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- [Pope at Montserrat: Exchange Wordly Arms for a 'Disarmed and Disarming' Love](https://thecityandtheworld.com/pope-leo-at-montserrat-exchange-wordly-arms-for-a-disarmed-and-disarming-love/) - The City and the World
- [In His Own Words: 10 Powerful Quotes from Pope Leo XIV in Madrid](https://thecityandtheworld.com/in-his-own-words-10-powerful-quotes-from-pope-leo-xiv-in-madrid/) - The City and the World
- [A Eucharist in Exit: Pope Leo’s Corpus Christi Message](https://thecityandtheworld.com/a-eucharist-in-exit-pope-leos-corpus-christi-madrid-message/) - The City and the World
- [Continuing Francis' Legacy: Pope Leo Inaugurates Borgo Laudato Si'](https://thecityandtheworld.com/continuing-francis-legacy-pope-leo-inaugurates-borgo-laudato-si/) - Pope Leo XIV inaugurates Borgo Laudato Si’ near Rome, continuing Pope Francis’ legacy. The gardens showcases the Church’s vision of faith, nature, and ecology.
- [Heaven’s Newest Influencers: Pope Leo Canonizes Frassati and Acutis](https://thecityandtheworld.com/heavens-newest-influencers-pope-leo-canonizes-frassati-and-acutis/) - Pope Leo XIV canonizes two young saints—Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis—whose extraordinary lives of faith and charity can inspire holiness for a new generation.
- [Walking in Francis’ Footsteps: Leo’s First Acts Signal Continuity](https://thecityandtheworld.com/walking-on-francis-footsteps-leos-first-acts-signal-continuity/) - Newly elected popes often use their first public acts to signal the direction of their papacy. Leo XIV has followed this custom with a clear message: continuity.
- [Cd. Zen Criticizes Synods, But Is Change Really Happening?](https://thecityandtheworld.com/cd-zen-questions-synods-but-is-change-really-happening/) - Cardinal Zen has claimed that Pope Francis uses synods to try to change Church doctrine and discipline. A review of the evidence, however, shows that such claim
- ["We now ask you to pray for us!": Rome’s Last Farewell to Pope Francis](https://thecityandtheworld.com/we-now-ask-you-to-pray-for-us-romes-last-farewell-to-pope-francis/) - The City and the World
- [Francis: A Pope of "Firsts"](https://thecityandtheworld.com/francis-a-pope-of-firsts/) - Pope Francis' unique personality—with an openness to break precedent—and the unusual circumstances of his election quickly earned him a reputation as “the first pope to…” do many things.
- [Applying Doctrine, Not Dividing It: The Synod on Episcopal Conferences](https://thecityandtheworld.com/applying-doctrine-not-dividing-it-the-synod-on-episcopal-conferences/) - Fears that the Synod would decentralize Catholic teaching authority to episcopal conferences in a way leading to fragmentation in the Church, proved to not...
- [Dilexit Nos: The Essential Points to Know](https://thecityandtheworld.com/dilexit-nos-the-essential-points-to-know/) - Yesterday, Pope Francis released a new encyclical. Here is a handy study guide to help you navigate its main points and relate them to other key themes of Francis’ pontificate and the teachings of previous popes
- [Synod’s Call to Action: More Lay and Female Involvement](https://thecityandtheworld.com/synods-call-to-action-more-lay-and-female-involvement/) - At a Synod press conference held on October 14, the speakers emphasized the need for greater involvement of laypeople, including women, in the Church's decision-making processes. Dr. Paolo Ruffini, President of the Commission for Information of the Synodal Assembly, reported that over 90 speeches in the last three general congregations highlighted the theme “for a
- [Beyond Women Deacons: What the Synod Is—and Isn’t About](https://thecityandtheworld.com/beyond-women-deacons-what-the-synod-is-and-isnt-about/) - At the opening of the Synod’s Second Session on October 2, significant media attention was brought to Cardinal Victor Fernández’s remarks on the possibility of ordination of women deacons. While discussions about ordained deaconesses have often stolen the spotlight during the preparatory stages, the Synod’s focus seems to be moving in a different direction. Not
- [Pope Francis' Many 'Paths to God’—Still Catholic!](https://thecityandtheworld.com/pope-francis-many-paths-to-god-still-catholic/) - On September 13, 2024, during his historic apostolic visit to Southeast Asia and Oceania, Pope Francis made headlines with a statement: “All religions are paths to God.” This remark, made during an interreligious meeting in Singapore, quickly sparked controversy, with critics accusing the Holy Father of promoting heresy and religious indifferentism. But was that really
- [No Conflict: New Vatican Academy Guidelines Align with 2007 CDF](https://thecityandtheworld.com/no-conflict-new-vatican-academy-guidelines-align-with-2007-cdf/) - – In August 2024, the Pontifical Academy for Life released a small lexicon. Some authors stated it conflicts with a 2007 ruling from the CDF defining ...
