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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The second assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will meet Oct. 2-27 and will be preceded by several formal studies coordinated by the synod general secretariat working with various offices of the Roman Curia. The Vatican announced the dates for the assembly Feb. 17, indicating that the desire of…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Vices, such as vanity and greed, are like “wild beasts” of the soul that risk tearing people apart, Pope Francis said. Vices “must be tamed and fought, otherwise they will devour our freedom,” he said Feb. 18 before reciting the Angelus prayer with about 15,000 visitors in St. Peter’s Square. Visitors…
BOLOGNA, Italy (CNS) — Incense slowly drifted upward, not below the vaulted ceiling of Bologna’s Basilica of San Petronio, but toward the fluorescent lighting and steel beams in the city’s convention center, which for three days bore the trappings of a temple rather than those of a corporate meeting place. From Feb. 11-13, the Italian…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has chosen a line from Psalm 71 — “Do not cast me off in my old age” — as the theme for the 2024 celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. In a note announcing the theme for the day, which will be celebrated July 28,…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The vice of “acedia,” often translated as “sloth,” can cause laziness, but it is much more than that; it is a lack of caring for anything and being bored with everything, even one’s relationship with God, Pope Francis said. “The demon of acedia wants precisely to destroy the simple joy of…
ROME (CNS) — In an age when even one’s most intimate thoughts and feelings can become fodder for social media, Lent is a time to cast aside appearances and to find God at work in the depths of the heart, Pope Francis said. Without realizing it, Christians have become immersed “in a world in which…