Synod on Synodality reports not ‘secret,’ but still won’t be shared, spokesman says — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 10, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 14, 2023 / 11:55 am (CNA). Small-group reports from the Synod on Synodality won’t be made public — even though the documents have already been accessed by some journalists following an information security oversight. The decision was…

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Synod ‘setting the stages for future changes’ on role of women; first woman presides over assembly — By: Catholic News Agency

Sister María de los Dolores Palencia Gómez, Superior General of the Congregation of St. Joseph of Lyon, speaks to journalists during a press briefing for the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican on Oct. 14, 2023. / Credit: Screenshot from Synod on Synodality livestream video Vatican City, Oct 14, 2023 / 17:20 pm (CNA). The…

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Pope Francis highlights ‘little greatness’ of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in apostolic letter — By: Catholic News Agency

St. Thérèse of Lisieux. / Credit: Public domain Rome Newsroom, Oct 15, 2023 / 05:55 am (CNA). Pope Francis has commended the “little greatness” of St. Thérèse of Lisieux in a new message focusing on the 19th-century Carmelite’s relevance for the Church today. St. Thérèse’s “genius consists in leading us to what is central, essential,…

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