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App Full of Saint Names for Expecting Parents – Joshua Mercer, Catholic Vote

Science Si! Scientism No! – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Pray for Father Araujo - Austin Ruse, First Things/First Thoughts

Distributism and the Local Organic Food Movement – Kevin Ford, The Distributist Review

Fatherhood Begins at Conception – J. C. Sanders, Ignitum Today

A Friend Asks, “Where is the Papacy in the Bible?” – PДTЯICK VДNDДPOOL.com

Olivier Messiaen and the Language of Love – Michael E. Lawrence, The Chant Café

On Philosophical Eros – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The Catholic Thing

Why Did Vatican II Ignore Communism? – Edward Pentin, Catholic World Report

Why is the U. K. and U. S. Church Leadership Failing? Because of Bishops’ Conferences? – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Carpatho-Rusyn Christmas – John J. Righetti, Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural Center

Not Your Mother: An Autopsy on The Testament of Mary – Mark P. Shea, Catholic World Report

Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI Sinned Against the Holy Spirit? – Fr. Z's Blog

The Catholic University of America Rejects Gay Student Organization – Matthew Archbold, The CNS Blog

Meet Emmanuel: Artist, Autodidact, Papa, Catholic – Priest's Wife, Fear Not Little Flock

The Poisonous Candy: Emergency Contraception for Kids – Judie Brown, Catholic Lane

When Mortality Suddenly Becomes Very Real – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Byzantine Christianity is a Catholic Gospel for All the Nations – Southern Byzantine

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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