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Was St. Peter in Rome or Antioch? The Chronology of St. Peter’s Papacy - Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

The Muslim Sajdah & the Catholic Prostration are Two Very Different Concepts - Shannon M. Jones, New Oxford Review

Stay-at-Home-Mom Blues - Theresa Thomas, Integrated Catholic Life™

E.U. Threatens Hungary over Pro-Marriage Stance - Kathleen Gilbert, LifeSiteNews.com

Not So Fast Neo-Catechumenal’s - Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Actor Mark Wahlberg Walking in the Footsteps of St. Paul - Carlos Espinosa, Living The Faith On A High Wire

How SNAP, Lawyers & Media Conspire Against the Catholic Church - Dave Pierre, TheMediaReport.com

Girl Scouts Leadership: Pro-Choice, Pro-Gay Ideologues - Mary Hasson, Catholic Lane

New Numbers: G-rated Films Earn 3-5 times More than R-rated Films - Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews.com

What is President Obama’s Attack on the First Amendment Really About? - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, What Does The Prayer Really Say?

Former Archbishop Robert Sanchez Dies at 77 - Sandra Baltazar Martínez, Santa Fe New Mexican

“Catholic” Politicians: Selling Out the Church - Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

The New Outlaws: How Same-Sex “Marriage” Suffocates Freedom - Bryce J. Christensen, 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