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26-Year-Old Twins Ordained To The Priesthood Side By Side On The Same Day – Aleteia  +1

The Summer Reading List – George Weigel at The Catholic World Report +1

Jim Caviezel Gives an Electrifying Tribute to Mary – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

Early Eighteenth Century Designs for the Interior of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Spiritual Warfare & Spiritual Direction – Daniel Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Eucharistic Examination Of Conscience On The Solemnity Of Corpus Christi – Fr. Peter M.J. Stravinskas at The Catholic World Report

Action Item: How You Can Help Defend The Seal Of Confession In California – Fr. Z’s Blog

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament Via Adorecast – Team Catholify

Are Virtues Like Purity, Freedom, & Temperance Antiquated? – Cecily Lowe at Catholic Stand

Biblical Creation & Mysterious Monsters – Matthew B. Rose at Catholic Exchange

Book Review of 'My Queen, My Mother'; Take a Little Trip – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

What's Under the Altar – Brother Philip Nolan, O.P., at Dominicana

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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