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The Love of St. Isaac the Syrian – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Fantasy’s Disturbing Turn by Devin Rose of the Catholic Sistas blog – Big ulpit

Want a Truly Catholic Vote? Bring Back the Altar Rails! – Steve Skojec, Catholic Vote

Tolerance and Reciprocity – Anthony Esolen, Public Discourse

Sin Matters (Mark 9:38-50) - Fr. John Bartunek, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Jesus the Family Man: On the Decline of Marriage and Childrearing – R. J. Snell, Crisis Magazine

Motherhood Full of Grace - Cindy Bird, Ignitum Today

Usus Antiquior at Miami Cathedral – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

The Pew Survey’s Most Sobering Result – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

I Fought the Church, and the Church Won – Jason Stellman, Called to Communion

My Uncle, Fulton Sheen – Jim Graves, Catholic World Report

“The New Normal” is Anything But – Katy Holland, Fide Et Literis

More From Francis Watson on Jesus’s Wife Fragment – Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

Recommended Prayer Book Resource – Priest’s Wife, In Union With Rome

Consecrate Ireland to the Immaculate Heart Just Like Portugal – Bernadette Molloy, Catholic Herald

Blessed Tarsykia Matskiv – Terry Jones, Patron Saints Index

Cardinal Dolan Slams Giving Morning After Pills to 14-Year-Olds – Steven Ertelt, Life News

Radical Islamism: Common Enemy of Christians and Muslims – Antoine-Marie Izoard, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

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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