LIMA, Peru (CNS) The church in Latin America and the Caribbean is called to be a missionary church that heeds the cry of the poor and excluded; a synodal church where women, young people and laypeople have greater roles; and a church that is evangelized even as it evangelizes, according to the final document of the church s First Ecclesial Assembly held a year ago in Mexico.
The document of reflections and pastoral challenges resulting from the assembly was released by leaders of the Latin A
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