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A True Story of an Angel’s Visit by Jennifer Wing Atencio - BigPulpit.com

The 4 Best Beards in the History of Christendom – Melissa Keating, Focus Blog

Our Anniversary Mathematical Miracle – Stacy Trasancos PhD

The Blessed Virgin in the History of Christianity – Fr. John A. Hardon SJ, Ignatius Insight Scoop

The Common Core: A Train Wreck Coming for Catholic Schools – The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

5 Ways to Maintain Hope - Marge Fenelon, Catholic Lane

Pope Francis Calls for Third Vatican Council by Siobhan Benitez of Ignitum Today - BigPulpit.com

Interview with Catholic Architect & Professor Duncan Stroik – Aleteia

Desolation of Peter Jackson - God & Caesar

Time for the Te Deum - Mary Jane Ballou, The Chant Café

The Devil Has a Microphone – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic Stand

Ludwig von Pastor & the History of the Popes - Thomas J. Mauro, Crisis Magazine

Catholics & the “Extra Stuff” – Shaun McAfee, Ignitum Today

Bishop Philip Egan: Combating Secularism Requires Creativity - Luke Coppen, The Catholic Herald

The True Meaning of Christmas - Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

Cry for Help from a Young Woman Conceived with I. V. F. - Rebecca Taylor, Creative Minority Report

A Different Set of New Year’s Resolutions - Chris Ricketts, Ignitum Today

Sex Affirmed - Pete Jermann, Crisis Magazine

My Journey as a Catholic So Far: Open Wounds & Explanations – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Rory Cooney Needs “Healing” from Pope Emeritus Benedict's Liturgical Reforms – Jeff Ostrowski, Views from the Choir Loft

The King Is Coming (Matthew 2:1-6) - Fr. John Bartunek, Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction

My Brush with a Dead Parish & A New Year’s Suggestion for Priests – Micah Murphy, Truth & Charity

Evidence of Upheaval in 1964 – Jeffrey A. Tucker, New Liturgical Movement

Woman Training Altar Servers Stands in as Priest, Sacrilege – Fr. Z's Blog

Pontifical Solemn Mass in Lithuania – Charles Cole, New Liturgical Movement

Requiem Æternam: Closer Look at Mass of the Dead (Part I) - González, Aleteia

The Bourgeois are at the Gates – Dale M. Coulter, First Things

Courage of One Midwife Is an Example to Us All - Francis Phillips, The Catholic Herald

Subhumanism: Worldview of Friends & Neighbors - Jason Jones & John Zmirak, Aleteia

A School without Screens – Sean Fitzpatrick, Crisis Magazine

Christmas & The Liturgy - Fr. Gary Dickson, Catholic Collar and Tie

Bishop of Aberdeen Apologizes for Abuse at Catholic Schools - The Catholic Herald

George Orwell’s 1984: Are We There Yet? - Sean Fitzpatrick, Crisis Magazine

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Msgr. Charles Pope

Find New Year Resolution Success in Your Words - Lynn Bode, CatholicMom.com

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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