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The Harrowing of Hell – David Torkington at Catholic Stand +1

A Tour de Force of New Art & Beauty in the USA Shrine of Our Lday of Guadalupe – John Paul Sonnen at Liturgical Arts Journal +1

The Ethics of the Quarantine – Fr. Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today

French Benedictine Nuns Bring Ancient Chant to the Isolated World – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

Contemplating Christ’s Torture & Crucifixion – Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez at Catholic Stand

A Requiem for Penderecki – L. Jared Staudt, Ph.D., at Building Catholic Culture

Faithful Catholic Colleges Are Digitally Connecting Their Students – Kelly Salomon at Crisis Magazine

Will Catholics Return to Mass? – David G. Bonagura, Jr., at The Catholic Thing +1

How Australia’s Legal System Kept Its Honor in the Cardinal Pell Case – Matthew Donnellan, L.L.B.(Hons), G.D.L.P., at The Catholic Weekly

France: Possible Debt Cancellation for African Countries – Fr. Benedict Mayaki, S.J., at Vatican News

The Dangers of Live-Streaming Masses – Fr. Jerry Pokorsky at Catholic Culture

Nutty Stuff that happens Around Easter, Right on Schedule – Fr. Z’s Blog

Live-Streaming the Absurdity of Versus Populum & the Prayerfulness of Ad Orientem – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement

There’s No Vaccine for the Tyrannovirus – John Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Stream

6 Kids, Pregnant Mom among 9 Christians Killed in Attack in Nigeria – Morning Star News

Fr. Robert Sirico Addresses Reopening the Economy after Covid-19 on EWTN – Rev. Ben Johnson at Transatlantic Blog via Acton Institute

How The Black Death Built The Modern West – Robert Carle, Ph.D., at Religion Unplugged

Catholic Hospitals Under Attack – Wesley J. Smith, J.D., at First Things

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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