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Post-synod document on young people coming soon
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VATICAN (CNS): The Vatican announced on February 24 that Pope Francis will issue a document on Young people, faith and vocational discernment, five months after the world Synod of Bishops gathered to discuss the topic. |
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The Church and the world need you synod tells young people
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VATICAN (CNS): At the end of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment, the synod fathers writing to the world’s young people, said, “Our frailties and sins must not be an obstacle for your trust. The Church is your mother; she does not abandon you; she is ready to accompany you on new roads, on higher paths where the winds of the Spirit blow stronger—sweeping away the mists of indifference, superficiality and discouragement.” |
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Listen, support, guide, include young people synod document says
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VATICAN (CNS): The Catholic Church and all its members must get better at listening to young people, taking their questions seriously, recognising them as full members of the Church, patiently walking with them and offering guidance as they discern the best way to live their faith, the Synod of Bishops said. |
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Synod urged to avoid ambiguous language
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SYDNEY (CNS): In a letter, more than 200 Australian Catholic university students and alumni told the Synod of Bishops on young people and vocations that young Catholics cannot be well formed in their faith when bishops create confusion by using “ambiguous language” on key issues “despite Christ’s clear teaching, the Church fathers and the clear dogma of the Church.” |
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Mainland Chinese bishops at the synod
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HONG KONG (UCAN): Following the signing of the provisional agreement between the Vatican and China, two Chinese bishops were invited by Pope Francis to attend the Synod of Bishops for the first time. |
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Young people want credibility and someone to walk with them
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VATICAN (CNS): Bishop Paul Donoghue of Rarotonga, in the far-off Cook Islands, said that even there a young person asked him what the Church is doing to prevent clerical sexual abuse. |
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Synod group reports focus on abuse, sexuality, friendship and mission
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VATICAN (CNS): In their first formal reports to the entire Synod of Bishops, many of the gathering’s working groups reported that they had discussed the clerical sexual abuse crisis and—especially—its impact on young Catholics. |
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Do not judge Church by acts of individuals
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VATICAN (CNS): “It is wrong to judge the Church for the acts of certain people within the Church,” Percival Holt, a 25-year-old observer at the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment, told reporters on October 11, during a daily briefin. |
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Synod on youth calls to get rid of prejudices
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The 2018 Synod of Bishops is celebrated in Rome from October 3 to October 28. The 25-day long Synod of Bishops on the theme, Youth, the Faith and Discernment of Vocation, opened with a Mass presided over by Pope Francis. It is a culmination of 20 months of preparations, which involved a worldwide survey of young people to listen to their voices on issues that affect their lives as Christians in a changing world. |
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Migration should be free and not be forced says cardinal in synod
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VATICAN CITY (CNS): Young people should have a right to migrate but should never be forced to do so, said an Italian cardinal at the Synod of Bishops. |
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