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10 Reasons to Become Catholic – Sam Guzman at The Catholic Gentleman +1

Did You Know? How Boston Is Secretly Named After a Catholic Saint – Billy Ryan at uCatholic +1

Beware the Pitfalls of Curial Reform – Msgr. Hans Feichtinger at Crisis Magazine

The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit – Frank X. Blisard at Catholic Answers Magazine

Cardinal Pell Awaits The Result Of His Appeal – Michael Cook at Mercatornet

Customs: The Shower of Rose Petals on the Feast of Pentecost – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Make Your Ministry Meetings Memorable, Not Maddening – Dom Cingoranelli at Catholic Stand

Catholic Pilgrimages Come Under Strict Chinese Communist Party Control – Yang Xiangwen at Bitter Winter

You Have What It Takes to Be a Missionary – Stephen Auth at Catholic Exchange

Book Review: Reclaim Regret – Off the Shelf 127 with Sister Kathryn J. Hermes – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

Africa, The Church & Digital Media – Fr. Peter Okojie at Vatican News

Wendy’s Launches Program To Help Vulnerable Kids Find A Forever Home – Cerith Gardiner at Aleteia

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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