Evangelization

A Catholic perspective on current events

From the Amazon to the drama of migrations

With the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Dear Amazonia, Pope Francis delivers to the whole Church the fruits of the October Synod and invites to an evangelizing renewal that starts from the peripheries and the poor.

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Dear Amazonia, dreams that open new roads

Who would have thought just a few years ago that a Synod on a remote region like the Amazon would arouse so much interest in the Church and beyond its confines?

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Archbishop Celso Morga advises against ordaining married men to the priesthood

Celso Morga, who was for several years Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, has published an article on priestly celibacy in the magazine Palabra, as a result of the working document (Instrumentum laboris) on the imminent Synod on the Amazon, convened by Pope Francis for this month in Rome.

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The Synod on Amazonia and proposals on celibacy

The working document of the upcoming Synod on Amazonia contains the request to study the possibility of ordaining priests to the priesthood of persons who meet certain conditions, even if they are united in marriage. The author, who was also Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, expresses his opinion.

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Catechesis for young people with disabilities

This section of Palabra is bringing together, in preparation for the Synod of Youth next October, various initiatives related to youth ministry. On this occasion, we are gathering the suggestive project, promoted by the Catholic University of Chile, for catechesis with people with disabilities.

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The five steps of the mystery. In the tradition of the Oratory

The Roman Chiesa Nuova, known as such since its reconstruction by St. Philip Neri, continues to propose the pilgrimage to the seven churches, like the founder of the Oratory. It also offers other means of evangelization, much appreciated by young people.

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