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Adapting the Liturgy to Our Decadence – Robert Cardinal Sarah, The Catholic Thing

Still Shrouded in Mystery – K.V. Turley, Crisis Magazine

A Prenuptial Agreement Shows a Lack of Understanding of the Sacrament – Patti Maguire Armstrong, OSV Newsweekly

Quæritur: The Inevitable “Rite of Thanking” at the End of Mass – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

Why Do We Need The Benedict Option? – Patrick Malone, Catholic Stand

Bookmark Brief: How to Read Your Way to Heaven - Liz Estler, Catholic Spiritual Direction

How Does the Church Determine a True Marian Apparition? – Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic Herald

Catholicism Has No Teaching on the Earth’s Age – Karlo Broussard, Catholic Answers

The Catholic Church Still Cares About Latin – Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency

Catholic TV Shows We Demand Immediately! – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew

What Happened to the Phrase “Soldier of Christ?” – Fr. Basil Cole O.P., Truth and Charity Forum

Quæritur: Priest Doesn’t Purify Vessels, Leaves Them Overnight – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

The Resurrection of Christ in Art – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia

An Interfaith Dialogue with a Muslim Social Justice Comedian – Chris Brune, Catholic Stand

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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