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Child protection a top priority for Church: Pontifical Commission given mandate to implement child protection in Church

May 13, 2022

At a press briefing following their meeting with Pope Francis on May 6, leadership and members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors met with journalists to illustrate how the Pope has made child protection a top priority for the Church.
Liturgy must lead to awe, unity, mission

May 13, 2022

Pope Francis went on to note three dimensions that emerge clearly from the Council’s drive for the renewal of liturgical life.
I am an abuse survivor. I believe the synod will teach the church how to listen

May 13, 2022

On December 9, 1968, I pulled a stool next to my father in his room at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, the same hospital where so many coronavirus patients succumbed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
People pulse on For a synodal Church Synod of Synodality

Apr 29, 2022

As soon as the Synod on Synodality 2021-2023 was announced the Indian Catholic Forum (ICF) was among the first off the blocks.
Synodal virtues: Valuing a sense of “agency”

Apr 22, 2022

One of the most dis-spiriting things in life is when we have no sense of “agency’.
French Catholics seek to integrate the poor

Apr 22, 2022

Blue and yellow flowers in the colours of the Ukrainian flag protruded here and there from the bags and baskets as nearly 80 members of the diocesan pastoral council of Rouen gathered on March 26 for a full day of meetings dedicated to preparations for the Synod of Bishops’ assembly on Synodality.
Looking back on the Oscars slap

Apr 16, 2022

Like many Oscars viewers, when Will Smith first stepped onto the stage at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre and slapped Chris Rock, I assumed that I was witnessing a scripted stunt.
Father Stu and the Gift of Divine Mercy

Apr 16, 2022

After accepting the difficult fate God had in store for him, Fr Stuart Long spent his last days as a conduit of Christ’s grace.
UK-based architect short-listed for two awards

Apr 16, 2022

Kinta Valley-born architect, Catharine Ann Arul Dass, is a finalist for two prestigious awards in the United Kingdom this spring - the 2022 European Women in Construction & Engineering (WICE) Awards and the Asian Women of Achievement (AWA) Awards 2022.
Bishops in the Holy Land launch a “SynodApp”

Apr 08, 2022

The novel idea was presented on March 23 during a meeting of the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land (ACOHL).