding the Marriage Roller Coaster – Joel & Lisa Schmidt, Catholic Stand

Conquest, Desecration and Phony History – Steve Weidenkopf, Catholic Answers

No More Silence About Extermination of Christians! – Fr. Martin Fox, Bonfire of the Vanities

Meriam Igrahim Arrives in Italy – The Way Out There

Meriam Ibrahim: Icon of Worldwide Christian Suffering – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Aleteia

Catholic Charity and the Modern World – Maureen Williamson, The Intelligent Catholic's Guide

Why Catholicism’s Credibility Survived the Great War – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, The Catholic Herald

The Church and World War I: Echoes of the Great War – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

How the Peace Pope Almost Ended the First World War – Philip Jenkins, Aleteia

Pope Francis: The Eucharist and Renewing Our Hearts – Catholic Lane

Can there be Mortal Sin in Voting? – Howard Kainz PhD, The Catholic Thing

Seven Steps to Beat Pornography – Fr. Matthew Schneider, Project YM

Humanity of the Comatose Denied by Inhumanity of Euthanasia – Mark Davis Pickup, Catholic Lane

Why Don’t Bishops Wear Cassocks? – Fr. Z’s Blog

St. John XXIII Say No Clapping In Church, So Stop It! (video) – Fr. Z's Blog

The Next “Hobby Lobby”: Mandating IVF Coverage – John M. Grondelski, 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