Read more about the article Pope Francis asks Mary to ‘convert those who fuel and foment conflict’
Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra and Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, top officials in the Vatican Secretariat of State, pray as Pope Francis presides over a prayer for peace on Thursday, Oct. 27, in St. Peter’s Basilica with members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican. CNS photo/Lola Gomez

Pope Francis asks Mary to ‘convert those who fuel and foment conflict’

‘Queen of all peoples, reconcile your children, seduced by evil, blinded by power and hate’

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Read more about the article Opinion vs. inspiration: Synod must grapple with concept of ‘sensus fidei’
Pope Francis holds his rosary as he prays for peace on Friday, Oct. 27, in St. Peter’s Basilica with members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican. CNS photo/Lola Gomez

Opinion vs. inspiration: Synod must grapple with concept of ‘sensus fidei’

‘I like to think of the Church as God’s faithful people, holy and sinful, a people summoned and called with the power of the Beatitudes and Matthew 25’

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Read more about the article Safeguarding will benefit from a synodal church, theologian says
Members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops pray before a working session in the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 26, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Safeguarding will benefit from a synodal church, theologian says

‘A more synodal church ‘‘can only be possible if we have true and authentic and deep formation that is rooted in conversation in the Spirit’’

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Read more about the article Synod assembly calls on everyone to ‘concretely participate’ in synodality
Portuguese-speaking members of the assembly of the Synod pose for a group photo before a working session in the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 26, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Synod assembly calls on everyone to ‘concretely participate’ in synodality

‘For the Church’s vocation is to proclaim the Gospel not by focusing on itself, but by placing itself at the service of the infinite love with which God loved the world.’

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Read more about the article Listen to, trust the lay faithful, pope tells synod members
Pope Francis prays with participants in the assembly of the Synod of Bishops before making a rare speech to the gathering Oct. 25, 2023, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Listen to, trust the lay faithful, pope tells synod members

‘I like to think of the Church as the simple and humble people who walk in the presence of the Lord – the faithful people of God’

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Read more about the article Synod prays warring nations will learn to listen, respect each other
Cardinal Louis Sako, the Iraq-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, and Iraqi Sister Caroline Saheed Jarjis, a member of the Daughters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the rosary for peace with members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 25, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Synod prays warring nations will learn to listen, respect each other

‘During this synod, we have heard the cry of so many people who are victims, poor and oppressed by the tragedies unfolding in many of the countries we come from’

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Read more about the article Pope calls Gaza parish staff as bombing continues
Rosary Sister Nabila Saleh, right, Father Youssef Asaad and another sister make a low-resolution video of themselves speaking on a cellphone with Pope Francis from a stairwell in Gaza in this screen grab from Oct. 15, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media via YouTube)

Pope calls Gaza parish staff as bombing continues

‘We ask for justice, justice and peace’

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Read more about the article Synodal spirituality is at ‘heart of Church’s renewal,’ cardinal says
Synod participants attend a Byzantine Divine Liturgy at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica as part of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Synodal spirituality is at ‘heart of Church’s renewal,’ cardinal says

‘Let us pray in this Divine Liturgy that the Lord makes us worthy laborers of his harvest’

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Read more about the article Cardinal addresses ‘exaggerated expectations’ over synod
Participants at the assembly of the Synod of Bishops recite morning prayer before finishing their discussions on the assembly's first module, which was on the meaning of synodality and how to promote it in the church, in the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall Oct. 7, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Cardinal addresses ‘exaggerated expectations’ over synod

‘Synodality does not mean expressing personal opinions, but walking together’

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Read more about the article Pope, in document on climate crisis, criticizes science ‘deniers’
This graphic from Jan. 18, 2023, shows global average surface temperature in 2022 compared to the 1991-2020 average, with places that were warmer than average colored red and places that were cooler than average colored blue based on data from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. The bars on the graph show global temperatures compared to the 20th-century average each year from 2022 back to 1976 -- the last year the world was cooler than average. (CNS photo/NOAA)

Pope, in document on climate crisis, criticizes science ‘deniers’

‘Our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point’

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