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The Spiritual Sickness Many of Us Don’t Even Know We Have – Steve Robinson at Aleteia

The Power of Guardian Angels - Father Paul O'Sullivan, O.P., at Tan·Direction

Wonderful Words in the Workplace - Lilia Borlongan-Alvarez at Catholic Stand

Bishop Boyea of Lansing: We Need To “Form the Culture, Rather than have It Form Us” – Jim Graves at The Catholic World Report

Human Nature Is Much More Than An Excuse - Maurice Williams at Catholic Stand

‘Like a Branch Rejoined’: A Journey from Eastern Orthodoxy to Catholicism – Greg Cook at Catholic Exchange

Mary: Model of the Theological Virtues – Father Edward Looney at Ignitum Today

Yoga Leads to Idolatry and Possession - Father James Manjackal, M.S.F.S., at Tradition In Action

Bad Medical Reporting Hurts Vulnerable Patients - Jennifer Fitz at Sticking The Corners

Lilies of the Field (1963); Film of the Week - Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Word & Song

Four and Twenty Blackbirds - Brother Bruno at Dappled Things

Oh My, Idaho Trains Students in “Porn Literacy” – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report

Ask Father: I Have Often Felt Used & Abused Spiritually by Church People - Fr. Z's Blog

Cardinal Dolan: Vos Estis Hubbard Records can’t be Given in Sex Abuse Lawsuit - The Pillar

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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