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German plans for new synodal body advance after papal election
The new body would ‘make fundamental decisions on pastoral planning.’
May 13, 2025 • 
Luke Coppen
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Robert Prevost and Leo XIV
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JD Flynn
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On Pope Leo’s Desk: Fixing Vatican finances
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Ed. Condon
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Starting Seven: May 13, 2025
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Bishop: Ceasefire spared India and Pakistan ‘very dangerous war’
May 12, 2025 • Luke Coppen
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Pope Leo: Journalists should ‘disarm communication’
May 12, 2025 • Edgar Beltrán
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Pope Leo and a truly ‘synodal’ Church
May 12, 2025 • Larry Chapp
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German plans for new synodal body advance after papal election
May 13, 2025 • 
Luke Coppen
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Bishop: Ceasefire spared India and Pakistan ‘very dangerous war’
May 12, 2025 • 
Luke Coppen
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Pope Leo: Journalists should ‘disarm communication’
May 12, 2025 • 
Edgar Beltrán
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‘An act of darkest evil’ - explosive device detonated on Penn. parish chapel altar
May 9, 2025 • 
Michelle La Rosa
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Robert Prevost and Leo XIV
May 13, 2025 • 
JD Flynn
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On Pope Leo’s Desk: Fixing Vatican finances
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Ed. Condon
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The last Leo and the American Church
May 10, 2025 • 
Seth Smith
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The German Church’s busy papal interregnum
May 8, 2025 • 
Luke Coppen
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Abuse reform efforts will ‘undoubtedly’ shape choice of pope, expert says
May 7, 2025 • 
Susanna Pinto
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Czerny on papacy: ‘Part of a beautiful mystery’
May 3, 2025 • 
Edgar Beltrán
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Cardinal Arborelius: Evangelization ‘all-encompassing’ priority for next pope
May 2, 2025 • 
Edgar Beltrán
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‘The Church is not a substitute of the UN’: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis
May 1, 2025 • 
Susanna Pinto
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Bread and water, conclave brawls, and conclave ghosts
May 8, 2025 • 
Edgar Beltrán
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What's ‘a motto’ with you?
May 8, 2025 • 
Jason Abellaneda Baguia
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What’s happening when? A conclave watcher’s guide
May 6, 2025 • 
Luke Coppen
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Meet the conclave: Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline
May 6, 2025 • 
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Breaking bread, state of the race, and excommunication communication
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