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Bishops to engage all the faithful in the Synod

Sep 18, 2021

The Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, in an interview with Vatican News, explains the importance of the first, diocesan phase of the synodal process, which opens on 10 October. He says the first stage of consultation “is a founding phase, it must engage not only Catholics but all the baptised."
Catholic bishops in Thailand prepare for synod on synodality

Sep 18, 2021

Church leaders in Thailand are preparing for the 2023 synod on synodality, as the Vatican released a preparatory document for review by dioceses ove
Listening to the faithful: Vatican releases Synod Preparatory Document

Sep 11, 2021

Listening without prejudice; speaking out with courage and parrhesia; dialoguing with the Church, with society, and with the other Christian confessions.
Christ is with us in the Eucharist

Sep 11, 2021

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco invited the whole Church to reflect on the theme of the International Eucharistic Congress: All my springs are in You during the homily at the opening Mass for the occasion. He notes that the Eucharist “goes beyond all loneliness, all distance and all indifference.”
Eucharistic Congress a meeting of humanity

Sep 11, 2021

Pope Francis is due to preside over the Statio Orbis, or closing Mass, of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary on Sept 12.
Cardinal Bo: Jesus waits patiently for us in the Eucharist

Sep 11, 2021

Burma’s Cardinal Charles Maung Bo told Catholics at the International Eucharistic Congress on Wednesday, Sept 8, that it was important to imitate Jesus’ patience amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
What happens when the Pope receives a head of state?

Sep 04, 2021

Vatican ceremonial is made up of “apparently not very visible, but substantial things,” according to Msgr. Stefano Sanchirico, a former prelate of the Prefecture of the Papal Household.e
Korean Church marks 200th birth anniversary of first priest, St. Andrew Kim

Aug 28, 2021

The Catholic Church of Korea on Saturday marked the bicentenary of the birth of St. Andrew Kim Taegon (1821-1846), Korea’s first Catholic priest.
Pope holds Korean saint as model of faith and evangelisation

Aug 28, 2021

Pope Francis on Saturday held out the figure of Korea’s first Catholic priest, St. Andrew Kim Taegon, to Korean Catholics as an exemplary witness of heroic faith and a tireless apostle of evangelization in difficult times, marked by persecution and suffering.
St Kim Taegon ‘upheld Christian value of human dignity’

Aug 28, 2021

Korean Catholics in the diaspora around the globe joined spiritually with their compatriots on Saturday to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Korea’s first native-born priest.