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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 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 Initiative urges pope to write encyclical on nonviolence; patriarch cites ‘horrors’ of war
Palestinians attend to a child who was a casualty of an Israeli airstrike on a house in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 24, 2023. (OSV News photo/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Reuters) Editors: note graphic content.

Initiative urges pope to write encyclical on nonviolence; patriarch cites ‘horrors’ of war

‘It is time to stop this war, this senseless violence’

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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 Poll: U.S. Catholics’ views on climate show no significant ‘Laudato Si’’ effect years later
Rock formations and mountains are pictured near Los Alamos, N.M., Nov. 21, 2020. Pope Francis warns the clock is ticking on the dangers of climate change -- and both a paradigm shift and practical action are critically needed to avert looming disasters in nature and human society. The pope released his new apostolic exhortation "Laudate Deum" (“Praise God”) Oct. 4, 2023, as a follow-up to his 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si', On Care for Our Common Home." (OSV News photo/CNS file, Bob Roller)

Poll: U.S. Catholics’ views on climate show no significant ‘Laudato Si’’ effect years later

‘We cannot fail to consider the effects on people’s lives of environmental deterioration, current models of development and the throwaway culture’

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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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Read more about the article ‘Laudate Deum’: Planet mirrors a deeply flawed view of human life and activity
A woman is seen relaxing at West Meadow Beach in Setauket, N.Y., Oct. 2, 2023. Pope Francis warns the clock is ticking on the dangers of climate change -- and both a paradigm shift and practical action are critically needed to avert looming disasters in nature and human society. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

‘Laudate Deum’: Planet mirrors a deeply flawed view of human life and activity

‘Climate change is one of the principal challenges facing society and the global community’

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