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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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His books include a memoir, From the Underground Church to Freedom, and several works of theology and philosophy, including Night of the Confessor and Patience with God. His most recent book, The Afternoon of Christianity, argues for a more mature and open Church....
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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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… 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....
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The idea of synodality at the heart of the Synod of Bishops that meets for a second session in October harkens back to the early days of the Church, and at its core synodality reflects the Church’s missionary spirit, says Maryknoll Father William LaRousse....
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The second session of the Synod of Bishops marked an important stage of maturation in the synodal process. How should the church, the family of God in Africa, contribute to discerning new paths together? Five African experts give their opinions to La Croix International throughout the synod....
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The management of princes was an essential task of statecraft in earlier, monarchical ages. In our more democratic epoch, the essence of governance or leadership is more often the management of expectations....
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“I am very pleased with the synod’s final document,” Cardinal Robert McElroy told America’s Vatican correspondent on the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 27. That morning he had concelebrated the concluding Mass of the Synod on Synodality with bishops and priests from around the world in St. Peter’s Basilica, presided over...