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So, what does Pope Leo think? In his conversation with Ms. Allen, we hear for the first time a substantial, albeit colloquial, assessment of synodality from his perspective....
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In general, popes are rarely eager to set forth an agenda before the white smoke above the Sistine Chapel clears, as it were – the first six months or so of a papacy tend to be fairly quiet. The impatience to impose some sort of template on this current...
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Making room for the reasons of the heart....
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Many aspects of Francis’ remarkable program of ecclesial renewal are prefigured in Balthasar’s vision for the church....
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Embracing diversity and popular piety....
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Ever since the installation of Angelo Roncalli as Pope John XXIII in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, followed by pope as caretaker....
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Leo, already established as a polyglot fluent in Italian, should not hesitate to use English and increasingly make it the dominant language at the Vatican....
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Now back at his Vatican residence for a two-month doctor mandated convalescence, Francis' days bear some resemblance to those he spent in Cordoba: reading, prayer, celebrating Mass and light work, plus physical and respiratory therapy. ...