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Don't 'Rebuild' Your Parish, Restore It by Brian Williams of One Peter 5 - BigPulpit.com

Take Action: Stop ISIS & Genocide in Iraq, Help those Persecuted – Boston Catholic Insider

A God-Centered Romance – Cristina Montes, Ignitum Today

Mission Families Experience Faith in Action – Marge Fenelon, OSV Newsweekly

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Losing the Labels: Let’s be Catholic Again – Steve Skojec, One Peter 5

Jefferson Davis & Pio Nono – Donald R. McClarey JD, Catholic Stand

Pope Francis Names Two Americans to Sex Abuse Reform Panel – John L. Allen Jr., Crux

The Christian Worldview Is Necessary for Science – Stacy Trasancos PhD

The Saint Who Came From a Family of Martyrs – Conor Gaffey, The Catholic Herald

Tuna Melts, Meaning & Marriage – Cynthia Millen, Catholic Stand

True Contemplation & Its Counterfeit – David Torkington

What’s Hidden in the Vatican Secret Archives? – Michael O’Loughlin, Crux

Who are the “Regular Catholic Heroes” Among Us? – Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™

Inch by Inch: The Beatitudes as a Staircase of Conversion – The Coming Home Network International

Seven Church Fathers on Profound Insight of Mary as the New Eve – ChurchPOP

Mafia Boss Threatens Anti-Mob Activist Priest – Judith Harris, The Catholic Herald

How to Use Lord’s Prayer as Spiritual Weapon – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

How Florences Medieval Builders Built Worlds Biggest Dome – Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace

Unforgettable United Flight 93 – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Fight for Religious Liberty Relies on an Engaged Catholic Faithful – Gretchen R. Crowe, OSV Newsweekly

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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