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Saint Peters Basilica in Vatican City
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Why Young People Leave the Church & What We Can Do About It - Isaac Withers, Catholic Link+++

Have You Heard These Lies? You Can Set the Record Straight – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction++

The Collapse of Dutch Mass Attendance – Fr. Z’s Blog+

14 Famous People Who Converted to Catholicism – Cerith Gardiner, Aleteia

YouTube Powers Brazil’s Catholic Wave – Silvio Simonetti, Acton Institute

How to Write an Appeal Letter . . . the Catholic Way – Brice Sokolowski, CatholicFundraiser.net

Knights of Columbus Teams with U.S. Government to Assist Christians in Iraq – John Burger, Aleteia

Journaling the Faith, Off the Shelf with Allison Gingras – Pete Socks, Catholic Stand

Social Media for Catholics Why Facebook is Still Relevant – Birgit Jones, Catholic Life In Our Times

Reflections of a Plant Mom – Liesl Bee, Ignitum Today

A Catholic Problem: The Teaching of Logic – Jay Toups, Hope in the Storm

Continuous Daily Updates on the Sex Abuse Scandals & Cover-ups - Big Pulpit

The Lay Vocation & Subordination to the Clergy – Joseph Shaw, LMS Chairman

Making Reparations: Tradition of a So-Called Bygone Era Needs to Come Back – Steffani Jacobs, Catholic Stand

Transgender Treatment Plan – Cana Vox, Mercatornet

Archbishop Viganò Responds to Cardinal Ouellet – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

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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