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5 Ways to Have Hope in Dark Times, Be Not Afraid – Sam Guzman at The Catholic Gentleman +1

Adoration 2.0 – A Unique Insight from a Spiritual Master – Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission +1

5 Amazingly Catholic Ways to Celebrate Halloween – ChurchPOP

In My Darkest Moments, God Reveals His Mercy – Susan Skinner at Catholic Stand

The Faith to Surrender to His Will – Fr. Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today

5 Autumnal Opportunities To Grow In Christian Virtue – Mike Panlilio at epicPew

Saintly Solutions: Uncertainty – Charlie McKinney at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Fr. James Martin, S.J.: The Bible Might Be Wrong In Condemning Same-Sex Sexual Behavior – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Game Has Changed — & So Must We – Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity

Comfort Is Killing the Church – Kevin Wells at Crisis Magazine

Marriage & The Age Of Apostasy – Rob Marco at Catholic Stand

The First Halloween Began With An Exorcism – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Priest: No Communion for Pro-Abortion Politicians, They’re Not “Catholics in Good Standing” – Steven Ertelt at Life News

Don’t See The Joker (Film) –  Alexi Sargeant at First Things

Communist China: Bishop Shao Zhumin Once Again Taken in for Indoctrination – Lin Yijang at Bitter Winter

It May Be Years Before Vatican Finances Are Truly Reformed – The Catholic Herald

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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