Synod on Synodality: Anticipation and tensions brew ahead of synthesis report release  — By: Catholic News Agency

Delegates at the Synod on Synodality will vote on the assembly’s synthesis report on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. / Vatican News Vatican City, Oct 27, 2023 / 09:50 am (CNA). A summary report of this month’s synodal assembly in Rome is nearing finalization — with both anticipation and apprehension mounting over what the critical document…

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PHOTOS: Members of the Synod on Synodality pray the rosary for peace at St. Peter's — By: Catholic News Agency

Synod members, led by Cardinal Gabetti, process into Saint Peter’s Basilica to pray the Rosary for Peace. / Credit: © Evandro Inetti/EWTN News/Vatican Pool Vatican City, Oct 27, 2023 / 05:55 am (CNA). Synod delegates gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday evening to pray the rosary for peace, amid the ongoing war between Israel…

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Religious persecution is threat to U.S. national security, experts tell Congress — By: Catholic News Agency

U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 26, 2023 / 17:20 pm (CNA). In testimony to the House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, experts said that religious persecution across the world poses a serious threat to American citizens and U.S. national security. The hearing, which…

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Bishop Barron: Church should engage culture with more ‘energy, panache, and confidence’ — By: Catholic News Agency

Bishop Robert Barron speaks to EWTN’s Colm Flynn about evangelizing the culture today. October 2023. / Credit: Word on Fire Vatican City, Oct 26, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Bishop Robert Barron said he regrets the Catholic Church’s “hand-wringing” in recent decades over how to share the Christian message with a secular culture.  In an…

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Analysis: South Lebanon is a ‘volcano in motion,’ and Christian villages do not sleep — By: Catholic News Agency

The southern border town of Qalaia, Lebanon. / Credit: Al-Qulaya Facebook page ACI MENA, Oct 26, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The scene of tension is not new to the villages of Lebanon’s southern border, especially the Christian ones. The towns that experienced clashes throughout the period of the Israeli presence in Lebanon, and then…

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