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A Benedict Option Community — In the Ozarks – Shane Schaetzel at Complete Christianity +1

Interesting Old Rubric: Post-Communion Purification, Ablution Of The Faithful, Not Just The Priest – Fr. Z’s Blog +1

Lust: This Deadly Sin Is Not Just About Sex – Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., at Aleteia

Scrap The Jesuits & Start Over – Michael Warren Davis at Crisis Magazine

Were Early Churches Governed by Individual Bishops, or Groups of Elders? – Joe Heschmeyer, J.D., at Shameless Popery

The Paradox Of Persecution – Fr. Benedict Kiely at Crisis Magazine

The Father’s Role – Imitating Saint Joseph – Dom Cingoranelli at Catholic Stand

Encouraging Inter-Generational Living Is A Cure For Loneliness – Shannon Roberts at Mercatornet

Mater et Magistra or Politico & Ideologue? – Ines Angeli Murzaku at The Catholic World Report

Photos Of Priests Blessing Ultrasound Machines Reminds You That Catholics Love Science – Zelda Caldwell at Aleteia

Anointing of the Sick: Depth, Beauty, & Grace in the Sacrament – Brittany Makely at Catholic Exchange

Heavenly Connections – Carol Monaco at Catholic Stand

This Is Pretty Weird, But. . . Well. . . Not Really, It’s Germany, After All – Fr. Z’s Blog

Give the Prince of Peace a Chance – Tom Nash at Catholic Answers 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