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Ancient Pagan Prophecies Describing the Savior of the World - Father David Nix at Pilgrim Priest +1

Childhood Memories of Grape Juice Communion - Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith +1

What Does the Catholic Phrase “World Without End” Mean? – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

It’s Ridiculous But I Believe - Jacqueline St. Clare at Catholic Stand

Who are the Fourteen Holy Helpers? - Get Fed

Conscience Rights – Father Christopher Pietraszko at Ignitum Today

Why Was Jesus Born When and Where He Was? - Monsignor Charles Pope at Community In Mission

May Christ be Our Light - Todd Michael Federici at Catholic Stand

The Liturgical Edsel - Phil Lawler at Catholic Culture

Is it Protestant to Oppose Bishop of Rome's Edicts? - Leila Marie Lawler at Happy Despite Them

How Does One Get Invited to the Synod on Synodality - Fr. Z's Blog

Institute of the Good Shepherd Expelled from Curitiba, Brazil - Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma

Book Notice: A Masterful Defense of Gothic Cathedrals and Their Traditional Worship – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement

LMS Canonical Notes on the Responsa Ad Dubia - Joseph Shaw, D.Phil., at The Chairman's Blog

Want More Great 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