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A Saint Whose Capacity to Forgive Shames Most Christians by Mary O’Regan of Catholic Herald Magazine - Big Pulpit

Embracing Demands of Priesthood and Demanding the Embrace of Priests – Leah Libresco, DeSales Blog

Pope Francis Challenges Us to Live The Joy of the Gospel – Melanie Jean Juneau, Catholic Stand

Saints are Still Being Made: Chiara Corbella Petrillo – K.V. Turley, Crisis Magazine

Mass ‘of Belonging’, Wherein Fr. Z Rants – Fr. Z’s Blog

St. Teresa of Avila: Sleep Is Good – Daniel Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Post-Synod Update for Tuesday, October 27 - Big Pulpit

Ghosts in a Secular Age – Ross Douthat, Evaluations Blog

Concerning Charlie Johnston and His Private Revelations – Kevin J. Symonds, Catholic News and Inspiration

Who Was at the Helm in the Book of Acts? Peter? James? – Tim Staples, Catholic Answers

The Heart of the Covenant – Cynthia Buttjer, Dead Philosophers Society

Absurdifying Don Giovanni – Stephen Mirarchi, Crisis Magazine

T.V. Review: Doctor Who Is Feeling Like a Dull Video Game – Tim Stanley, Catholic Herald Magazine

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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