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Ringwraiths – Fanny Jean Jones at Ignitum Today +1

Hauntings, Possessions, & Exorcisms – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand +1

Fr. Rothrock Is Right – Matt Rowe at Crisis Magazine

Jane Austen, Parents Yelling at Kids, & the Beatitudes – Paul Kniaz at Catholic Stand

Yes, The Church Received Relief Funds, & That’s Fair – David Mills at Our Sunday Visitor

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Chinese ‘Underground’ Bishop Presumed Dead 17 Years After Mysterious Disappearance – Billy Ryan at uCatholic

Jude 3 & Sola Scriptura: The Faith Once for All Delivered – Jimmy Akin at JimmyAkin.com +1

7 Ways To Deepen Your Devotion To The Precious Blood This July – Erin Rebar at epicPew

Two Beautiful Offerings from Watts & Co. & Sacra Domus Aurea – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

China-Vatican Accord, Part II – Mimi Lau at South China Morning Post

More Communion Disaster at Pax Christi Community Church; Updated – Fr. Z’s Blog

A Bishop & Theologian Breaks the Silence Over the Banality of Viganò & Company – Sandro Magister at Settimo Cielo via L'Espresso

It Won’t Stop With Statues – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at The Stream

The Minor Options of the Old Rite & How They Avoid “Optionitis” – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement

The Long Shadow of the Chinese Dictatorship Over the Vatican & Italy – Marco Tosatti at STILVM CVRIÆ

McCarrick on Bergoglio’s Election: “We Did It!” – Steven O’Reilly at Roma Locuta Est

It Appears Rome is the Place to Go for a Cheap, Quick Laicization – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern Orders

Mapping Catholic Hierarchy Influence Scandal In Uncle Ted’s Social Network – Rod Dreher

‘The West Wing’ had a Disastrous Influence on Catholics – Elizabeth Lev at Catholic Herald

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