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Fantastic Pilgrimage Sites in the Mid-Atlantic States – Joe Tevington at Catholic Stand

Understanding the Spiritual Power of Holy Water – John Paul Sonnen at Tan·Direction

Power of a Priestly Blessing: The Items Catholic Priests Can Bless – Jacqueline Burkepile at ChurchPOP

Ignatian Daily Examen: A Sure Bridge to Holiness – Father Ed Broom, O.M.V., at Catholic Exchange

The Will of God – Carolyn Humphreys, O.C.D.S., at Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Grace and 12 Steps: Cup that Sanctifies Replaces Cup that Stupefies – Bob Kurland, Ph.D., at Catholic Stand

A Map of Dante’s Inferno in Three Touchstones – James M. Wilson at Church Life Journal

An Overview of Metaphysics – Kaleb Hammond at Missio Dei

Liturgical Living: Part One, Liturgical 101 – Jennifer Gregory Miller at Catholic Culture

Tensions Rise as Patriarch Kirill Takes Offense at Pope’s ‘Tone’ – Aleteia

Wokery Upon Wokery Upon Wokery – Father John Hunwicke at Mutual Enrichment

Liturgy: An Ordering Principle for the Life of the Believer – Prime Matters

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