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From The Seven Sisters Apostolate About Distraction During Prayer – Fr. Z’s Blog

I Still Have Hope That Christ Will Bring My Kids Back to the Faith – Maggie Green at Catholic Exchange

In Transit at the Airport of Life’s Journey – Barbara Padolina at Catholic Stand

New Year, New Decade – Top 3 Fundraising Tips for Catholics – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net

The Magi’s Quest for the Christ Child – Nada Mazzei at Catholic Stand

Tassels On Dalmatics & Tunics, Some Historical, & Stylistic Considerations – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

Scientists Digitally Recreate Hagia Sophia Acoustics – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia

The Uncomfortable History Of Catholics & Slavery – Msgr. Owen F. Campion at Our Sunday Visitor

Transgenderism Is Not Normal – Casey Chalk at Crisis Magazine

Liturgical Hangovers – Fr. John Hunwicke at Fr Hunwicke’s Mutual Enrichment

The Menacing Calamity That Is The German Synod – Peter Jermann at Crisis Magazine

Book Review: Pope Francis, The Legacy of Vatican II – Monica Miller, Ph.D., at Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Why Rise Of Skywalker Fails – Jake Meador at First Things

Nigerian Government Are ‘Islamic Fundamentalists Without Bombs’, Says Bishop – Fionn Shiner via Catholic Herald

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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