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Please Stop Leaving Mass Early Right After Communion!  Brantley Millegan of ChurchPOP +1

Envy & Jealousy: Why the Difference Actually Matters  R. Jared Staudt of Catholic Exchange +1

The Ash Grey Lenten Vestments of the Rite of Lyon  Shawn R. Tribe of Liturgical Arts Journal

Organist & Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey - Charlotte O'Neill of Vox Humana

What’s the Difference Between Abortion & Infanticide?  Justin Dyer of Mercatornet

Plagiarism Prompts Retraction of a 25-Year-Old Article by Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B.  Ivan Oransky of Retraction Watch

How to Build a Go-To (Sunday Mass) Wardrobe  Meghan Ashley Styling

Problems in Contingency I: Serial Contingency & Polytheism  Bob Drury of Catholic Stand

St. John Chrysostom Teaches Fundraising  Brice Sokolowksi of CatholicFundraiser.net

Problems in Contingency II: The Argument for God From Contingency  Bob Drury of Catholic Stand

Why You Should Read Church History  Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Raymond Arroyo & The Papal Posse: Vatican Abuse Summit Was A Pointless "Gabfest"  De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

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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