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5 Ways to Live Like a Monk (Without Actually Being One) – Fr. Paul Sheller, O.S.B., at The Catholic Gentleman +1

Cardinal Cupich’s Counterproductive Advice – Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture +1

The Unaccountable Silence Of Bret Baier – Hadley Arkes, Ph.D., at First Things

Shades of Windswept House: Cardinals Bernardin & Cupich – Fr. Z’s Blog

The Pink Elephant in the Room: My Blogging – Kat Larson at Ignitum Today

The Paralyzed Church – Adam A.J. DeVille, Ph.D., at The Catholic World Report

Our Common Disaster –All Around Mismanagement, Not “Climate Change” – One Mad Mom

The Cost of Becoming Disciples – Deacon John Bacon at Catholic Stand

Cardinal Versaldi: Why We Produced The Gender Document – Christopher R. Altieri at Catholic Herald

The Catholic Church: The Fullness of Truth – Andrea Bear at Catholic Stand

Cardinal Nichols, Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse; Calls For The Cardinal To Resign – Mark Lambert at De Omnibus Dubitandum Est

Making Sense Out of Pontifex – Casey Chalk at Crisis Magazine

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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