Cardinal Gracias presides over FABC opening mass, highlights synodality as Church’s gift to the world

Cardinal Gracias presides over FABC opening mass, highlights synodality as Church’s gift to the world

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, papal envoy of Pope Leo XIV, opened the 12th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) on July 21 by describing synodality as “one of the Church’s greatest gifts to the world” and urging the Churches of Asia to become builders of peace through dialogue, reconciliation, and fraternity.

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Cardinal Tagle calls Christ the true bridge-builder

Cardinal Tagle calls Christ the true bridge-builder

The third day of the 12th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) took on a contemplative tone on July 22 as bishops and delegates from across Asia set aside reports and deliberations for a Day of Prayer and Recollection. The day-long retreat invited participants to step back from the Assembly’s working sessions to pray, reflect, and discern together before continuing discussions on the theme, “Synodal Conversion and the Mission to Be Bridges and Bridge-Builders i

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Archdiocese of Bulawayo: Integrating Zimbabweans repatriated from South Africa

Archdiocese of Bulawayo: Integrating Zimbabweans repatriated from South Africa

Recently, the Archdiocese of Bulawayoโ€™s Pastoral Centre conducted its monthly online Synodal School under the theme, “Family: The Heart of the Church Where Synodality Begins.” The presentation, reflection, and discussion led participants towards the urgent pastoral need of welcoming and integrating Zimbabweans repatriated from South Africa due to Xenophobic attacks.

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Pope Leo XIV: Peace is built through disarmament, not nuclear weapons

Pope Leo XIV: Peace is built through disarmament, not nuclear weapons

The Vatican Publishing House releases a new book by Pope Leo XIV entitled Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift. Edited by Alessandro Banfi, the volume brings together Pope Leo’s addresses and reflections on peace since his election on 8 May 2025. The collection, which hits the bookshelves in Italian but will soon be available in English, opens with a previously unpublished text by the Pope.

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Church leaders urge ethical investment in Eastern Africa

Church leaders urge ethical investment in Eastern Africa

In the lead-up to the 21st AMECEA Plenary Assembly in Nairobi, the โ€œLaudato Sรฌ Movement Africaโ€, in collaboration with the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa, engaged in a โ€œStrategic Convening/Workshop on Ethical Investment for Catholicsโ€ which yielded a declaration urging ethical investment, care for creation, and greater involvement of young people.

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