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Cardinal Wuerl mounts strong defense of ‘Amoris’ and Pope Francis
- Church, Church in the US, Global Church, Vatican
- September 15, 2017
In the opening lecture for Georgetown University’s Sacred Lecture Series, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington defended Pope Francis’s efforts to decentralize Church governance, his approach to synodality, and ‘Amoris Laetitia.’
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Latin Mass fans celebrate 10-year anniversary, without pope
- Associated Press, Vatican
- September 14, 2017
At a conference Thursday marking the 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s decree liberalizing use of the Latin Mass, the meeting organizer, Father Vincenzo Nuara, didn’t even mention Francis in his opening remarks. The current pope was mentioned in passing by the second speaker, and ignored entirely by the third.
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Council of Cardinals says more youth, women needed in Roman Curia
- Catholic News Agency, Vatican
- September 14, 2017
During this week’s meeting of the Council of Cardinals, the C9 discussed the role of the Roman Curia as “an instrument of evangelization and service for the pope and the local Churches,” decentralization, the role of apostolic nunciatures, and the “selection and competence” of curial personnel.
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Pope: The cross without Christ’s hope is ‘spiritual masochism’
- Vatican
- September 14, 2017
Reflecting on the feast of the day, the Exaltation of the Cross, Pope Francis warned against two temptations: Following Christ without acknowledging his Cross, reducing him to a spiritual teacher, and thinking of a Cross without Christ, meaning without hope.
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Pope calls new bishops to avoid “nostalgia” for one-size-fits-all answers
- Vatican
- September 14, 2017
In remarks to newly appointed Catholic bishops during the last twelve months on Thursday, Pope Francis focused on the virtue of discernment, saying it “can’t be reduced to repeating formulas such as ‘high clouds send little rain’ to a concrete person, who’s often immersed in a reality that can’t be reduced to black and white.”
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Don’t be embarrassed to talk about sex, youths tell Vatican officials
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- September 13, 2017
Twenty people under the age of 35, along with 70 theologians, priests and academics were meeting September 11-15 as part of the preparatory process for the 2018 Synod of Bishops on “young people, faith and vocational discernment.” Pope Francis wants the synod to not just be about young people, but with young people, assuring they have a voice.
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