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Synod Organizers Are Making Their Crisis of Credibility Worse

NEWS ANALYSIS: Those running the Synod on Synodality could be building credibility about the process by acknowledging its limitations and avoiding obvious landmines; instead, they’re only giving Catholics more reasons to be concerned — and they don’t seem to care.

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Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Chair Supports 15-Week Abortion Ban Nationwide

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UK Doctor Investigated for Praying with Patients Calls on Christians to ‘Stand Up and Fight’

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Let Your Beauty Shine, Pope Francis Tells Young People

Pope Francis told students he was speaking of the beauty that never fades because it is a reflection of divine beauty.

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Vatican Cardinal Says He Did Not Compare German Synodal Way to Nazi Ideology

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Four Female Athletes Challenge Connecticut Policy in Fight to Save Women’s Sports

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Bishop Carlos Ximenes Felipe Belo, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts related to East Timor speaks during an Indonesian Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) public hearing in Jakarta, March 26, 2007.

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