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Social Justice, Francis, Benedict, Misrepresentation - Jacob Tawney, The American Catholic

32% of Americans want Christian Constitutional Amendment - John Fea, First Things/First Thoughts

The Heroic Minute – Lauren Meyers, Ignitum Today

Chora Church, Istanbul – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Conquering the World from a Cross – Emmanuel Joseph, Catholic Stand

The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Second Album from The Benedictines of Mary - Adam Bartlett, The Chant Café

Sacrifice Necessary for Christian Life, Pope Teaches – EWTN News

Learning How to be Pro-Life in the Philippines – Susanna De A., Family Missions Company

Catholic Education vs. the Modern University – Dr. David Pence

Unitarians To Polyamorists: Shut Up! – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Los Gatos - Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The Catholic Thing

A Covenant Against Porn - Catholic Lane

On Language and Reality: A Reply to a Catholic Blogger. . . – Jacob Tawney, Roma Locuta Est

Will California Classify Pedophilia as a Sexual Orientation – Fr. Z's Blog

The “Holy Trinity”: John Paul II, Reagan, Thatcher - Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

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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