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“Restless Heart”, Film Review – Brandon Vogt, BrandonVogt.com

Winning the Battle against Temptations – Maurice Blumberg, Catholic Lane

How To Be The Most Hated Person In A Room! by Fr. David Endres of the Courageous Priest blog – Big ulpit

Top Fifteen Female Saints Who Were Mystics – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

How Do We Know Jesus Wasn’t Married? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Internet Resources for Sacred Music and Musicians – Jeffrey Tucker, The Chant Café

Business and the Way of the Cross – James R. Rogers, First Things/On the Square

Meditation, Navigating the Interior Life Spiritual Dictionary - Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

The Little Flower, St. Therese of Lisieux, Made a Chasuble! – Fr. Z’s Blog

Three Reasons Why Jesus Would Be Rejected - Brent Stubbs, Ignitum Today

The Scriptural Roots of St. Augustine’s Spirituality – Stephen N. Filippo, Ignatius Insight Scoop

The Desires of Man – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, Crisis Magazine

St. Augustine of Hippo – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

On Medicare - J. D. Pierce, Traditium

No More Threats, Please! Let’s Try Logic: Same-Sex Marriage – Rick Fitzgibbons, MercatorNet

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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