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Saint Padre Pio’s Five Point Rule of Life by Sam Guzman of The Catholic Gentleman – BigPulpit.com

Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo: Apostle of Peru – Joseph F. X. Sladky, The Standard Bearers

Jesus Wept – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Pablo and Kristin’s Tips on How to Stay Married 10 Years and Then Some – Karee Santos, Can We Cana!

A Kindness to My Papi – Victoria Gisondi, Catholic Stand

Ten Children in 17 Years: An Ode to a Large Family – James Sullivan, One Peter 5

Five Books Catholic Students in College Need To Possess – Tom Perna

Spiritual Warfare: You Are a Commissioned Officer – Father Richard Heilman, One Peter 5

Taking Care of the Caregivers Among Us – Russell Shaw, The CWR Blog

Asian Believers More Central to the Christian Story – Philip Jenkins, Aleteia∝

Images Surrounding the Crucifix – Father William Saunders, Catholic Exchange

Why the Mass Is Key to the New Evangelization – Doctor Peter Kwasniewski, Views from the Choir Loft

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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