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Epiphanytide Brings Thoughts of Christian Persecution in the Middle-East by Fr. George W. Rutler of Crisis Magazine - Big Pulpit

Why Are We Driven to Distraction? (Or, How Do Saints Keep Their Cool?) – Jeffrey A. Mirus Ph.D., Catholic Culture

Catholic Devotions: A Spiritual Vocabulary – James Hooper, Catholic Stand

People Aren’t Born Transgender, But Playing Dress-Up Can Spark Psychological Problems – Walt Heyer

8 More Epic New Years Resolutions – Laura Hensley, Epic Pew

Anything Worth Doing: Should We Pursue Distributism in the U.S.? – Jack Quirk, The Distributist Review

Europe No Longer Knows Its Roots, Says Vatican’s Top Ecumenical Officer – Arwin Schwibach, The Catholic World Report

The Propaganda Against Franco’s Spain – Bruce Walker

50 Shades of Gay – Jennifer Roback Morse, Crisis Magazine

Responding to a Concerned Protestant on Purgatory – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic News and Inspiration

New Bishop for El Salvador – Carlos X, Super Martyrio

Lessons from the Reform Papacy of St. Pius V – Christian Browne, Crisis 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’

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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