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Atheist Identifies Problem with Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ by C. E. Olson - BigPulpit.com

9 Videos that Warm the Catholic Soul - H. H. Ambrose, Saint Peter’s List

Why I Love M*A*S*H - Burke Ingraffia, Ignitum Today

Oh, Chastity Is Too Hard? Man Up! - Matt Fradd, Catholic Answers

Marriage Prep Classes Don’t Teach You How to Fight - Leticia Adams, Catholic Stand

Help! My Children Aren’t Catholic Anymore! – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Why a Kid Can Demolish Materialism - Stacy Trasancos PhD

My Retirement From Blogging, New Chapter for NLM – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

I. R. S. Targets Catholic Critics of Obama Regime – Stephen M. Krason, Cris Magazine

Parishioner At The Back Of Confession Line Sure Is Optimistic - The Eye of the Tiber

What Do Women Want from Men? – Lorraine Murray, Integrated Catholic Life™

“How the West Really Lost God” – Brad Miner, The Catholic Thing

Accuser’s Claims of Abuse ‘Different Versions of Reality’ - David F. Pierre Jr., The Media Report

Are Catholic Universities Still Committed to Families? - Patrick J. Reilly, Catholic Education Daily

Quick, Label Me! - Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic

Transitions: Breast Cancer - Erika, Catholic Sistas

Pearls before Swine and the New Evangelization - Micah Murphy, Truth & Charity

Quæritur: Why Won’t the Bishop Let a Priest Say the E. F. Mass? - Fr. Z's Blog

Have We Turned Into Evangelistic Jellyfish? - Jon Sorensen, Catholic Answers

Three Takes on Thomas Nagel - Anna Williams, First Thoughts, First Things

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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