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On Defying the Majority When They Are Wrong - Richard Becker, Crisis Magazine+++

The Socialist Temptation – James Kalb J.D., Crisis Magazine

Why Hating Others Is Really Only Poisoning Your Own Soul – Zachary Swinehart, Those Catholic Men

Why Email is the Hottest Trend in Fundraising – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Why It Matters That the New Vatican Communications Chief is a Layman – Christopher Altieri, The Catholic World Report

A Beautiful Prayer to Redeem Lost Time by St. Teresa of Avila – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Ideology & Mixed Messages: The German Drive to Inter-Communion – Jon Anderson, Catholic Herald

Leading with Beauty—& Classics from Hollywood’s Golden Age – Leslie Fain, 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