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Four Quick Observations about the USCCB Elections – Michael R. Heinlein at The Catholic World Report

New Film Brings Us Man Who Paved Way for Saint Pope John Paul II: a Clint Eastwood in Clerics – David Ives at Aleteia

The Miraculous Spiral Staircase in Santa Fe, New Mexico – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

Finding Healing from Life’s Wounds and Renewed Faith in God’s Love – Mary Beth Bracy at Ignitum Today

Is the Bible Historical? – Father David J. Nix at Pilgrim Priest

Spiritual Munchausen by Proxy – One Mad Mom

GenderDay – Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was Both

The Rise of Bureaugamy: What It Means – Darrick Taylor at Crisis Magazine

Peterson, Weinstein, and Drawing Culture Warriors to the Church – Steve Smith at Catholic Stand

Five Steps to Better Parenting - Randy Hain at Integrated Catholic Life™

The Catholic Guide to the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Cole Kinder at Catholic365

Helpful Tips to Take the Stress Out of Thanksgiving – Emily Malloy at Theology of Home Blog

For More Outstanding Catholic News Links, Click Here – Tito Edwards at Big Pulpit

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