According to detractors, the rules changes aren’t intended to expand the voices heard during a synod but to restrict them – that is, to stack the deck with lay activists to parrot a progressive line, diluting the impact of more conservative bishops.
The Cardinal Archbishop of New York, the founder of FOCUS and the rector of the Knock Shrine are some of the new figures the Pope has chosen to contribute to the Vatican's Dicastery for Evangelization.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis encouraged young Catholics to take an active role not be spectators in the church s mission. You are not museum people, but are instead walking with creative courage, being welcoming and having a missionary drive, the pope told hundreds of young men and women belonging to the Shalom Catholic Community Sept. 26.
The Shalom Catholic Community, founded in Brazil in 1982, offers members an opportunity to take part in a community and missionary life in or