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New Cardinals Say Europe is Becoming the Catholic Church’s New ‘Peripheries’
All three men are participants in the synod and will be made cardinals at a consistory on Dec. 8, as announced by Pope ...
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Is Pope Francis a ‘liberal’? Depends on whether we’re speaking Catholic
The secular contrast between “liberal” and “conservative” doesn’t work inside the Catholic Church, at least in its most ...
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Pope Francis: We must acknowledge our sins, ask forgiveness to become missionary Church
During the penitential celebration on the eve of the Synod on Synodality, confessions and testimonies were shared by bishops, ...
National Catholic Register1d
Pope Francis: ‘Prayer and Fasting are the Weapons of Love that Change History’
In his letter, the Holy Father expressed his closeness with those “who dwell in the lands of which the Scriptures speak most ...
Women's role in Catholic Church tops agenda as Pope Francis opens second phase of big reform project
Pope Francis' big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of ...
Pope Francis leads the church in asking forgiveness for sins against the poor, abuse victims and the Earth
Pope Francis penned requests for forgiveness, which were read by the most influential clerics at the Vatican, listing the ...
Catholic reform debate launched by Pope Francis leans away from ordained roles for women
Pope Francis’ big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of ...
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Pope Francis opens second phase of big reform project
Pope Francis' big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of responsibility in the church topping the agenda ROME -- Debate was leaning ...
Belgian PM blasts Pope Francis for Catholic Church's sex abuse cover-up legacy in blistering welcome
Belgium’s prime minister blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups, ...
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After Warm Welcome in Asia, Pope Francis Gets a Fraught Reception in Belgium
On Saturday, a Catholic university where Francis held a meeting “deplored ... Father Reese, the church analyst, compared the pope to “a grandfather at a Thanksgiving dinner.” ...
America Magazine1d
Synod members vote to dialogue with study groups on controversial issues set up by Pope Francis
The study groups are investigating questions such as how to improve seminary education, ministry to LGBTQ Catholics and ...