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In New York, A (Temporary) Setback for Marriage - Thomas Peters, Catholic Vote/American Papist

. . .Matthew Archbold: “gay marriage” passes in New York State. . .

The Pallium, the Story of a Cloak - Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

The 17th-Century Martyr Whose Corpse was Found in the 1920s - Catholic Herald

The Preferential Option for the Poor - R. R. Reno, First Things

Superb Bible Study on YouTube, Learning from a Great Teacher - Monsignor Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

We’ve Lost that “Thinking” Feeling - Dennis Buonafede, The Integrated Catholic Life™

Is it Okay to Date Multiple People? - Anthony Buono, 6 Stone Jars

If Ad Writers Were Only Allowed To Marry! - LarryD

A Lutheran Pastor Shows the Need for the Catholic Church - Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

. . .Lisa Graas: The Tradition debate. . .

Delta Air Lines and the Jews (and Christians and women) - Mollie Ziegler, Get Religion

Book Review: Looking at the Non-Catholic Christian Problem with Authority - Anthony S. Layne, The Impractical Catholic

. . .Devin Rose: why a Protestant Is quoted the Most in my book. . .

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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