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Bishops are pictured in a file photo during a Vatican II session inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Marking the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, said that while "synodality" was not a term used by the council, it reflects the council's vision of the church. (CNS file photo)

Dream of ‘synodality’ is a fruit of Vatican II, cardinal writes

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Post published:October 11, 2022
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‘The synod has constantly placed itself at the service of the council, contributing for its part to renewing the face of the Church’

Pope Francis looks at artwork of himself presented by a nun during an audience with the participants of a symposium on "Holiness Today," sponsored by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, at the Vatican Oct. 6, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Saints have joyful hearts, not long faces, pope says

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Post published:October 6, 2022
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‘Without this joy, faith shrinks into an oppressive and dreary thing’

People pose for a photo at the premier of the "The Letter: A Message For Our Earth," a film on Pope Francis' encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2022. Pictured from left are the film's writer and director, Nicolas Brown; U.S. coral reef scientist Greg Asner; Arouna Kandé, a climate refugee from Senegal; Ridhima Pandey, a 13-year-old climate activist from India; U.S. coral reef scientist Robin Martin; Chief Cacique Odair "Dadá" Borari from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil; and Lorna Gold, president of the board of the Laudato Si' Movement. (CNS photo/Laudato Si' Movement)

Open letter: Papal document on ecology hits screens to increase action

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Post published:October 6, 2022
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‘Just act now guys, please!’

Mohtas Anwar Modier, a Sudanese refugee who received a visa to study in Italy, speaks at a conference on immigration in Rome Sept. 27, 2022. Government representatives and leaders of Catholic immigration efforts attended the conference sponsored, by the International Catholic Migration Commission and the Canadian Embassy to the Holy See. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Healing by helping: Welcoming refugees builds community, speakers say

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Post published:September 29, 2022
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'Be bold. Be big. Be ambitious'

Pope Francis holds a Ukrainian flag as he greets the crowd before Mass in St. Peter's Square during the World Meeting of Families at the Vatican in this June 25, 2022, file photo. Meeting Jesuits in Kazakhstan in early September, the pope said too many people have taken a simplistic view of Russia's war on Ukraine. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Invasion of Ukraine was barbaric, but war is complicated, pope tells Jesuits

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Post published:September 29, 2022
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‘This is a world war’

A priest talks to a visitor June 15, 2022, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, during an immersion trip organized by Catholic Extension for people from various U.S. dioceses. (CNS photo/Juan Guajardo, Catholic Extension via Jersey Catholic)

Deacon: Amid Puerto Rico’s long road to recovery, its people are resilient

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Post published:September 28, 2022
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‘The faithful keep coming back to Mass under the tarp, waiting for their church to be rebuilt'

Pope Francis speaks as he celebrates the closing Mass of Italy's National Eucharistic Congress at the municipal stadium in Matera, Italy, Sept. 25, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)