Read more about the article Bishops must promote communion, unity with pope, new U.S. cardinal says
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, greets a bishop in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican after Pope Francis made him a cardinal Sept. 30, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Bishops must promote communion, unity with pope, new U.S. cardinal says

‘There’s been a development in the sense of the need for the Church to open and to be welcoming’

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Read more about the article Before synod retreat, pope prays for listening instead of polarization
Pope Francis, Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the Rev. Ann Burghardt, general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, and other Christian representatives stand in front of the San Damiano cross, in front of which St. Francis of Assisi said he heard Jesus tell him to "rebuild my church," at an ecumenical prayer service Sept. 30, 2023, in St. Peter's Square. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Before synod retreat, pope prays for listening instead of polarization

‘Silence is fundamental to prayer, and ecumenism begins with prayer and is sterile without it’

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Read more about the article Hundreds stand in line to greet new cardinals from the ‘peripheries’
Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan of Hong Kong greets well-wishers in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican after a consistory where Pope Francis made him and 20 other prelates cardinals Sept. 30, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Hundreds stand in line to greet new cardinals from the ‘peripheries’

‘I never dreamed this would happen’

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Read more about the article New cardinals say building church unity is urgent need
Cardinal-designate Christophe Pierre, nuncio to the United States, talks with CNS at the Vatican. Sept. 29, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

New cardinals say building church unity is urgent need

‘Every pope, during Vatican II and after Vatican II, embraced continuity in the renewal and reform of the one subject, the Church, and we have to get this into our heads, otherwise we are not Catholics’

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Read more about the article New cardinals bring experience of ‘peripheries’ to universal Church
Pope Francis places a red biretta on the head of new Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan of Hong Kong, during a consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 30, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

New cardinals bring experience of ‘peripheries’ to universal Church

‘The important thing is to have more diverse voices’

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Read more about the article Vatican asks U.N. Security Council to join efforts for peace in Ukraine
Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican’s foreign minister, addresses the U.N. Security Council during a meeting in New York Sept. 20, 2023. CNS screengrab/United Nations

Vatican asks U.N. Security Council to join efforts for peace in Ukraine

‘If this war is not stopped and peace is not sought at every turn, the whole world risks plunging into even deeper crises’

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Read more about the article Pope: Christians are called to fight ‘every form of slavery’
Pope Francis leads a prayer as he begins his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 20, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope: Christians are called to fight ‘every form of slavery’

‘Jesus, God made man, elevated the dignity of every human being and exposed the falsehood of slavery’

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