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Martyrdom in Pakistan - George Weigel, Archdiocese of Denver

Prayers for East Africa - Sr. Lisa Marie Doty FDCC, Nunspeak

The 12 Most Important Things to Know about Angels - Dr. Peter Kreeft, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Self-Defeating Concessions - David Mills, First Things/First Thoughts

What Is An Affiliation With A Major Basilica? - Allie, Here Is The Church. . .

Top Five Reasons to Use Your “YouCat” - Brent Stubbs, VirtuousPla.net

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Papal Knight of the Golden Spur - Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Celeb’s Hollywood Pedophilia Stunner Met With Media Whimper - Dave Pierre, TheMediaReport.com

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UK Riots and Malaise in the West - Robert Struble Jr, Catholic Lane

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. . . MeracatorNet: A Tipping Point for the Family? . . .

It’s Open Season on Christians: A “Meet the Press” Interview - Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

St. Joachim, Husband, Father of the Blessed Virgin, Grandfather of the Lord - Fr. Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Have you been looking for a way to deepen your prayer life? How about a live-interactive on-line class? - Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Episcopal Convert: R. R. Reno - Why I’m Catholic

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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