Malta archdiocese distances itself from controversial lay movement
- Jul 14, 2020
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Archdiocese in India marks 100th anniversary of serving poor and marginalized
- Nov 30, 2019
Archbishop William D’Souza says Pope Francis’s “Church of the poor and for the poor is one hundred percent exemplified in the Archdiocese of Patna,” as it marks its 100th anniversary.
Amazon bishops pledge poverty, spurning plastics and taking the bus
- Oct 20, 2019
Facing what signatories call an “avalanche of consumerism,” 40 bishops pledged Sunday to assume a “happily sober lifestyle, simple and in solidarity with those who have little or nothing; to reduce the production of garbage and the use of plastics, favoring the production and commercialization of agro-ecological products; and using public transport whenever possible.”
Vatican II’s forgotten apostle of the poor stages comeback at Amazon synod
- Oct 20, 2019
One could make the argument that the Vatican II figure to whom Pope Francis is closest actually isn’t John XXIII but rather Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro of Bologna, Italy, the council’s leading apostle of the “option for the poor.”
Argentine housekeeper captures pope’s vision of ‘poor church for the poor’
- Jan 20, 2019
An Argentine housekeeper perfectly illustrates what Pope Francis means when he talks about a “poor church for the poor.”
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