On the day Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election to the papacy, we explore a few themes that link together the Pope’s constant call for the Church, and all humanity, to embrace fraternity.

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On International Women’s Day, we hear Pope Francis’ praise for women, explore a Vatican Museums tour about several female Saints who have shaped the Church, and lament the plight of women living in repressive situations.

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Asian Catholics take a turn at expressing their perspective on the Church’s identity at the Synod Continental Assembly for Asia, and a participant in the ‘Digital Synod’ talks about the ‘influencers’ who drummed up interest in synodality.

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The Synod Continental Assembly for North America brought together a cross-section of Catholics in the US and Canada for the first major, joint Church project between the two neighbors.

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Local Church leaders from across Oceania offer their take on the Continental Stage of the Synod, and share vivid images of how Catholics must journey together along the path of synodality.

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In the wake of Pope Francis’ visit to South Sudan, Christians express their hopes that the seeds of peace and ecumenism might bear fruit at all levels of their African nation.

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Pope Francis’ four-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo has sought to plant the seeds of peace and honesty in the African nation struggling with conflict, according to a missionary priest and the UN’s refugee commissioner.

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A Cardinal and a young woman offer a perspective on the Catholic Church in Indonesia, as it pursues programs to boost authentic fraternity and ecological awareness in the Muslim-majority Asian nation under the aegis of Laudato si’.

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In the same week as Americans mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we explore the ongoing struggle for social justice with the late Baptist pastor’s own words and the witness of his youngest daughter, Dr. Bernice Albertine King.

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With the emotion of the moment behind us, two Cardinals and a Bishop offer their thoughts on the late Pope Benedict XVI and the immense theological heritage he has passed on to the Church.

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