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Set a Date for the Family – Watch this Movie – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith +1

“Weeping & Gnashing of Teeth” : A Curious Feature in the Reformed Lectionary – Matthew Hazell at New Liturgical Movement +1

Living Authentic Manhood – Off the Shelf with Sam Guzman – Pete Socks at Catholic Stand

Protect Your Family While Traveling With This Prayer To St. Christopher – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Homosexuality & Catholic Decline – David Carlin at The Catholic Thing

More Fresh Hell From Beyond The ‘Limes’: The Land Of Karl Rahner & Walter Kasper & Really Bad Ideas – Fr. Z's Blog

Manners Over Morals? – Nicholas Senz at The Catholic Thing

The Night Prayer of the Church as a Rehearsal for Death – Msgr. Charles Pope at Community in Mission

The Hazards of Online Faith-Writing – Amy Welborn at Church Life Journal

The Nine Lives Of Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò – Christopher R. Altieri at The Catholic World Report

There Are More Elderly Homeless People Than Ever Before – Shannon Roberts at Mercatornet

Best Practices in Evangelization = Unintended Lesson in Homelessness – Jennifer Fitz at Sticking the Corners

Obedience – Loving Oblation or Outmoded Virtue from a Bygone Era? – Vicki Burbach at Pelican’s Breast

The Catechism, A Study in the Word – Richard Van Kirk at Catholic Stand

What is Eucharistic Love? – Brother Elijah Dubek, O.P., at Catholic Exchange

Under Assault: New York’s Private & (Catholic) Parochial Schools – Peter Murphy at City Journal

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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