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Were Adam & Eve Real? Evolutionary Bottlenecks & “Darwin’s Radio”  Robert Kurland, Ph.D., of Catholic Stand +1

What Are Your Lenten Plans? Here are 10 Ways to Make the Most of This Liturgical Season  ChurchPOP +1

George Pell: To Kill a Cardinal?  uCatholic

St. Peter Damian, a Doctor of the Church, Sounds Eerily Like He’s Writing to Us  Kathryn Jean Lopez of Aleteia

Celibacy Is the Answer to Abusive Priests, Not the Problem  Fr. Carter Griffin of Mercatornet

Alex Byrne on Gender Identity Edward Feser, Ph.D.

Upcoming Amazon Synod & Discussion of the Matter (Wheat) for the Eucharist  Fr. Z's Blog

Bishop Steven J. Lopes on Beauty in the Liturgy  J.B. Pauley of St. Benet Biscop Chapter of St. John's Oblates

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

The Spirit & the Law  Nicholas Lye of Ignitum Today

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

Rethinking Lent This Year  Laura DeMaria of Catholic Stand

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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