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INTERNATIONAL: Synod document raises possibility of married priests, roles for women
The Catholic Church must find ways to reach indigenous Catholics deprived of the sacraments in the most remote areas of the Amazon rainforest, and that may include ordaining married elders, said the working document for the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon.
INTERNATIONAL: Vatican office: Gender ideology is opposed to faith, reason
Catholic schools must help parents teach young people that biological sex and gender are naturally fixed at birth and part of God’s plan for creation, said the Congregation for Catholic Education.
INTERNATIONAL: Pope Francis strengthened, encouraged by talks with Benedict XVI
Pope Francis said that he continues to visit retired Pope Benedict XVI, 92, who is “like a grandfather” who continues to encourage him and give him strength.
Fight fake news with humble search for truth, Pope Francis tells journalists
Pope Francis has said the task of journalism is to seek the truth, which requires humility and freedom of the press.
SPECIAL REPORT: Pope Francis issues new norms on mandatory abuse reporting
Pope Francis has revised and clarified norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable in protecting minors as well as in protecting members of religious orders and seminarians from abuse.
INTERNATIONAL: Pope Francis encourages Catholics to join ecumenical prayer campaign
In a video recorded on the phone of the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to join the worldwide “Thy Kingdom Come” prayer campaign from 30 May to 9 June.
OBITUARY: Jean Vanier, the man who changed lives of intellectually disabled
Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche communities and co-founder of Faith and Light, died on 7 May at the age of 90.
INTERNATIONAL: Be merciful ministers of Christ, Pope tells new priests
The priesthood is not a “cultural association or a union”, but a ministry of mercy anchored on Christ’s mission to bring hope to the downtrodden and comfort to those who suffer, Pope Francis told new priests.
SPECIAL FEATURE: ‘Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us’
Forgiveness is the central tenant of Christianity and Pope Francis focussed on its importance as one of the seven petitions of the Our Father, as taught to us by Christ, as he returned to the theme of his recent catechesis on the Lord’s Prayer.
SPECIAL FEATURE – ‘Give us this day our daily bread’
By Eric Martin
In part three of his catechesis on the Lord’s Prayer, Pope Francis pointed to the line where we ask God to “give us our daily bread”, which is something “we need to live as children of God”.
“Prayer – Jesus teaches us – does not begin in human existence after the stomach is full; rather it lurks wherever there is a man, any man, who is hungry, who cries, who struggles, who su...