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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Pope Francis invoke the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Peace and Mother of Mercy at a prayer vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Basilica, Friday, Oct. 27. / Credit: Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Oct 28, 2023 / 10:03 am (CNA). Pope Francis said Saturday he is praying for strength and peace for the community…
Above: Soviet Army in Kiev, 1920 Part I: What is the Russian Catholic Church? Introduction Part II: Heralds of a Catholic Russia Part III: Venerable and Blessed Founders of the Russian Catholic Exarchate The revolution struck hard. In 1918, the number of Catholic parishioners in St. Petersburg alone was 400 lay people with a few thousand…
Cardinal Agostino Marchetto. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/ACI Prensa ACI Digital, Oct 28, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA). The Synod on Synodality convened by Pope Francis has once again brought to the fore the clash between internal currents of the Church in dispute since the Second Vatican Council. The accusations of manipulation in the name of…
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…
Twins baptized by twins — Gianna and Andrew Renwick with Father Ben and Deacon Luke Daghir. / Credit: Don Wojtaszek CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Twins Gianna and Andrew Renwick were born on July 18, each weighing slightly less than 6 pounds. One month later, on Aug. 20, they were baptized…
While there is no record regarding the length of his stay in Smyrna, nor a word about hotel arrangements (Was he put in first class, perhaps?), there is no disputing the fact as to why St. Ignatius of Antioch was there. Owing to his status as a condemned criminal bound for execution in Rome, he…
There was a man of great authority, position, and influence who had many daughters and sons. This man’s place in the world was singular in rank yet also one of great service. To him was given the rights and duties of a Second in Command of a vast army; a household with no parallel; a…
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