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Gerard O’Connell
“May the Most High receive the dead in his peace, comfort their families and sustain the wounded,” he prayed as he addressed thousands of pilgrims from many countries gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Oct. 28.
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FaithNews Analysis
Gerard O’Connell
The text is intended as a guideline to be adapted at the national and local level in different countries.
Cardinal Gerald C. Lacroix of Quebec, center, participate in a pilgrimage hike from the Monte Mario nature reserve in Rome to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 25. Participants in the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment, and young people from Rome parishes took part in the hike. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The cardinals and bishops who participated in the synod may have “a little more wisdom,” but the young people “have the enthusiasm and the creativity to help us bring Jesus Christ to the world.”
people standing behind bishops in a church area at the vatican
FaithDispatches
Bill McCormick, S.J.
New calls for greater synodality—and the inclusion of many more voices than just bishops—may complicate the role of collegiality in church governance.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
There is “a wonderful spirit” at the synod and Cardinal Nichols thinks this is due to the fact that “we’ve gone from talking about young people and from talking to young people, to talking with them. In a strange sort of way it’s become what Pope Francis means by synodality.”
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
This new catechumenate is necessary, Pope Francis said, because "you can't play around with love."