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The Girl Who Wanted To Receive Communion So Badly That Jesus Intervened Directly – Larry Peterson at Aleteia +1

My Wife’s Conversion to the Catholic Church (Stand Up Comedy) – David L. Gray at DavidLGray.info +1

Germany: Pro-Women’s Ordination Group: “We Want To Take Mary Off Her Pedestal” – Fr. Z’s Blog

Four Bishops Warn About “Equality Act” – Benjamin Loughnane at Catholic Herald

Analysis: Thoughts on ‘Vos Estis’ & Vulnerability – Edward N. Peters, J.C.D. J.D., at The Catholic World Report

Europe’s War on Christianity - William Kilpatrick at Crisis Magazine

Somebody’s Handmaid – Susan Skinner at Catholic Stand

Claude de Vert’s Simple, Literal, & Historical Explanation of Ceremonies of Mass: Watershed of Catholic Enlightenment – Aelredus Rievallensis at Canticum Salomonis

Time to Fill the Toolbox – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

Images - Nicholas Lye at Ignitum Today

Catholic Thought & the Challenges of Our Time - Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., at Public Discourse

Israel Folau, Religious Liberty Martyr – Rod Dreher

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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