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Why I Told a Stranger at a Coffee Shop to Break Up with Her Fiancé – Theresa Civantos Barber at Aleteia +1

Seven Steps to Bring People Back to Church – Father Jonathan Meyer at Catholic Exchange +1

Book Review: Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen – Joseph Tuttle at Missio Dei

The Life of Saint Augustine, by Benozzo Gozzoli, Part II – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

Being With God in Summertime – Barbara Padolina at Catholic Stand

Is Suicide a Mortal Sin? – Amelia Monroe Carlson at Catholic365

Sin Makes You Foolish – Pat Flynn at Catholic Answers Magazine

The Boston Globe Tried to Intimidate, Silence ‘TheMediaReport.com’, and Lost – David F. Pierre, Jr., at TheMediaReport.com

Could Student Loan Forgiveness Portend the End of Catholic Colleges? – Eric Sammons at Crisis Magazine

Who Not To Trust on the Internet – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts

The Corruption of the American Hierarchy – Philip Lawler at Catholic Culture

Want More Great Catholic News Links? Click Here! - Tito Edwards at Big Pulpit

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