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In the wake of the Synod on Synodality, Catholic religious women in Africa are voicing their hopes for a Church that values and includes women more deeply, especially in leadership and community roles....
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Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has appointed around 20 women to positions of responsibility in the Vatican, reaching previously unheard-of levels. La Croix analyzed these choices and put them in perspective with his speeches, which reflected a more traditional theology....
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In a room filled with parishioners from the Diocese of Parramatta and beyond, as well as religious, ministry leaders and heads of Catholic agencies, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, delivered his annual lecture exploring Vatican II's influence on what it means to be Church today....
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Anne-Cathy Graber was surprised when Mennonite World Conference received an invitation to send a delegate to the Roman Catholic Synod on Synodality’s concluding assembly in Rome....
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“I was delighted at the conclusion of the synod to hear Pope Francis basically say: ‘O.K., that’s enough. Basta. We’ve talked enough. We’ve discussed enough. We’ve written enough. Now let’s go out there and do it.’” That is what Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, 65, told America’s Vatican correspondent in this...
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Earlier this month, at the site of St. Peter’s martyrdom in Rome, participants in the second session of the synodal assembly joined Pope Francis to pray for Christian unity, offering an ecumenical prayer asking to “remove divisions between Christians so they can proclaim the Gospel together.”...
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“The synod’s final document is not a landing strip. It is a launch pad. We’re just beginning. We have no idea how this is going to unfold. This is why this is historic.”...
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… And the beginning of synodality. When Francis was elected pope in 2013, “synodality” was a technical term used mostly by ecclesiologists and Church historians. But a synodal Church was the hope of many who did not have the word for it....
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The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view of what the Church should be....