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In a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, Pope Francis ratified the final report, approved its immediate publication, and said he will not publish a separate postsynodal document.

Pope Francis ratifies Synod on Synodality’s final document, marking new approach to Church reform

Oct 26, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis has announced that the final Synod on Synodality document will be adopted without a traditional papal exhortation. Read more

Pope Francis meets with Latin American university rectors on Sept. 21, 2023, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis’ next environmental document to be called ‘Laudate Deum’

Sep 26, 2023

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis’ new document on the environment will be, he said, “a look at what has happened and say what... Read more

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Pope Francis issues exhortation praising the ‘middle class’ of holiness

Apr 9, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis released the apostolic exhortation Gaudete et exsultate in which he aims to “repropose” the universal call to holiness... Read more