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The Slaughter of the Coptic Christians Now in Egypt – Rod Dreher, Russian Orthodox Blogger

On Loneliness - Mariella Hunt, Ignitum Today

Putin and the (Dis?)Continuity of Catholic Identity – Philip Primeau, Catholic Lane

Catholic Answers Needs Help – Foxfier, The American Catholic

The Virgin Who Loves Sex – Amber-Faith Miller, Catholic Insight

Lorenzo, A Contemporary Opera – Cristina Montes, Ignitum Today

Italian Praises Nun Who Saved Him from the Nazis – Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald

“What If I’m Wrong About N. F. P.?” – Jay Boyd PhD, Catholic Stand

Burning Churches in Egypt – Crushed Bones

Blessed Virgin Mary Exalted Above the Choir of Angels – Liz Estler, Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

The Beauty of Holiness: The Campion Missal – Peter Kwasniewski, New Liturgical Movement

The Secular Protestant Future of Catholic Dissent – Tom Piatak, Crisis Magazine

Habeas Corpus Myth - God and Caesar

On Really Not Getting It - George Weigel, First Things

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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