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  Is the priest listening to you? Indian diocese surveys families for synod

  Mar 31, 2023

  An Indian diocese used its existing small Christian communities to train lay leaders to reach out to a wide variety of Catholics — including broken families — ensuring that everyone had a voice in the listening process for the upcoming Synod of Bishops on synodality.

  
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  We are only young once

  Mar 31, 2023

  One of the outcomes of the Peninsular Malaysia Pastoral Convention I in 1986 was the inclusion of the youth ministry as one of the five core groups needed towards building a Christ-centred community (the rest were Unity among bishops, priests, religious, laity; Formation for all; Integral human development of the poor; Dialogue with Christians and non- Christians). Youth were (and still are) seen as one of the components towards building a Christ-centred Church.

  
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  Seeing the Catholic Church through the eyes of a global news aggregator

  Mar 31, 2023

  In a sense, the Church gets smaller using Flipboard but in the best way. I am made aware of the struggles and witness of Catholics all around the world in a way that no one publication or country’s publications could ever accomplish.

  
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  Prayer is the dance of God

  Mar 31, 2023

  Performing arts polymath Michael Xavier Voon, has multiple local and international accolades under his creative arm.

  
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  African bishops say they’ll listen to synod, but also have something to teach

  Mar 24, 2023

  African prelates wrapped up their end of Pope Francis’ ongoing Synod on Synodality in early March, vowing that Africa will listen to the rest of the Church but also insisting that it has much to teach.

  
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  German Catholics conclude their “Synodal Path”

  Mar 24, 2023

  The Catholic Church in Germany has finally completed its highly publicised “Synodal Path” (der Synodale Weg), a project for ecclesial reform that the bishops launched three years ago, together with lay leaders, in response to the county's clergy sex abuse crisis.

  
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  All roads lead to... the Synod in Rome: A bit of synodal wisdom

  Mar 24, 2023

  The next six months are likely to be a bumpy road on the way to Rome where the first of two Synod assemblies on the very issue of synodality will take place this coming October.

  
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  Your tears are my tears; your pain is my pain

  Mar 24, 2023

  The missionary life is a continuous process of incarnation in which a part of me remains with the people to whom I am sent and a part of the people remains in me.

  
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  Ten years in, a look at some of Pope Francis’ top soundbites

  Mar 10, 2023

  When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis almost ten years ago, the world was immediately captivated by his vibrant personality, his simplicity, his love of the poor, and the fresh, and frankly, unusual papal vocabulary he has often adopted.

  
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  Go beyond parallel lines that never meet

  Mar 03, 2023

  The recently concluded international conference on Pastors and lay faithful called to walk together was aimed at exploring the nature and foundation of lay co-responsibility in the Church.