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St. Josemaria’s 17 Signs of a Lack of Humility via Saint Peter’s List - Big Pulpit

The Importance of Reverence within the Sacred Liturgy – Carl Bunderson, Catholic News Agency

The Dominican and the Devil Dogs – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

The Lynchpin of High Scholasticism: Hugh of St. Cher – Donald S. Prudlo, Crisis Magazine

A Wager About Satan – Val Bianco, Catholic Stand

Missa Cantata – Fr. Simon Henry, Offerimus Tibi Domine

Scripture and Tradition On Demand – Matthew Higgins, Ignitum Today

On Rational Discourse and Blogging – The Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma

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News Flash: The Catholic Church Is Not a Political Movement – Christopher Check, Catholic Answers

It’s Not Job of Church to Conform to Modern Notions. . . – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington (DC)

Fun Ideas for Date Night (in the Great Outdoors) – Peggy Bowes, Catholic Lane

Is Gregorian Chant in Danger? – Jeffrey A.Tucker, The Chant Café

Video of Clear Creek Monastery Sculptor – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

The Catholic Gentleman: Banter, Part II – Michael, Whiskey Catholic

B. B. C.: Jesus Is Just Like Homosexuals – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Priest Accused of Abuse Drops Another Shocker: He’s Married – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

The Grey Lady’s “Unholy Alliance” – Fr. Robert John Araujo SJ, Mirror of Justice

Richard Dawkins Is A Dangerous Man – William M. Briggs

The World Can’t Hear Us on Marriage – Peter J. Leithart, First Things/On the Square

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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