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From a Lutheran Playground to a Path Through Anti-Catholic Bigotry - Russell Shaw, The Dispatch via The Catholic World Report

Christianity is Growing in Eastern Europe – John Burger, Aleteia

100 Descendants and Counting: The Remarkable Story of Pat Klingbeil – Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

How can I Practice Charity in the Face of Worldly Ideas of Love? – Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble, Aleteia

Quæritur: Can an Ex-Woman, a Trans “Man”, be Ordained? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

How to Ask for Gifts and Receive Donations – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

The Surfer Priest – Fr. Donald Calloway – Fr. Donald Calloway M.I.C., Aleteia

Looking to the Future: A Balanced Vision – Sarah Greydanus, Catholic Stand

Social Media: The Fellowship of Hating for Fun – David Mills, Aleteia

lit: Catholicism for Young Adults – T.J. Burdick O.P., Dominican Institute

Holy Smoke! Why the Church Uses Incense at Mass – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Quæritur: Can I Wear a Rosary Like Warriors Wear Weapons? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

Another Priest is Killed in Mexico; Are Clergy being Targeted? – Jaime Septién & Kathleen N. Hattrup, Aleteia

The Tablet’s New Editor & Fr. Baldovin’s Doctrinaire Claim – Fr. Hugh Somerville-Knapman O.S.B., Dominus mihi adjutor

The Spiritual Testament of a Murderer and Failed Rapist – Aleteia

Why Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Daughter is Now Called a Servant of God – Catholic News Agency via The Catholic World Report

Earliest Mosaic of Jonah Found in 5th-Century Synagogue in Israel – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia

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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