“We know that the Holy Father has expressed that at this time the issue of the female diaconate is not mature and has asked that we not entertain this possibility for now,” Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández told the synod Oct. 21.
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Pope Francis to welcome Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy back to Vatican
Pope Francis will welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy back to the Vatican Oct. 11.
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Synod members vote to dialogue with study groups on controversial issues set up by Pope Francis
The study groups are investigating questions such as how to improve seminary education, ministry to LGBTQ Catholics and possible ministry roles for women in the Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis defends giving women and lay men voting rights at synod
Pope Francis said he wanted to respond to a “storm of chattering” that had developed around his expansion of synod membership.
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Synod opens with unusual penitential service: 7 cardinals ask for forgiveness for church’s sins
The Catholic Church cannot be credible in its mission of proclaiming Christ unless it acknowledges its mistakes and bends down “to heal the wounds we have caused by our sins,” Pope Francis said.
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Father Radcliffe tells synod members: Don’t be driven by fear of the church changing—or staying the same
Some members of the Synod of Bishops may need to let go of old ways of doing things and others may need to let go of a desire to make everything new, Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe said at the pre-synod retreat.
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Pope Francis tells fellow Jesuits he’d give jailed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi refuge at the Vatican
Pope Francis, who has called for the liberation of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former leader of Myanmar and Nobel Peace Prize winner, told Jesuits in Asia that he even had offered to give her refuge at the Vatican.
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Pope Francis tells young people to live as pilgrims, not tourists, in World Youth Day message
To fully experience love and hope, young people must approach the journey of life as pilgrims and not just sightseers seeking the perfect selfie, Pope Francis said.
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Terror suspects who threatened Pope Francis arrested in Indonesia
Not long after Pope Francis left Indonesia, authorities there announced they had arrested seven people for making online “terror threats” against the pope.
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Pope Francis expresses concern about religious freedom in Ukraine: ‘The churches are not to be touched.’
During the Aug. 25 recitation of the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis expressed his concern over a recent Ukrainian law that proscribed the Russian Orthodox Church.