Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, said the head of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops.
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
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Pope Francis hears testimonies from transgender and intersex Catholics
Pope Francis met with a group of transgender and intersex Catholics, along with LGBTQ+ allies and a medical doctor specializing in transgender healthcare, during a nearly 90-minute audience at his residence.
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Writing to 21 new cardinals, Pope Francis urges them to be compassionate shepherds
Pope Francis asked that the cardinals embody “the three attitudes with which an Argentinean poet—Francisco Luis Bernárdez—once characterized Saint John of the Cross,” namely: “eyes raised, hands joined, feet bare.”
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Pope Francis and Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy meet at the Vatican for 3rd time since Russian invasion
Pope Francis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy focused their discussion on the repatriation of Ukrainian nationals held in Russian captivity.
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Synod bishop: Western Catholics ‘obsession’ with women deacons ignores marginalized women
When Catholics in the global North are “obsessed” with the issue of women’s ordination, “women who in many parts of the church and world are treated as second-class citizens are totally ignored,” Bishop Anthony Randazzo said.
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Pope Francis at synod opening Mass: No one has an ‘an exclusive right’ to God’s voice
“Those who arrogantly claim to have the exclusive right to hear the voice of the Lord cannot hear it,” Pope Francis said at the opening Mass of the Synod on Synodality.
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Chinese bishop who was placed on house arrest recognized by China’s government after years of refusal
On Aug. 27, 2024, Bishop Melchior Shi Hongzhen was officially recognized as the bishop of the Diocese of Tianji, after the Chinese government refused to recognize him for five years.
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Jerusalem cardinal: Interfaith dialogue in the Holy Land is in ‘crisis’
“Right now, Christians, Jews and Muslims cannot meet with one another, at least not publicly,” said Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarch of Jerusalem.
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Pope Francis says death penalty fuels ‘poison’ of revenge in preface to new book on prison chaplaincy
Drawing on work of lay Catholic prison chaplain Dale Recinella, Pope Francis paints death penalty as toxic and ineffective.
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Doctrine chief: Vatican approval of apparitions will now be rare—but ‘one will come out in the next days’
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández declared that the Vatican will only validate reports of Marian apparitions in “exceptional” cases that incur the special interest of the pope.