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The Perfidious Fr. Martin Strikes Again – Brian Williams at Liturgy Guy +1

Alyssa Milano Calls for “Sex Strike” & Pro-Lifers Are Gloriously Responding – ChurchPOP +1

Homosexuals In the Seminaries; A Startling Survey In Brazil – Sandro Magister at Settimo Cielo via L’Espresso

Traditional Christianity All But Kaput In Western Europe, & Even USA - W.M. Briggs, Ph.D., at Statistician to the Stars!

Quæritur: Lutheran Service More Reverent Than the Sunday Mass – Fr. Z’s Blog

Cultural Nihilism - R.R. Reno at First Things

Women Deacons & The Development Of Doctrine – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

A Posture of Humility – Erin Cain at Ignitum Today

Bringing Back Lapsed Catholics – Stephen Auth at Catholic Exchange

Uncharitable Passions I: The Deadly Sin of Sloth – Anthony S. Layne at Catholic Stand

A Crisis of Faith Cannot Be Met by Liturgical Protocols – Rev. Msgr. Richard C. Antall at Crisis Magazine

Jesus, the Great Rabbi: On Teaching & Enlightenment - Robert Kurland, Ph.D., at Catholic Stand

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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