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After an interview in the German Catholic publication, Die Tagespost, Cardinal Kurt Koch “apologised” to “all those who felt offended” after he made inflammatory comments about the German Synodal Path. 

Pope Francis gives his blessing to a group of people after celebrating Mass in St Peter’s Basilica October 11, 2022, to mark the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. 

Sister Klára Malináková, a religious of the Infant Jesus Sisters, reflects on the synodal process in Europe’s most atheistic country, the Czech Republic, saying the Church is called to a deeper
response, a “paschal shift” from self-centeredness based on ‘I’ to an ecclesial ‘we’.

The ins and outs of France’s meticulously conducted synodal process.

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference noted that the Church in South Africa continues to find itself inserted into a context where relationships continue to be fractured in many ways racially, socially, religiously, economically, and politically.

Consecrated men and women in Ireland continue to provide very
valuable, meaningful, courageous, and relevant ministries to the poor and marginalised, both at home and overseas.

Looking to unlock the keys to some of the most majestic pilgrim sites? Look no further than our native land and these places, writes author John G. O’Dwyer

“We haven’t been heard in the past and have found other ways of belonging within the institution. Will we be hurt again if we invest our energy into it? Will it make a difference?,” Ireland’s women religious ponder in their appeal.

From the smallest to the largest of God’s creatures, each one reflects in its own way a ray of God’s infinite wisdom and goodness, writes geologist John Feehan.