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Saint’s Book on Virtue was Read Each Day by Monks in Middle Ages – Spiritual Life, Catholic Herald

10 Ways for Men to Increase Work & Family Balance – Kevin Lowry, Integrated Catholic Life™

A Failed Bishop by Daria Sockey of the Coffee & Canticles blog – Big ulpit

Why Does God Allow Misfortune to Fall on Us? – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Top 5 NFP Websites – Katie Merando, OSV Newsweekly

The Impact of Porn: Through Statistics – Marcel LeJeune, Aggie Catholics

The Road to Rome: Why Not Lutheranism? – Jason Liske, Catholic Lane

Choosing Your Religion & Other Silly Tales – CatholiChris, Team Orthodoxy

Catholic Health Share Plan Offers Alternative to Contraception Mandate – Michelle Bauman, EWTN News

You Can’t Vote for this Man & Call Yourself a Catholic – Django, Catholics Stand Up & Fight

Love-Thy-Neighbor Hospitality – Katie, The Catholic Wife

Compassion vs. CARE: A Defense of Catholic Relief Services – Brandon Vogt, BrandonVogt.com

Msgr. Lynn Sentenced, But Was Justice Satisfied? [Updated] – Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

Self-Reflective Post on Ten Years of Blogging – Jeff Miller, The Curt Jester

Contraception in the U.S.: A Short History – John B. Buescher, Catholic World Report

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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