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Lebanese bishop says political, economic interests work against peace

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that sparked a full-blown war in Gaza that has spiraled into a broader regional conflict, a Lebanese prelate has asked that individual...

Pope gives nods to peripheries and pals in naming 21 new cardinals

Pope Francis Sunday announced a consistory in December for the creation of 21 new cardinals from all over the world, representing yet again the pope’s love of the peripheries, and his inclination to...

Women’s group announces protests over ‘catastrophic’ approach in synod

“I see no desire on the part of the Vatican to seriously address the issue of women in church offices,” said Regina Franken, European chair of the Catholic Women’s Council, in remarks to KNA.

Synod participants lament focus on ‘niche issues’ such as women’s ordination

Participants in this month’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality have condemned what they said is an overly western agenda obsessed with “niche issues” that takes attention away from other important key...

As synod opens, Vatican says ‘no’ to women deacons

On the first day of the final session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, the study group responsible for evaluating the female diaconate has said that it is a form of Holy Orders, and therefore...