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Bishops and youth auditors from the synod walk the Via Francigena in Rome, Oct.25, 2018.

Synod bishops and youth delegates pray together along medieval pilgrimage route

Oct 25, 2018

By Courtney Mares

As the 2018 Synod of Bishops draws to a close, young people and bishops walked together along a medieval pilgrimage... Read more

Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of South Africa at a briefing on the Synod of Bishops on October 20, 2015 in the Holy See Press Office.

5 bishops who could move the youth synod

Oct 1, 2018

By Ed Condon

This week the Synod of Bishops begins its fifteenth ordinary general session, convoked to discuss the themes of young people,... Read more

Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, O.F.M., of Durban, speaks at the Holy See press office Oct. 14, 2014.

Controversy prompts Vatican to clarify synod midterm

Oct 14, 2014

After a media frenzy and lively internal debate were both raised by the publication of the midterm relatio of the... Read more

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Cardinal Francis Arinze during the centenary celebrations of Bigard Memorial Major Seminary in Rome in November 2024.

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Gilmour Street train station in Paisley, Scotland.

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Pope Francis speaks at a Mass and canonization of 14 new saints in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024.

Honoring the ‘saints next door’: Pope Francis calls for annual celebration of local holy men and women

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Pope Francis greets members of Italy’s National Youth Council at the Vatican on Nov. 16, 2024.

Pope Francis: Young people can be ‘artisans of hope’ amid mental health challenges

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at St. Mary’s Parish in Franklin, Massachusetts, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.

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Father Rafael Capó (third from left) with young adults (from left) Alan Angelis, Arturo Zayas, Dylan Francisco, Rosanne Sherman, Cecilia Seiglie, Father Hilary Nwainya, Isabelle Seiglie, and Maria Vazquez at the National Eucharistic Congress outside of the Indianapolis Convention Center July 17, 2024.

U.S. Hispanic ministry’s Miami model: an insider’s view with Father Rafael Capó

The Diocese of Scranton in Pennsylvania launched a parent education program designed to provide support and resources for local families. Four of the six parent educators from left to right: Mineyris Novas, parent educator; Dagmar Frias Montolio, program supervisor; Montie Ford, lead parent educator; and Mara Portoreal, parent educator.

Pennsylvania diocese launches parent education program

Image of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, beside sealed boxes of documents compiled during the diocesan phase of his canonization cause.

Diocesan phase completed for canonization of Father Pedro Arrupe

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