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End Times – Robert Royal, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing +1

Hush! The Mysterious Portrait of St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin – Zelda Caldwell at Aleteia +1

Making Your Fortress in Christ in a Turbulent Time – Deborah Gyapong at Anglicanorum Cœtibus Society Blog

Offer It Up With Jesus Crucified: Redemptive Suffering – Dom Cingoranelli at Catholic Stand

The Church Embraces Columbus – Edward Feser, Ph.D.

Want More Great News Links?  Click Here! - Tito Edwards at Big Pulpit

Are We a Church of Comfort, or a Church of Pilgrims – Fr. Regis Scanlon, O.F.M. Cap.

Why Do We Call St. Ignatius of Antioch & Others Apostolic Fathers? – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith

“Songs of Sacrifice” – A New Book on Mozarabic Chant – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Facing Lucifer – Msgr. Stephen Rossetti at Catholic Exorcism

Italian Bishops Conference Newspaper, Avvenire, about Pro-SSA Book – Fr. Z’s Blog

Jimmy Akin on The Warning & Fr. Michel Rodrigue – Mike Lewis at Where Peter Is

Amy Coney Barrett: Building the Kingdom of God – Janet Meyer at Catholic Stand †

Is the Life of an Unborn Baby Worth more than that of a Gay Man? – Joseph Sciambra at Sons of St. Joseph †

Render Unto Caesar – Fr. Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today †

Lesser Evils & Elections – J. Budziszewski, Ph.D., at The Underground Thomist †

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