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September 07, 2021

Vatican releases synod on synodality preparatory documents

September 07, 2021

Vatican City, Sep 7, 2021 / 03:30 am The Vatican released Tuesday a preparatory document and handbook for the 2023 synod on synodality to be reviewed by all Catholic dioceses in the world over the next six months. “It is precisely this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium,”

Archbishop Cordileone raises issue of excommunication for abortion advocates

September 07, 2021

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 5, 2021 / 18:07 pm Calling abortion “the most pressing human rights challenge of our time,” Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on Sunday invoked the excommunication of prominent Catholic segregationists in the early 1960s as an example of a legitimate response to Catholics politicians who support “a great moral evil.” In an op-ed

Pope Francis greets Afghan refugees after Vatican documentary screening

September 07, 2021

Vatican City, Sep 7, 2021 / 03:10 am Pope Francis met with recent arrivals from Afghanistan on Monday evening after a documentary about his life and teaching was screened at the Vatican. The Holy See press office said that the pope arrived in the atrium of the Paul VI Audience Hall on Sept. 6 at