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Wisdom in God’s Country: Stunning Wyoming Catholic College Video - Chris Owens, Benedictus Dominus

Chanted Christmas Gospel - Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Observations of a Catholic Homeschooling Father- Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic Lane

Vatican Diary: Cardinal Bertone has Another Gear - Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Wisdom, Not the Geek Squad - Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Least Evil Option: A Defense of Harry Truman - Wilson D. Miscamble, Public Discourse

Survey: Many Catholic Colleges Not Complying with Ex Corde Ecclesiae - The Cardinal Newman Society

A Furtive Political Calculation: Playing Both Sides to the Middle - The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

Should Priests be Firmer with Non-practicing Catholics? - Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Quæritur: Can Extraordinary Ministers give “Blessings”? - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

China: The Disfigured Face of Freedom - Mauro Pianta, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Separation of Church and City? - Joseph Knippenberg, First Things/First Thoughts

Students All Set to Learn about ‘Gay History’ in California Schools - Catholic Online

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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