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Saint Augustine on the Only Way to Control the Sexual Appetite – Mary O’Regan at Mary’s Blog +1

A Masterpiece That Took 500 Years To Finish: The Ark of Saint Dominic – Daniel Esparza at Aleteia +1

When God Calls – Pamela Mandela at Catholic Stand

Introduction to the Dark Night of the Soul – Saint John of the Cross via Tan·Direction

What Is the Memorare? – Father Ray Ryland at Simply Catholic

Indulgences and Purgatory – Tom Stidl at Catholic365

Recognizing Every Person’s God-Given Dignity – Bryne Moses Salvador at Ignitum Today

A Trinitarian Social Justice? – Eamonn Clark, S.T.L., at Christian Renaissance Movement

Philip K. Dick’s Search for God through Fantasy – Michael Bertrand at Voyage Comics

A Public School’s Greatest Fear: Hiring Catholics! – Casey Chalk at Catholic Answers Magazine

Can an Atheist be a Moral Realist? – J. Budziszewski, Ph.D., at The Underground Thomist

Tensions in the Catholic Tradition on Frequent Communion – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement

Beatification Homily for John Paul I – Fr. Z’s Blog

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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