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Most Protestants Are No Longer Protestant - Joe Heschmeyer J.D., Shameless Popery+++

Good Food is Not Enough; Regarding the Suicide of Anthony Bourdain - Dusty Gates, Crisis Magazine+++

How Prayer, Fasting, & Almsgiving Help Fight Temptation – J.P. Nunez, Catholic Stand

Catholic Summer Camps Keeping Faith Aflame – Nancy Carabio Belager, Legatus Magazine

Christian Men, Take The Beating – Rob Marco, Catholic Stand

Former College QB & NFL Prospect Pursues Vocation as Catholic Missionary – J.P. Mauro, Aleteia

German Ecumenism Chief Attacks Vatican Communion Ruling – Catholic Herald

Principles of Catholic Social Doctrine Hailed as Solution to Political Divide – Tom Hoopes, Aleteia

Big Landslide Miraculously Stops Right Before 420-Yr-Old Church in Italy – ChurchPOP

The Church of Christ – & anti-Christ – Hillaire Belloc, The Catholic Thing

What Mothers Cannot Give to Their Sons – Anthony M. Esolen Ph.D.

Christians Protest Amid a Surge in Hindu Nationalist Attacks in India – Murcadha O’Flaherty, Catholic Herald

3 Tips to Stay on Track with Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

The Mass Is a Divine Symphony, You Have to Play Your Part – Shaun McAfee O.P., epicPew

The Size Tag: Why to Disregard It – Meghan Ashley Styling

Justice Kennedy’s Bread Crumb Trail to Secular Theocracy – John Zmirak Ph.D.

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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