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Cardinal Kasper on “Artificial” Birth Control by John F. Kippley of Homiletic & Pastoral Review - BigPulpit.com

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Los Angeles Archdiocese Acknowledges Paying Bogus Abuse Claims – David F. Pierre Jr., The Media Report

The Pyrrhic Victory, Mercy, and Sebastian Mahfood – Shaun McAfee

In Defense of Gentlemanly Things – Jason Craig, The Catholic Gentleman

Marriage Debate: Remarriage & Birth Control - BigPulpit.com

Alvaro Del Portillo: The “Shadow” Steps into the Light -K. V. Turley, Crisis Magazine

Bishop Base Cupich Descends on Chicago – Donald R. McClarey JD, The American Catholic

The Deeper Meaning of the Parable of the Talents – Fr. Robert Barron, The CWR Blog

A Living, Changing Love – Megan Twomey, Ignitum Today

Should We Really Be “All About That Bass?” – Alex Johannigman, Project YM

Is it a Sin to Put Yourself Down? – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Why Scotland and Ireland Went Different Ways – John Haldane, First Things

Mutual Enrichment of Many Models of Liturgy in Church – Fr. Christopher Smith, The Chant Café

Drunk Catholic History: Bourbon – Scott Broadway, One Peter 5

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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