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Quæritur: ”I Feel That My Faith is Just Being Torn Apart” - Fr. Z’s Blog+++

Science & Catholic Teaching: Human Life, Sacred from Conception to Birth – Robert Kurland Ph.D., Catholic Stand

The Disorder of “Differently Ordered” – Hudson Byblow, Crisis Magazine

New Updates on the Sex Abuse Scandals & Cover-ups - Big Pulpit

Young People™ (2018) – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

For a Season Or For a Lifetime – Kat Larson, Ignitum Today

What Happens to Babies Who Die Before Baptism? – Birgit Jones, Catholic Life In Our Times+

7 Exorcism Prayers to Cast Out a Demonic Presence – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

From Vermeule to Newman – P.J. Smith, Semiduplex

Catechism of the Catholic Church Presented in Video Form – Aleteia

Bishop Michael Aidan Smith, Obl.S.B., of North Dakota to Retire – J.B. Pauley, St. Benet Oblates

Confidence: Building Hope, Raising Donations – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Modern Polish Chasuble, Mid-Twentieth Century

Humility in the Apostolate – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

The ‘Gay Cake’ Verdict is a Victory, but for What? – Dennis Sewell, Catholic Herald

It’s Scientific! – Pat Cross, PatCrossCartoons.com

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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