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Christians in Iraq Face Uncertain Future – John Burger, Aleteia∝

Laity Vocation: Let Us Build the Earthly City – Kevin Aldrich, Catholic Stand

Why the Internet Will Make the World More Pro-Life – Jennifer Fulwiler, ChurchPOP

The University of Notre Dame Is Confused by Dr. Ed Peters of In the Light of the Law – BigPulpit.com

Satanism Hits the South – John Burger, Aleteia∝

Conspiracies and Catholicism: Halloween – Foxfier, Catholic Stand

No Matter How Dark Your Past, You Can Start Over: Sexual Healing - Crystalina Evert, Aleteia∝

The Wrong Response to a Demand Not Made by Dr. Ed Peters of In the Light of the Law - BigPulpit.com

Apple and Facebook Offer Coverage for Egg Freezing – Elizabeth Kirk, Aleteia∝

Demons – Foxfier, The American Catholic

How To Craft A Thurible For Catholic Kids – Catholic Icing

Slow Down and Think – Jason Theobald, Ignitum Today

The Tyranny of “Mercy” – Michael Matheson Miller, The Catholic World Report

Christine Odone’s Facile Analysis of the Synod – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Are There Different Ways to Get an Annulment? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Why This Evangelical Was Convinced Humanae Vitae Is Right – Brantly Millegan, ChurchPOP

Did the Papacy Exist While Saint John the Evangelist Was Alive? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

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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