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We Have a Bad Parenting Problem in the Church - Fr. Richard Heilmann, Roman Catholic Man+++

Three Children Killed in Belgium Since Child Euthanasia Made Legal – Simon Caldwell, Catholic Herald

Welcoming Hebrew Catholics – Shane Schaetzel, Catholics Are Christian

How Natural Family Planning (NFP) Healed My Infertility – Linde Declercq, Aleteia

Making Sense of Suffering – Sarah Coffey, Ignitum Today

The Saint Who Rode into Battle Armed Only with a Crucifix – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Catholic Herald

Praying with the Church: the Liturgy of the Hours – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

‘I Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice’ – Paul Oakes, Catholic Stand

4 Things Your Hairstylist Wants You To Do – Meghan Ashley Styling (Catholic Fashion)

Learn to Purify Your Intentions to Please God Alone – Fr. Philip Dion, Catholic Exchange

The Day St. Joseph Built a Staircase in New Mexico – Daniel Esparza, Aleteia

Fr. Peter Stravinskas Suggestions to Correct Our Catholic Identity – Fr. Z’s Blog

Stuck in Traffic? Tempted to Road Rage? This Saint can Help! – Sophia Swinford, Aleteia

Quæritur: Priest Tells a Woman Not to Wear a Veil at Mass – Fr. Z’s Blog

Saint James the Apostle: Close Friend Of Christ – Jonathan B. Coe, Catholic Exchange

Using Man’s Laws to “Serve Others in God’s Love” – Mary Pesarchick, Catholic Stand

A Reminder About the Apostolic Pardon (AP) Given by a Priest to the Dying – Fr. Z's Blog

Contraception & IVF Damaged Our Society, Humanæ Vitæ Offers Hope – David Albert Jones, Catholic Herald

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Four German Bishops Resist Push to Install Permanent ‘Synodal Council’

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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