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Aquinas Anticipated Everything: Social Distance – Edward Feser, Ph.D. +1

Before & After: St. Catherine of Siena in Trumbull, Connecticut – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal +1

Making Spiritual Lemonade from the Coronavirus Lemon – Gabriel Garnica at Catholic Stand

Lessons From Fr. Gabriele Amorth’s First Exorcism – Fr. Marcello Stanzione at Catholic Exchange

The Charisms of St. Francis – Katherine Hugo at Ignitum Today

How Parishes Can Avoid Laying Off Staff – Fr. Mt. P. Schneider, L.C., at Through Catholic Lenses

Giving Thanks & Letting Go: Reflections on the Gift of Motherhood – Cathy G. Knipper at Catholic Stand

Responding to Certain Canonical Issues Brought About By The Pandemic – Edward N. Peters, J.C.D., J.D., at In the Light of the Law

Watching Mass at Home? Here’s 4 Amazing Ways to Improve Your Spiritual Experience – ChurchPOP

This Week: Astonishing Responses in a Time of Crisis – Phil Lawler at Catholic Culture

Living Within Four Walls: A Guide for Modern Day Anchorites – Amy Marter at Our Sunday Visitor

Living & Thriving A Like A Benedictine During Times Of Quarantine – Melissa Guerrero at epicPew

This Isn’t Our First Plague – Declan Leary at Crisis Magazine

Plagues, Interdicts, Omissions, & Possibilities – Fr. Hugh Somerville-Knapman, O.S.B., at Dominus Mihi Adjutor

Public Health Logic vs. #MasksForAll – Jennifer Fitz at Sticking the Corners

Ask Father: A Priest Wants to be Able to Celebrate Easter in the Extraordinary Form – Fr. Z’s Blog

Death On Demand Comes To Germany - Wesley J. Smith, J.D., at First Things

Communist China’s Other Virus, Religious Persecution – Massimo Introvigne at Bitter Winter

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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