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What Temperament Are You? – Laraine Bennett at Catholic Exchange

Five Reasons to Go to Confession, besides Forgiveness of Sins – Todd Aglialoro at Catholic Answers Magazine

Reject Satan with These Exorcism Prayers on the Saint Benedict Medal – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

Do You Ever Tremble? – Jacqueline St. Clare at Catholic Stand

The Way of Beauty: A Path for Evangelization – R. Jared Staudt, Ph.D./Catholic World Report

Be Not Afraid: You Can Homeschool – Emily Landreaux at Crisis Magazine

Joy in the Midst of Sorrow – Deacon Michael Bickerstaff at Integrated Catholic Life™

How Involved is Pope Francis in the London Trial Case? – Andrea Gagliarducci at Monday Vatican

In Or Out? Prints That Stand the Test of Time – Meghan Ashley Styling at Catholic Mōdê Blog

The Promise and Peril of Synods – Francis X. Maier at The Catholic Thing

Red Flags In Dating (Podcast) – Jordan Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Book Review: True Obedience in the Church by Doctor Peter Kwasniewski – John Paul Sonnen at Liturgical Arts Journal

Because Females can be Instituted Acolytes, can They be Straw Subdeacon – Fr. Z’s Blog

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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