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In Celebration of the Feminine Genius - Emily Stimpson, OSV Newsweekly

Is Your Parish Struggling? Here is an Idea that may Help - Fr. Z's Blog

Answering Same-Sex Marriage Advocates, Defending Marriage - The Pulpit

Biblical Proof that Mary (& Joseph) made a Vow of Virginity - Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

"Digital Gluttony" - Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice

Bullying the Bishop - Matt Bowman, Catholic Vote

Christ the Gentleman - Fr. George W. Rutler, Crisis Magazine

The Lost Papers of Vatican II - Sandro Magister, La Repubblica/Chiesa

Nobody has ever Died from Not having Sex - The Crescat, Patheos/The Crescat

"Catholic" Melinda Gates Funds Billion Dollar Contraceptive Push - Michael Cullinan Hoffman, LifeSiteNews

New Artifacts Illuminate Design of Solomon’s Temple - Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

Cardinal Burke Leads Pilgrimage of Santa Maria di Leuca - Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Giving Ourselves Over to God (The Suscipe Prayer) - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Geographical Travels of Feast of the Immaculate Conception - Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

New York Times Editorial Calls for the Catholic Church to be Bankrupted - The Media Report

Church: Great Place to Study - Fr. Joe, Southern Fried Catholicism

Advocating Same-Sex Marriage: Consistency Is Another Victim - Matthew J. Franck, Public Discourse

Breast-Beating During the Confiteor: Once or Thrice? - Fr. Edward McNamara LC, Zenit

Incredible Shrinking Protestant Churches - New Oxford Review

The Muslim-Catholic Forum: Can You Name the Animals? - Robert Reilly, The Catholic Thing

Catholic Health Care in Jeopardy - Steven W. Mosher, Catholic Lane

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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