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Father Fadi Daou, right, president of Adyan, and Nayla Tabbara, also of Adyan, present the Spiritual Solidarity Award to Jean Vanier, founder of the International Federation of L'Arche Communities, Oct. 6 in Trosly, France. Adyan is a foundation for interreligious studies and spiritual solidarity based in Lebanon.

L'Arche founder Jean Vanier receives spiritual solidarity award from Aydan

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BEIRUT – Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche, is the recipient of the Spiritual Solidarity Award from Adyan, a foundation for interreligious studies and spiritual solidarity based in Lebanon.
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, speaks during an Oct. 15 news conference in Minsk, Belarus. He announced the Russian Orthodox Church was severing ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Implications of Russian Orthodox split remain unknown, says Catholic expert

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WASHINGTON – The Russian Orthodox Church's decision to sever ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople will affect ecumenical dialogue, but long-term implications remain unknown.
Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, is pictured after a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 16. Cardinal Sarah told the synod that just because some young people disagree with Catholic morality does not mean the church's teachings are unclear or should change.

'Watering down' church teaching wont attract young people, Cardinal Sarah says

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VATICAN – Just because some young people disagree with Catholic moral teaching, including in the area of sexuality, does not mean the church's teachings are unclear or should change, Cardinal Robert Sarah told the Synod of Bishops.
Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, waves as he arrives at the Basilica of St. Nicholas in Bari, Italy, July 7.

In conflict over Ukraine, Russian Orthodox Church splits from Patriarch of Constantinople

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KYIV, Ukraine – The Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow has cut ties with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, claiming his recognition of an independent Orthodox Church in Ukraine departed from Orthodox Christian norms.
Boys carry cabbages to be prepared for lunch by their parents in 2017 in Harare, Zimbabwe. World Food Day is celebrated Oct. 16 to mark the date in 1945 the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization was founded.

'The poor cannot wait': Lack of progress fighting hunger is shameful, Pope says

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ROME – At a time of technological and scientific progress, "we ought to feel shame" for not having advanced in "humanity and solidarity" enough to feed the world's poor, Pope Francis said.
Protesters chant outside the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith before the opening session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct 3. Protesters demanded that women be given the right to vote at the synod.

Superiors general believe women should have voting power at synod

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VATICAN – Although bishops should make up the majority of voting members at a Synod of Bishops, the fact that the body is only consultative means women should be included as full members just as priests and religious brothers are, said three priests who are voting members.
A man holds a banner showing new St. Nunzio Sulprizio during the canonization Mass for seven new saints celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 14. Among the new saints were St. Paul VI and St. Oscar Romero.

Vatican pilgrims at canonization support their local 'heroes'

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VATICAN CITY – As the sun rose over the Tiber River, seven banners hanging on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica depicting the church's newest saints were illuminated by the new day.
A woman holds a banner that reads "Devils Dressed as Priests" during an Aug. 20 vigil to protest against sexual abuse in the Chilean Catholic church outside the Santiago cathedral.

Pope Francis expels two Chilean bishops from priesthood accused of sex abuse

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VATICAN – In an unprecedented move, Pope Francis removed from the priesthood two Chilean bishops accused of sexual abuse.
Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl delivers the homily during a Sept. 14 Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. The Mass, held on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, marked the start of a six-week "Season of Healing" for the archdiocese.

Cardinal Wuerl says celebrating sacraments, sharing Gospel his 'greatest joy'

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WASHINGTON – In a 2016 interview marking his 10th anniversary as archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl said he was inspired by "the faith of our people, strong faith that's manifested at every level of the life of the church."
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl as archbishop of Washington but did not name a successor. Cardinal Wuerl is pictured in a 2013 photo at the Vatican.

Pope accepts Cardinal Wuerl's resignation as archbishop of Washington

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VATICAN – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl as archbishop of Washington. Wuerl had been facing pressure to resign after an Aug. 14 grand jury report detailing sexual abuse claims in six Pennsylvania dioceses painted a mixed picture of how he handled some of the cases when he was bishop in Pittsburgh from 1988 until 2006. 

Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, superior general of the Society of Jesus, prays at the start of a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 11.

Secularization can help the Church proclaim the Gospel, superior general of Jesuits says

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VATICAN – The Catholic Church must find a way to look at secularization as an opportunity to find new ways to proclaim the Gospel, the Jesuit superior general told the Synod of Bishops.
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