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A Reflection on the Vanishing of Europe by Msgr. Charles Pope - BigPulpit.com

The Human Family and the Family of God – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The Catholic World Report

Jimmy Carter, Anti-Catholic Bigot, Attacks Blessed John Paul II – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

A Habit, A Nun & a Conversion – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Keep Your Catholicism a Secret! - Howard Duncan, Catholic Stand

Conversion Story & Book Review: A Marian Thriller – Julia Willis, Arlington Catholic Herald

What Was She Wearing? - Leah Jacobson, Ignitum Today

Curial Reform? Emergency Meeting of Cardinals Right Now. . . – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

The Greatest Forgotten Catholic Theologian of the 20th Century – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Close Friend Seeks to Allay Fears Over B16’s Health – Sarah MacDonald, Catholic Herald

One Devil to Another - Paul McCusker, Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

Facing Past Sins for My High School Reunion – Cari Donaldson, Aleteia

Richard Dawkins’ Ersatz Atheist Liturgy – Stacy Trasancos PhD

Does the Church Have a 501(c)(3) Entitlement Mentality? – David L. Gray

Abnegation - Chelsea Houghton, Ignitum Today

The Gather Hymnal: Insidiously Undermining the Mass - Jeff Ostrowski, View from the Choir Loft

Did Fr. Frank Pavone Call Nancy Pelosi to Renounce Her Catholic Faith? - Dr. Ed Peters, Canon Law Blog

Be Counter-Cultural, Name Your Baby Mary - Patti M. Armstrong, Integrated Catholic Life™

In Praise of Catholic Studies - Travis LaCouter, First Thoughts

On the Supposed Virtue of Anti-Intellectualism - Saint Etheldreda’s Place

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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