Focus
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Catholic synodality as a response to the crisis of democracy
Nov 22, 2019
The global crisis that many of the world’s social, political, economic and cultural institutions are going through is also an opportunity and a summons for the Catholic Church.
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Farewell to Rome: A Swiss Guard returns home along the Via Francigena
Nov 10, 2019
Vincent Perritaz is 26 and comes from Fribourg. He completed three years of service as a Pontifical Swiss Guard on 31 May. He arrived in Rome as a pilgrim, and decided to leave as a pilgrim, walking up the ancient route of the Via Francigena. It was a journey that changed him both humanly and spiritually. This is his story.
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Amazon synod should lead to ‘ecological conversion’
Nov 02, 2019
The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Ama- zonian region’s final document “should be very strong” on ecological issues, said Cardinal Jean Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg.
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Christians must shun self-worship
Nov 02, 2019
Poor people from the Amazon have shown that God’s creation must be treated “not as a resource to be exploited but as a home to be preserved, with trust in God,” Pope Francis said.
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Amazon Synod: Cardinal Gracias sees similarities between Amazonia and India
Oct 26, 2019
Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias is a Synod Father appointed by Pope Francis to the October 6-27 Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region. In an interview to Vatican News, he looks at the Synod and its issues from the Indian perspective.
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Synod on Amazonia highlights Latin American experience
Oct 26, 2019
The debates at the Synod of Bishops’ special assembly on Amazonia show how, since the election of Pope Francis, the solid Latin American ecclesial tradition has found its place in the Catholic Church.
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Amazonia: Gift and challenge (Part III)
Oct 12, 2019
This meeting of the Synod has the potential to be a powerful influence on the future life of the Church.
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Synod document is to aid discussion, not be Church teaching
Oct 12, 2019
Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes said the working document for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is not official Church teaching but, rather, a way for bishops to listen to the local Church’s concerns.
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Amazonia: Gift and challenge (Part II)
Oct 05, 2019
This is the second of a four-part series before the Synod of Bishops’ Oct 6-27 special assembly on the PanAmazonian region that will discuss the theme New Paths for the Church and for an Integral Ecology.
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Vatican releases list of participants for Synod on the Amazon
Oct 05, 2019
The Vatican has published the list of participants for the Special Assembly of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region, which will be held Oct 6 to 27.
Sunday Reflection
Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time: And Jesus said: “Love Your Enemies”
Hatred kills. There is nothing earth shaking about that statement. Wars demonstrate this. There are people who hate other people and who do everything they can to eliminate the those people.
