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Why Mary Is the Best Promoter of Culture – Carrie Gress Ph.D., my favorite catholic things

How can You Separate Freedom of Conscience from Freedom of Religion? – D Gend MD, Mercatornet

In Præclara Summorum: In Praise of the Great Poet Dante – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

Chris Pratt & James Gunn ‘Defend’ the Right to Pray – Philip Kosloski, Aleteia

Prepare Your Garden – Carol Monaco, Catholic Stand

Killing the Bible Softly with Your Appeals – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

The Orchestral Mass: The Case of Saint Agnes – J.P. Sonnen, Liturgical Arts Journal

When a Non-Believer Wants to Argue – David Mills, Catholic Exchange

The Affair Must Go On – Sean Fitzpatrick, The Civilized Reader

The Other Side of a Vocation Story – Trish Irvine, Catholic Stand

What, Indeed, Is the Quran? – Fr. James V. Schall S.J., Crisis Magazine

Richard Carrier Carries On – Edward Feser Ph.D.

How the Traditional Latin Mass Mass Saved My Life, Joseph Sciambra – Brian Williams, Liturgy Guy

A Demur on the Archdiocese of Washington Document Implementing Amoris Lætitia – Edward N. Peters J.C.D. J.D., In the Light of the Law

Fr. James Martin, S.J., Scores Another One for the Opposition! – One Mad Mom

Catholics for Dreamers: A Painful Exercise in 1960s Nostalgia – Michael Davis, 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