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Why the Pill Is Very Bad and Why Even Non-Catholics Agree – Fr. C. John McCloskey III, Catholic Exchange

The Gift that Disabled People are to the World – Beth Grisoli, Notre Dame Magazine

Dayton Catholic High School’s Rejection of Jesus Year Numberings by Ron Kozar of the Over the Rhine and Into the Tiber blog – Big ulpit

Clapping in the Liturgy? Papa Bene Weighs In. . . – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

On Spiritual Junk Food Or How to Ruin Your Appetite For God – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

One of “Those” Questions - Julie Filby, Catholic Lane

Traditional Latin liturgy, Perfect Instrument of New Evangelization – Alberto Carosa, Catholic World Report

The Will in Augustine’s Confessions: Law of Mind and of Members – Mitchell Kalpakgian PhD, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Lying to Your Kids and Seven Other Catholic Parenting Notes – Micah Murphy, Truth & Charity

Fifty Shades of Distorted, Objectifying, Dysfunctional Sex – Katy Holland, Fide Et Literis

What My Father Did - Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today

Parents, You Are Not Alone! – Sr. Laus Gloriae OCD, Integrated Catholic Life™

Affective Meditation, Navigating the Interior Life Spiritual Dictionary - Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Ten Year-old Boy Donates His Film Earnings to Mother Theresa’s Sisters – Fr. Z’s Blog

Perseverance of the Saints v. the Great Apostasy: Calvinism – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Political Drama Written for Catholics – Judie Brown, LifeSiteNews

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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