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The Bitter Fruit of Brittany Maynard’s ‘Private’ Choice by Chelsea Zimmerman of Reflections of a Paralytic - Big Pulpit

Christendom College Builds Strong Marriage and Family Life – Justin Petrisek, Catholic Education Daily

2015 Catholic Stand Essay Contest – Diane McKelva, Catholic Stand

Sunday: The Foundation of Personal and Family Peace – Katie Warner, Crisis Magazine

Sanctifying the Present Moment – Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, The Catholic Gentleman

When a Catholic Bishop Baptized His Muslim Father – Diane Montagna, Aleteia

The Catholic Academy Brouhaha Over Ross Douthat - Big Pulpit

A Great Chant Resource : Putting the Whole Gradual on Youtube – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: Finding Beauty That Isn’t Just Skin-Deep – Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace

Quæritur: Can a Teen With Hostile Parents be Baptized? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Canon Fraser’s Wrong, Ugly Churches Are Aesthetic and Theological Disasters – Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald 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