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It Is Time! – Sister Christina Neumann at Catholic Stand +1

Five Things Children Of Divorce Want The Church To Know – Bethany Meola at Catholic Link +1

Why ‘Leaf By Niggle’ is Tolkien’s Hidden Catholic Treasure – Matt Chicoine at Voyage Comics & Publishing

Five Ways to Let Your Parish Priests Know You Appreciate Them – Christina M. Sorrentino at Catholic365.com

Divine Worship Mass of Our Lady of Walsingham Church in New York City – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

The Larger Context of the Gödel-Scott Proof of the Necessary Existence of God – Andrew Cavallo at Ignitum Today

Is the Eucharist Failing Catholics? – Edward J. Barr, J.D., at Roma Locuta Est

The New Anti-Catholic Bigotry – Casey Chalk at Crisis Magazine

Can Water Self-Identify as Dry? The Blessed and Glorious Truth of Truisms – Father John Hunwicke at Mutual Enrichment

“Sacrilege”: Parish Hosts Fashion Show in Puerto Rico Church, Sparking Outrage – Jacqueline Burkepile at ChurchPOP

The Critical Race Theory Enters Canonization Process – David Gray at DavidLGray.INFO

Of Course Churches Are Burning – Catholic Stand

Cardinal Cupich Faces Clash of Ideas and Reality Over Traditionis Custodes – J.D. Flynn at The Pillar

The Casaroli Myth – George Weigel at The Catholic World Report

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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