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Who Will be the Next Pope? – Andrea Gagliarducci at Monday Vatican

The Top 10 Strangest Catholic Relics, Including Our Lady’s Breastmilk - Jacqueline Burkepile at ChurchPOP

What Exactly is an “Opening Virgin” in Sacred Art? – V. M. Traverso at Aleteia

Viewing God and the World He Created - Maurice Williams at Catholic Stand

The Rise of the Occult, Most Priests are Unequipped – Charles D. Fraune at Slaying Dragons Blog

Faith is Neither Gullible Nor Hard of Heart: Part I and Part II – James Harris at Catholic Stand

The Archconfraternity of the Holy Face: Why Should One Join? – Father Lawrence Carney at Tan·Direction

How can Catholics Navigate the Crises in the Church and Society? - Paul Senz at The Catholic World Report

Has Pope Francis Completed His Reforms? – Andrea Gagliarducci at Monday Vatican

Scandal? Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception in California – The Pillar

The Church and Its Tax-Exemption - Sean Fitzpatrick at Crisis Magazine

Pope Francis Says That Lace Is Against the Council and the Church – Father John Zuhlsdorf at Fr. Z’s Blog

Pope Francis, Archbishop Gómez, and the America Faithful – Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith

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