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  In Asia, the synod gives voice to Catholics on the margins

  Aug 26, 2022

  As the diocesan phase of the synod ended on August 15, America touched base with a few well-informed sources for insight into how the synod has gone so far in Asia.

  
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  Explaining the tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church

  Aug 19, 2022

  Earlier this month, Nicaragua shuttered seven radio stations belonging to the Catholic Church and launched an investigation into the bishop of Matagalpa, Rolando Álvarez, accusing him of inciting violent actors “to carry out acts of hate against the population.”

  
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  Connection alone is not enough to communicate

  Aug 19, 2022

  Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, addresses this year's SIGNIS World Congress in Seoul, recalling that "the only way to respond to the challenge of technology is not to think of it as an idol."

  
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  Disabled Catholics praise Pope’s example in publicly using a wheelchair

  Aug 19, 2022

  Beck saw a photo of Pope Francis sitting in a wheelchair and holding a baby during his week-long trip to Canada in July, she felt the same sense of camaraderie she feels seeing another mum at her children's elementary school using a wheelchair.

  
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  It isn’t just the priest’s fault : Six tips for lay people to have a better homily experience

  Aug 12, 2022

  Media outlets frequently publish reports of new surveys, showing how dissatisfied Catholics are with their homilies. The approval ratings are always significantly lower than the parallel Protestant ones.

  
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  Vatican enlists influencers to get young, disenchanted Catholics to answer Synod survey

  Aug 12, 2022

  To get young, disenchanted Catholics to answer Synod survey

  
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  Young Catholics in Ireland say their voices have not been heard during synodal process

  Aug 12, 2022

  A group of 500 young Catholics in Ireland have signed a letter saying they love the Church’s teaching, but that their voices had not been heard in the process leading up to the Synod on Synodality in Rome.

  
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  Synod on Synodality can’t re-invent the mission of the Church’

  Aug 05, 2022

  The bishop of Córdoba, Spain, Demetrio Fernández, warned about the challenges facing the Synod on Synodality, an initiative that he acknowledges “has stirred up the waters of the Church” but that cannot “invent” the mission of the Catholic Church.

  
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  India’s Latin-rite Catholics conclude national synod

  Aug 05, 2022

  India’s Latin-rite Catholics have concluded the national phase of the Synod on Synodality, finalising their proposals for the 2023 synod in the Vatican, officials said.

  
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  Children and the Church’s synodal process

  Jul 29, 2022

  While Catholic teens and young adults around the world were largely no-shows at local synodal consultations, one country actually involved even younger members of the Church.