Synod on Synodality 2023: Final report calls for greater “co-responsibility” in Church — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis thanks the delegates at the conclusion of the 2023 Synod on Synodality. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 28, 2023 / 19:04 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s nearly monthlong Synod on Synodality assembly, convened by Pope Francis, concluded this evening with members approving an ambitious text calling for greater “co-responsibility” among all believers…

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Vatican releases Synod on Synodality report proposing larger role for laity in Church — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis and delegates at the Synod on Synodality at the conclusion of the assembly on Oct. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 28, 2023 / 15:28 pm (CNA). The Vatican released the Synod on Synodality’s “synthesis report” on Saturday night outlining key proposals discussed during the nearly monthlong assembly’s confidential conversations….

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Meet the Synod’s scooter-riding Byzantine archbishop who got the pope to wear a trucker hat — By: Catholic News Agency

Metropolitan Fülöp Kocsis in Rome for the 2023 Synod on Synodality / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez Vatican City, Oct 28, 2023 / 06:59 am (CNA). A Byzantine Catholic monk who serves as the bishop of the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church has, perhaps improbably, emerged as one of the most colorful figures participating in the Vatican’s monthlong…

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Moscow Archdiocese urges return of memorial for bishop imprisoned by Stalin regime — By: Catholic News Agency

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary, Moscow, Russia. / Sergey Ilyin-Mikhalski (Public Domain). Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 27, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA). The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the Mother of God at Moscow is urging the Prince Vladimir Cemetery in Vladimir, Russia, to restore a memorial plaque that honored…

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