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Former CIA Analyst Discusses the Messages of Our Lady of All Nations in Netherlands - L. Graas

10 Points About Prospective Priests - Father John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Question Begging & Leading Questions - Stanley D. Williams Ph.D., Catholic Lane

R.I.P.: Archduke Otto von Habsburg (1912-2011 A. D.) - The Telegraph

. . .Lisa Graas: Statement of Card. Martino. . .

. . .Theodore Harvey of Royal World: A Tribute. . .

. . .The Mad Monarchist: A Beautiful Painting of Otto von Habsburg. . .

Coup de Culture: N.Y. Times Pushes Consensual Adultery - Wesley J. Smith, Scndhnd Smk

When JP2 Nearly Recognized Israel, The Untold Story - Lisa Palmieri-Billig, La Stampa

Stem Cells Cure for AIDS? - Steve Weatherbe, The Daily Register

A Strange Fruit of Inter-Religious Dialogue - Mundabor’s Blog

Dubious, Misleading & Sometimes Dishonest Words & Phrases - Jane Mossendew

How to Destroy a Culture in Five Easy Steps - Joe Carter, First Things/On the Square

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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