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Let’s Face It: The Young Adult Catholic Dating Scene Is Horrific by Jesse of On the Whole Catholic blog - Big Pulpit

We Cannot Ignore This Genocide of Christians – David Alton, The Catholic Herald

Pro-Life or Social Justice: a False Catholic Dichotomy – Fr. Matthew Schneider L.C., Catholic Stand

New Leaven of Pharisees: Judging Another’s Love; Decline of Online Discourse – Deacon Jim Russell, Crisis Magazine

Put Out Into the Deep of Your Heart This Lent by Lilla Marie Lottinger of Catholic Stand - Big Pulpit

Knives Out for Latin America’s Unborn, but What’s Behind this Zika Virus Story? – Mei-Li Garcia, Life Site

Lent: A Time for Building Habits – Ryan Kraeger, Ignitum Today

Trends in Male Religious Life – Fr. Bevil Bramwell O.M.I., The Catholic Thing

Divine Mercy as The Perfect Antidote to The Self-Hate of Sin – Gabriel Garnica, Catholic Stand

50 Years of Sex Changes, Mental Disorders, and Too Many Suicides – Walt Heyer, Public Discourse

Things Every Holy Apostles Student Understands – Shaun McAfee, Epic Pew

Planned Parenthood Clinic Injures 30th Woman in Botched Abortion – Cheryl Sullenger, LifeNews.com

But We Have Forgotten God – Donald R. McClarey J.D., The American Catholic

Pope Francis Hinted to German Bishops that He May End Latin-Rite Priestly Celibacy – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

What’s So Dangerous About This Book About the Church of England? – Damian Thompson, The Spectator

Mark Shea and the Catholic Left – Dave Griffey, Daffey Thoughts

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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