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On Catholic Identity Again – Saint Etheldreda’s Place

Contraception: A Psychological Prostitution – Dominic Pedulla MD, Catholic Stand

The Early Church: The Origins of the Pope in Rome – Matthew Heinrich, In and Out of the Ditch

The Top Five Ways to -NOT- Grow in Emotional Purity - Abigail C. Reimel, Ignitum Today

Daniel Mitsui, Stations of the Cross – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Pope Francis on Same-Sex 'Marriage' and More - Big Pulpit

Vintage Solesmes – Adam Wood, The Chant Café

I Tremble for My Country When I Reflect that God is Just – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious: A Book Review – Kerri, Catholic Sistas

Mortimer J. Adler’s The Angels and Us – Stacy Trasancos PhD

Cardinal O’Malley Calls for Healing in Wake of Bombings – Rick Snizek, Rhode Island Catholic

Aridity & Progress: Divine Intimacy – Daniel Burke, Cthlc Spiritual Direction

Original Sin, Again and Again – Todd Aglialoro, Catholic Answers

The Real St. Francis – Adfero, Rorate Cæli

But Whom May We Evangelize? – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, Crisis Magazine

Video: Fr. Zuhlsdorf Boston Mass (Fantastic Boys Choir Alert!) – Fr. Z’s Blg

Judge Blasts S. N. A. P., They Harass Catholics at Sunday Mass – David F. Pierre Jr., TheMediaReport.com

Ask for Permission, or Forgiveness? – John Kovacs, The Interior Life Institute

The Beatitudes & the Gospel of Luke – J. Jacob Tawney, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

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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