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Is There Proper Statue Etiquette in Churches, Things I’ve Learned in Spiritual Direction, and More Great Links!

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Is There Proper Statue Etiquette in Churches? – Msgr. Charles Pope at Our Sunday Visitor +1

Things I’ve Learned In Spiritual Direction: The Lies We Listen To – Claire Dwyer at Catholic Spiritual Direction +1

Holy Matrimony: Praying for a Future Spouse – Connor Gallagher at Tan Direction Blog

3 Inspiring Comic Books about Catholic Heroes – Theresa Civantos Barber at Aleteia

Why Must We Pray? – Stacy A. Trasancos, Ph.D., at Catholic East Texas

The Virtue of Obedience – Jacqueline St. Clare at Catholic Stand

Review: Divine Worship Daily Office Commonwealth Edition – Steven R. McEvoy at Book Reviews and More

A Time for Conversion and Prayer – Betty Parquette at Catholic Stand

The Problem with the Female Empowerment Movement – Casey Chalk at Crisis Magazine

An Ambiguous Papal Response to an Ambiguous Parisian Affair – J.D. Flynn at The Pillar

Traditionis Custodes – Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was Both

Organic Development as a Useful Metaphor in Liturgical Discussions – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement

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

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Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal Catholic life, he reverted completely to his childhood faith that began on the eve of the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He publishes Big Pulpit, Catholic Stand, Ignitum Today, and The American Catholic.

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.

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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

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