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U.S. Bishops Urged To Do More to Help Persecuted Christians – Catholic News Service via Catholic Herald

Deadlifts, Burgers, and Fiction: Maccabee Podcast 011 – Taylor Marshall Ph.D., Maccabee Society

‘Remarkable’ Resilience of Persecuted Christians Focus of New Film – Catholic News Agency

New Book Offers Sophisticated Defense of Religious Liberty – Rachel Lu, Crisis Magazine

Eulogy for Matthew – On Alert – Marcus Allen Steele

When was the Last Time You Heard Those Words? – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Fr. Z’s Blog

St. Paul Had Some Lesser Known Letters and They’re Awesome! – Matt Vander Vennet, epicPew

Developing Better Relationships – Anne DeSantis, Catholic Stand

Tradition is for the Young – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

The Coming Second Reformation – Shane Schaetzel, Fully Christian

Is Traditionalism a Spiritual Malady? – Peter A. Kwasniewski Ph.D., New Liturgical Movement

Dinardo, Gomez Elected to Lead U.S. Bishops – Catholic News Service via 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.

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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