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Why Catholics Bow Their Heads At The Name Of Jesus – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia +1

Strive for a More Intense Interior Life – Luis M. Martinez at Catholic Exchange +1

Live Perpetual Adoration Of The Blessed Sacrament Via Adorecast – Team Catholify

The Necessity of Good Works for Salvation in the Gospels – J.P. Nunez at Catholic Stand

Healthy Parent-Child Relationships – Peter C. Kleponis, Ph.D., at Those Catholic Men

Everything You Wanted to Know About Epiphany But Were Afraid to Ask – Fr. Joseph Gill at Ignitum Today

How To Be More Humble — & Why It Matters So Much – Fr. Michael Rennier at Aleteia

The Our Father: Praising God & Praying For Ourselves – Guy McClung, Ph.D., J.D., at Catholic Stand

Prayer To Be Detached from “Stuff” – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

A New Book on Blessed Karl of Austria for Marriage Preparation – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Guilio Romano’s Monumental Sacristy in the Abbazia di San Benedetto – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

An Introduction To A Lenten Journey with Mother Mary – Charlie McKinney at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Vestments in Art – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal

A Liturgical Rite of Betrothal – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

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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