Synod Briefing – Day 10: Synod focuses on decision-making

Synod Briefing – Day 10: Synod focuses on decision-making

Over the weekend, the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality focuses on decision-making processes, emphasizing the need for transparency, accountability and evaluation. By Christopher Wells The work at the Synod in recent days has focused on the Journey section of the Work instrumentwith a particular emphasis on how Church leaders make and implement decisions….

Synod press conference – Day 3: An invitation to listen to all

Synod press conference – Day 3: An invitation to listen to all

On the feast of St. Francis, Friday, 4 October, the second general congregation of the General Assembly of the Synod heard reports from the five Language Tables, and held an open discussion with more than thirty speakers addressing topics such as charisms and ministries, liturgy, dialogue with cultures and religions. By Salvatore Cernuzio The Second…

Pope: May the apostolic zeal of Blessed Fr. Moisés encourage priests

Pope: May the apostolic zeal of Blessed Fr. Moisés encourage priests

During the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis celebrates the life and testimony of Blessed Father Moisés Lira Serafin, beatified the day before at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, during a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. By Alessandro Di Bussolo Remembering Blessed Father…

Argentinian missionaries overjoyed to meet Pope Francis in Vanimo

Argentinian missionaries overjoyed to meet Pope Francis in Vanimo

Vatican news Pope Francis concludes his short visit to the Diocese of Vanimo in Papua New Guinea with a brief visit to a group of Argentine missionaries and nuns at the humanist school of the Holy Trinity parish in Baro. By Lisa Zengarini After addressing the faithful of the diocese of Vanimo, Pope Francis made…

Ten years after Pope Francis’ visit, Korean Church working toward unity

Ten years after Pope Francis’ visit, Korean Church working toward unity

Vatican news Ten years after Pope Francis visited South Korea for the 6th Asian Youth Day, Consolata missionary Father Diego Cazzolato said the Church seeks to unite immigrants from the Philippines and Nigeria through acts of outreach, while fostering interreligious dialogue in the hope of guiding new generations toward a safer world. By Antonella Palermo…

Elenita de Jesús: Important for Puerto Rican Church, but she is not the Virgin Mary

Elenita de Jesús: Important for Puerto Rican Church, but she is not the Virgin Mary

The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a definitive decision regarding the alleged supernatural events related to the shrine of the Holy Mountain in Puerto Rico. In the face of attempts to attribute to Elenita de Jesús the identity of Jesus or the Virgin, the judgment is “confirmation of…

Cardinal Tagle invites Catholics to share God’s gifts

Cardinal Tagle invites Catholics to share God’s gifts

The National Eucharistic Congress, held in the American city of Indianapolis, concluded with the celebration of Mass and a homily by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, who called for a renewed commitment to Eucharistic and missionary conversion. By Vatican News Reflecting on the theme of the National Eucharistic Congress, taken from the Gospel of John, “Abide…

Archbishop Thattil: Union with Rome central to Syro-Malabar identity

Archbishop Thattil: Union with Rome central to Syro-Malabar identity

Vatican news Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil, the new head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, speaks to Vatican News about the ancient Church he leads. Meeting the head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, divided for several years by a violent liturgical conflict, Pope Francis underlines the importance of obedience… By Joseph Tulloch In January this year,…