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Pope Francis The Wonderful – BigPulpit.com

Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan: Vietnamese Church Icon – Sr. Ma. Thn. Nguyen, The Catholic World Report

St. Thomas Aquinas on the Hail Mary - Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Just Beautiful: Medieval Calendar Pages – Thomas L. McDonald, God and the Machine

Pope Francis and Economics - BigPulpit.com

We Have the Power to Help the Persecuted Christians – Ed West, The Catholic Herald

The Belief Gap: Secularism & Young Adults – Mary Rise Hasson, Catholic Stand

Common Core Education vs. Classical Education: A Thomistic Approach - Sean Fitzpatrick, Crisis Magazine

Emotions: A Human Thing, Not a Woman Thing - Arleen Spenceley, Ignitum Today

Objection to the Immaculate Conception – Matt Fradd

Interleaving Latin & English on the Page – Veronica Brandt, View from the Choir Loft

Emergency Contraception Can Cause Abortion – Donna Harrison MD, Public Discourse

MSNBC Attacks the Little Sisters of the Poor – Fr. Z’s Blog

Little Sisters in the Political Madhouse – Pete Spiliakos, On the Square

If You Can be Dismembered Without Due Process. . . - Mary Kochan, Catholic Lane

Concentration Camp without Tears, Results of the Frankfurt School – The Eye-Witness

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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