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A Simple “Yes” Makes All the Difference - Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™

New Evangelist for Theology of the Body - Emily Stimpson, OSV Newsweekly

Renewal in the Church - Bob Waruszewski, Ignitum Today

Pope Paul VI & Humanae Vitae: I Told You So - Jennifer Brinker, St. Louis Review

The Difference Between Martyrdom & Suicide - Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

Yes, We Are Out to Convert People - Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

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Shifty Words: What Does “Marriage Equality” Actually Mean? - Frances Kelly, MercatorNet

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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