The Holy Father tells the faithful of the Syro-Malabar Archeparchy of Ernakulam to conform to the decisions of the Holy Synod or face the risk of being excommunicated declared outside of the Church.
“The choice of themes for all the workshops and round tables, as well as the multimedia materials available through the digital platform “Communicating Religious Life,” said the statement.
"The Colloquium will reaffirm friendship and reciprocal understanding built through dialogue with Buddhist partners throughout the world and, in particular, in Thailand," said the statement.
Pope Francis declared the Indian sister called Mother Eliswa a venerable who was the founder of the first indigenous Third Order Discalced Carmelite Congregation (TOCD) for women in Kerala, India on November 8, 2023.
Father Dario Vitali emphasized that Synodality will only work if all subjects, namely the people of God, the College of Bishops, and the pope articulate “dynamic unity, synodality, collegiality and primacy.”
“The Church has to change. Let’s think of the ways it has changed since the [Second Vatican] Council until now and the way it must continue changing its ways, in the way to propose an unchanging truth,” said the Holy Father.
"The first Asian woman presided at the at the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Monday, October 16, for the first time in the history of the Church" Bishop David.
Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Nepal, issued the Indian edition of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation "Laudate Deum" ("Praise Be To You") at the South Asian Bishops' training program in Kathmandu, Nepal.
“Please stop the attacks and the weapons and understand that terrorism and war do not lead to any solution, but only to the death and suffering of so many innocent people,” Pope Francis was cited by the Vatican News.
The Holy Father on Monday lengthily responded to questions or doubts called “dubia” presented by five Cardinals, according to the website of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
The Holy Father named Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J., bishop of Hong Kong, China, for the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and Cardinal Sebastian Francis, bishop of Penang, Malaysia, for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. “We’re not reacting enough,” he says, “we’re close to breaking point,” according to Vatican News.
Despite facing rejection, Jesus does not allow Himself “to be imprisoned by disappointment,” but instead looks to the Father, remaining “serene even in the storm,” the Pope said.
