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Confidential records from the Vatican’s October synod on synodality have been posted to an unsecured cloud server in the days since the synodal assembly began this month, with new records added as recently as Thursday. The records include rosters of synodal participants and their working group assignments — along with the reports filed by working…
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández gave another eye-catching interview this week, dedicated to one of the most controversial aspects of his work. In the Oct. 10 conversation with the Spanish website Religión Digital, the new prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) spoke about his department’s responsibility for clerical abuse cases….
Alumni of Loyola Marymount University have launched a petition drive calling for the Los Angeles-area Catholic school to stop encouraging students to use preferred pronouns tied to their gender identity. / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 13, 2023 / 15:26 pm (CNA). A Florida administrative judge called “transgender ideology” a “new secular faith” in a ruling…
The Reverend John I. Jenkins will step down after nearly two decades of service as the president of Notre Dame University at the end of the 2023-24 academic year. / Credit: Barbara Johnston, University of Notre Dame Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 13, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA). Following nearly two decades of service, Father John…
A cross atop the seminary in Beit Jala, Palestine. / Aid to the Church in Need. CNA Staff, Oct 13, 2023 / 12:20 pm (CNA). Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, condemned Hamas’ Saturday terrorist attacks against Israel, called for peace in the Holy Land, and said the Vatican is ready to help…
Israel unleashed an attack in the northern Gaza Strip on October 12, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. / Credit: Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images) CNA Staff, Oct 13, 2023 / 11:32 am (CNA). The Israeli government on Friday urged civilians to evacuate the northern part of Gaza amid its war against the terror group Hamas. …
Synod of Synodality delegates tour the catacombs of St. Sebastian. Rome, Italy, Oct. 13, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez Vatican City, Oct 13, 2023 / 15:57 pm (CNA). Synod on Synodality delegates made a pilgrimage to Rome’s catacombs Thursday where they literally “walked together” to the tombs of early Christian martyrs. Hundreds of delegates took…
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the relator general of the 16th Annual General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 13, 2023 / 15:52 pm (CNA). Speaking at the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich shared an introductory reflection on the “co-responsibility of the mission.” This is the subject of the…
Catholic pilgrims on the Katy Trail Pilgrimage walk the route on Oct. 9, 2023. / Jonah McKeown/CNA CNA Staff, Oct 14, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). Most Catholics wanting to make a pilgrimage of double- or triple-digit mileage may think they need to take a plane overseas to somewhere like Spain or France. But one…
Hey everybody, It’s a Tuesday, but you’re not really reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. Why not? Because I’m in transit right now, on my way to Rome to cover the second half of the first part of the Roman segment of the global synod on synodality. We’ve got a lot of good reporting taking shape….
