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Pope Francis
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Pope extends Synod on Synodality to 2024
- . 17 October 2022
Pope Francis announced yesterday that the Synod of Bishops on Synodality will be extended by a year, with the assembly meetings to be held in Rome over two sessions in October 2023 and October 2024. Source: CNA.
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Love, solidarity must be part of plan to end hunger: Pope
- . 17 October 2022
In a message marking World Food Day, Pope Francis said success in eradicating hunger will require acts of love and solidarity. Source: CNS.
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Road to hell paved with good intentions and no action: Pope
- . 13 October 2022
Complaints without any desire to do anything about the situation are poison, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: CNS
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Pope pleads for Church unity on 60th anniversary of Vatican II
- . 12 October 2022
Pope Francis yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council by pleading for the Church to “overcome all polarisation and preserve our communion”. Source: NCR Online.
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Francis to join interfaith prayer for peace at Colosseum
- . 12 October 2022
Pope Francis will join other religious leaders at a prayer service for peace at Rome’s Colosseum later this month, the Vatican confirmed. Source: CNA
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Pope meets Methodist-Catholic dialogue members
- . 11 October 2022
Sandhurst Bishop Shane Mackinlay met with Pope Francis last week in his new role as the Catholic co-chair of the Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission. Source: Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.
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Pope prays for victims of ‘horrific’ Thailand attack
- . 11 October 2022
Pope Francis said he was “deeply saddened” after hearing the news of one of the world’s worst mass shootings at a day-care centre in northeast Thailand. Source: Crux.
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Synodality top of agenda for Pope, Archbishop Costelloe
- . 10 October 2022
The Fifth Plenary Council of Australia and the global Synod on Synodality were key discussion points for Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Pope Francis when they met last week.
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Saints have joyful hearts, not long faces: Pope
- . 7 October 2022
The holiness of saints is reflected not only in how they overcame struggles but by their ability to transmit the joy that comes from being loved by God, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: NCR Online.