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Why I Converted From Orthodoxy To Catholicism – Gideon Lazar at Clarifying Catholicism +1

Home Chapels – Fr. B. Jerabek, J.C.L., at Dilexi decorem domus Domini +1

What Will Our Resurrected Bodies Be Like? – Nicholas Senz at Aleteia

Treasures of the Musée de Cluny in Paris – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Video: Bishop Hying of Madison On Minimalism, Then Fr. Z Rants At Length – Fr. Z’s Blog

Daring To Question Darwin – Barbara Kay at Mercatornet

What Are the Nine Choirs of Angels? – Fr. John Hogan at Catholic Exchange

Facing the Spiritual Challenges of Fatigue – Edward Monti at Catholic Stand

The University & the Church – R. Jared Staudt, Ph.D., at Building Catholic Culture

How Should the Catholic Church Interact with Science? The Medieval Church – Robert Kurland, Ph.D., at Catholic Stand

The World Needs St. Gilbert Keith Chesterton – Dale Ahlquist at Crisis Magazine

Talents & Gifts – Noel Ethan Tan at Ignitum Today

Catholics, Nationalism, & American Identity – James Kalb, J.D., at The Catholic World Report

22 New Crackdowns on Foreign Churches in Communist China Exposed – Zhou Hua at Bitter Winter

Catholic Priest Claims Climate Change, Not Abortions, the Biggest Pro-Life Issue – Micaiah Bilger at Life News

On Child Benefit(s), The US Lags Behind Other Nations, Could That Change? – Jordan Bloom 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