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October 05, 2023

Pope urges permanent media blackout at Synod, saying gossip is ‘anti-Holy Spirit’

October 05, 2023

ROME – Pope Francis opened his Synod on Synodality by urging members to abstain from speaking to journalists in order to maintain what he said was the “priority of listening,” and lamented the influence of public opinion on past synod gatherings. Speaking to synod members and participants during the opening session yesterday, the Pope stressed

Two cheers for Laudate Deum, the musings of a ‘1960s flower child’ that falls short on theology

October 05, 2023

On the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis promulgated his Apostolic Exhortation, Laudate Deum, expressly to complement his 2015 Encyclical, Laudato Si’. The encyclical was Francis’s admonition to address climate change. Laudate Deum is his much briefer complaint that we have not adequately heeded the charge of Laudato Si’. While he warns the Church that “certain apocalyptic diagnoses

CES rejects report accusing Catholic schools of snubbing SEND children

October 05, 2023

Catholic school representatives in the United Kingdom have rejected the conclusions of a report which claims that Catholic primary schools serve fewer students with disabilities or special needs than public schools. Dr Tammy Campbell of the London School of Economics said in a report faith schools from the Catholic and Anglican Churches in England gave