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Reeling Men In: Strategy For The Increase Of Catholic Men In Number & Strength – Fr. Richard Heilman at Roman Catholic Man +1

Bishop Barron’s 5 Paths For Bringing The Unaffiliated Back To The Church – Gretchen R. Crowe at Our Sunday Visitor +1

The Urgency Of Religious Freedom – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., at Crisis Magazine

Why Do Catholics Pray to Mary? – Birgit Jones at Ignitum Today

Wherein Fr. Z Maps Weird Things, Connects Dots, Rants A Lot, & Offers An Action Item! – Fr. Z’s Blog

Economic Freedom in the Light of Personal Freedom – Bob Drury at Catholic Stand

Francis & The Conservatives – P.J. Smith at Semiduplex

What Are Demons & Why Are They After Us? – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Cardinal Ruini’s Return to the Field; On the Amazon, Married Priests, Risk of Schism, Alienation from God – Sandro Magister at Settimo Cielo via L'Espresso

Austin Ivereigh’s New Book Fails To Explain The Opposition To Pope Francis – Francis X. Maier at First Things

Catholicism & Its Critics: Review Of Tom Holland’s New Book – Tim Stanley at History Today

How Catholicism Made Westerners “Weird” – Stephanie Pappas at LiveScience

Only You & You Alone Can Do This Good – G. McClung, Ph.D., J.D., at Catholic Stand

Vincent Cardinal Nichols Urges Ordinariate To Evangelize Britain On Its 10th Anniversary – Joanna Bogle at 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