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On Going Hard - Marc Barnes, Ignitum Today

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Preventing Children from Falling Away from Faith - Devin Rose, St. Joseph's Vanguard

Militant Same-Sex Attraction Lobby Attacks Pro-Marriage Advocates - The Pulpit

Is the American Press Anti-Catholic? - The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

The Traditional Symbolism of Four - David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

I am Stuck in My Spiritual Growth, How do I get Unstuck? This is Frustrating! - Sr. Carmen Laudis OCD, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Celebrating the Ascension on Sunday is a Sign of the Church Secularizing - Fr. Z's Blog

The Isolation of Musicians - Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

The Reformation Gave Birth to the Kingdom of "Whatever" - David Paul Deavel, Catholic World Report

Unfair in Philly? Kudos to Journalist Who Exposes Trial Judge’s Bias - Dave Pierre, The Media Report

Maureen Dowd Marks the Day with a Sputtering Feast of Condescension - Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Is Society of St. Vincent de Paul Using LCWR Handbook Banned by CDF? - Laetificat

The Brutality of "Population Control" - Marcus Roberts, Crisis Magazine

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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