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Vatican extends until August listening phase for synod
To ensure all Catholics have an opportunity to share and to listen as part of the initial process of the next Synod of Bishops in 2023, the local phase will extend by more than three months.
Israel’s decision to cancel cultural event upsets Catholic leaders
Israel cancelled a three-day Palestinian cultural event at a Catholic site where 140 schoolchildren were watching a puppet and clown performance.
Biden says pope told him to continue receiving Communion
Pope Francis and U.S. President Joe Biden had an unusually long "cordial discussion" at the Vatican Oct. 29, talking about the climate crisis and poverty, among other issues, but not abortion.
Vatican convenes experts to study early Christian history
A conference inspired by Pope Francis will draw scholars from Europe, India, Iraq, China and the United States to focus particularly on the first two centuries of Christianity.
Pope may go to Canada to aid healing process, Vatican says
Indigenous leaders will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in December to tell how their people have been treated by Catholics in Canada, including abuse in church-run schools.
African bishops demand end to ‘land grabs’ by private companies
Africa's food systems and environment are being damaged by land deals concluded "by private actors" supported by governments and banks, the Catholic bishops said.
Vatican formalizes process for approving liturgical translations
The new protocol requires bishops' conferences to "faithfully prepare versions of the liturgical books in vernacular languages," with attention to the original text, the language of translation and those who speak it.
Yad Vashem names two French clergy as Righteous Among the Nations
Cardinal Eugène Tisserant and Msgr. André Bouquin posthumously received the World Holocaust Remembrance Center's highest honor for those who risked their lives to rescue Jews from the Nazis during World War II.
Cameroon bishops warn of increasing violence in separatist campaign
The population of the Central African nation "can no longer take" the spiraling situation in which "anyone now feels they have a right to violate the life of others," said Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya.
Spirituality, encounter at heart of World Mission Sunday, cardinal says
Ahead of the Oct. 24 observance, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said the church must recover a sense that "each baptized person is a missionary of the kingdom of God."