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“Coming into the Catholic Church This Easter!” From Anti-Catholic to Avid Believer – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith +1

Does Wichita’s ‘Stewardship Model’ Really Work? – Caitlin Bootsma at The Pillar +1

An Answered Prayer – Susan Skinner at Catholic Stand

Scala Foundation: Has Big Role in Evangelization of Culture, Breaking Mould of Education – David Clayton at New Liturgical Movement

Persevering With Mary – Jacqueline St. Clare at Catholic Stand

How Did Christmas Caroling Come About? – Eddie O’Neill at Simply Catholic

No Mary, No Jesus. Know Mary, Know Jesus – Andrew Cavallo at Ignitum Today

The Black Abortion Genocide – Myth or Reality (A Dialectic) – David L. Gray

Fr. John Hepworth, RIP: Traditional Anglican Communion Primate, Ordinariate Visionary, Catholic Priest – Deborah Gyapong at Anglicanorum Cœtibus Society Blog

On the “Winter Feast” - Dale Ahlquist at Catholic World Report

Evangelizing in Ancient Cathedrals - Jennifer Fitz at Sticking the Corners

Exorcist Diary: The Devil’s Maze – Msgr. Stephen Rossetti

Happy Birthday Blog! Sweet 16 – Father Z’s Blog

Liturgical Inventions, Part II – Father John Hunwicke at Mutual Enrichment

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