The 2,500-page document was issued as the Catholic Church in France, like in other countries, seeks to face up to shameful secrets that were long covered up.
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German synodal way begins with calls for the Catholic Church to ‘embrace radical change’
While some bishops have called for rapid and dramatic changes to the German church, representatives from the Vatican have underscored the need for unity and deliberation.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Brazil once depended on Europe for vocations. Now it sends women religious missionaries all over the world.
Besides taking up the challenge of exploring new frontiers of evangelization in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Brazilian women religious have also become evangelizers of the “old continent,” Europe, where female vocations have radically declined in recent decades.
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Explainer: What happens when an Anglican bishop becomes Catholic?
Why, and how, do high-profile figures in the Church of England make the swim across the Tiber?
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis to populist leaders: Do not use the cross for political purposes
The pope’s message on the meaning of the cross resonated with the Greek Catholic community, whose members suffered harsh persecution and were prohibited to exist under Czechoslovakia’s Communist rule from 1948 to 1989.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Pope Francis wants a better future for Slovakia’s Roma communities. Roma women are making it happen.
Women in Roma settlements across Slovakia are gaining agency and bringing about a better future for the next generation.
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Pope Francis urged priests to limit homilies to 10 minutes in a speech to religious in Slovakia
On his second day in Bratislava, Pope Francis called Slovakia “to be a message of peace in the heart of Europe” and the church to evangelize with “freedom, creativity, and dialogue.”
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Pope Francis in Budapest calls on the Hungarian Catholic Church and its pastors ‘to be builders of bridges and promoters of dialogue’
Pope Francis called on this majority Christian nation to stop closing in on itself and to open its arms and hearts to peoples of other ethnic backgrounds, religions and cultures.
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American conservatives have fallen in love with Hungary. Pope Francis is less impressed.
In his meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Pope Francis is not as likely to celebrate the Hungary-first tendencies of Mr. Orban and his ruling Fidesz Party.
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Podcast: Pope Francis is still recovering from surgery. Is he ready for a papal trip?
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” the hosts examine the health questions around Pope Francis’ trip to Hungary and Slovakia.