St. Joseph of Cupertino, George Calvert, Veritatis Splendor, U.S. Bloggers Guild, and much more. . .

The Best in Catholic Blogging

How the Mass Is a Sacrifice, and Why So Many Deny This Doctrine - Reginaldus, The New Theological Movement

For Your Lenten Saturday Night at the Movies VI - Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

Secretary of State, “Revert” and Catholic Colonizer George Calvert - Stephanie A. Mann, Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation

God’s Plan, the Only Way to True Freedom: Veritatis Splendor - Father Jeffrey Steel, De Cura Animarum

Catholic Bloggers Guild of America? - Anthony S. Layne, The Impractical Catholic

Abby Johnson and the Still Small Voice of God - Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Out of the Mouth of Salon.com - Daniel McInerny, High Concepts

Democratic Bioethics and Eugenics - Sherif Girgis, Public Discourse

Brace Yourself for the Annual Media Assault on Christian Orthodoxy - Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture/On the News

YouCat: Not Only Problems of Translation - Father Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

Introduction to Psalm 142 - Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

School Play, Saint James Academy, Brooklyn, A.D. 1856 - Pat McNamara

This will be a continuing series, Monday through Saturday twice a day, that I will be contributing for the National Catholic Register by www.ThePulp.it.

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