- [Did Francis act swiftly against Vigano?](https://thecityandtheworld.com/did-francis-act-swiftly-against-vigano/) - On July 5, 2024, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a press release declaring that Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò had incurred latae sententiae excommunication (automatic excommunication). Several voices in social media protested about the alleged expediency of this process compared with other prominent cases. Bishop Joseph Strickland, previously head of the diocese
- [Did Pope Francis say Divorce can be morally necessary?](https://thecityandtheworld.com/did-pope-francis-say-divorce-can-be-morally-necessary-2/) - The City and the World
- [Bishop Aguiar and Interreligious Dialogue: In continuity with Benedict XVI](https://thecityandtheworld.com/bishop-aguiar-and-interreligious-dialogue-in-continuity-with-benedict-xvi/) - On July 6, 2023, Bishop Américo Aguiar gave an interview to the secular public Portuguese channel, RTP Notícias. The full interview can be seen here. Catholic news sites have picked up on a particular section of that interview, which we translated and reproduced below. The source of the controversy starts at the 17:35 mark: Interviewer:
- [Pope Francis to issue Exhortation on the Sacred Heart of Jesus](https://thecityandtheworld.com/pope-francis-to-issue-exhortation-on-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus/) - The City and the World
- ["A symphony of Prayer": Pope Francis announces year of preparation for the Jubilee](https://thecityandtheworld.com/a-symphony-of-prayer-pope-francis-announces-year-of-preparation-for-the-jubilee/) - The City and the World
- [World Youth Day and plastic containers: What really happened](https://thecityandtheworld.com/world-youth-day-and-plastic-containers-what-really-happened/) - Last week a controversy erupted about the way the Blessed Sacrament was stored during the Saturday night preceding Sunday’s papal mass at World Youth Day (WYD) Lisbon. Pictures circulating on social media showed plastic containers on top of tables inside a white tent, with some young people kneeling before them. According to reports of one
- [WYD Reviewed: Evangelization and Interreligious Dialogue as a false dichotomy](https://thecityandtheworld.com/wyd-reviewed-evangelization-and-interreligious-dialogue-as-a-false-dichotomy/) - The City and the World
- [Demystifying 'Fiducia Supplicans': Answering 7 Frequently Asked Questions](https://thecityandtheworld.com/demystifying-fiducia-supplicans-answering-7-frequently-asked-questions/) - What does Fiducia Supplicans mean? Does it allow blessings to homosexual people or to their relationships? Does it contradict perennial Catholic doctrine or the documents that preceded it? Pedro Gabriel tries to answer these and more questions.
- ["Love for demons"? What it really means](https://thecityandtheworld.com/love-for-demons-what-it-really-means/) - As the Synod on Synodality progresses, another claim has been spreading through social media: that the synod has promoted love for demons. Though this claim has become viral recently, it is not recent. Already in 2022, some sources critical of the pope were already disseminating it (see, for example, here and here). In both instances,
- [Lost in translation: Archbishop Fernandez's poem mistranslated as profanity](https://thecityandtheworld.com/lost-in-translation-archbishop-fernandezs-poem-mistranslated-as-profanity/) - The City and the World
- [My farewell to  Benedict XVI](https://thecityandtheworld.com/my-farewell-to-benedict-xvi/) - The City and the World
- [Gänswein, the halved defense](https://thecityandtheworld.com/ganswein-the-halved-defense/) - The City and the World
- [Pope Francis ten-year anniversary](https://thecityandtheworld.com/pope-francis-ten-year-anniversary/) - The City and the World joins with Pope Francis as he celebrates the tenth anniversary of his papacy. Much has been said on Catholic media and social media about these last ten years. Many websites tend to focus on the controversies surrounding Francis’s pontificate, which have been amplified by those very same sites. Some other
- [Pope Francis recognises Coptic martyrs: Is there a precedent?](https://thecityandtheworld.com/pope-francis-recognises-coptic-martyrs-is-there-a-precedent/) - The City and the World
- [WYD Lisbon: Volunteers offer their testimonies](https://thecityandtheworld.com/wyd-lisbon-volunteers-offer-their-testimonies/) - The City and the World
- [Intense Catechesis happening in WYD](https://thecityandtheworld.com/intense-catechesis-happening-in-wyd/) - The City and the World
- [World Youth Day: A city of vocations and sacraments](https://thecityandtheworld.com/world-youth-day-a-city-of-vocations-and-sacraments/) - The City and the World
- [Interreligious dialogue and Fraternity, a non-negotiable](https://thecityandtheworld.com/interreligious-dialogue-and-fraternity-a-non-negotiable/) - The City and the World
- [Amoris Laetitia and the Synods on the Family](https://thecityandtheworld.com/amoris-laetitia-and-the-synods-on-the-family/) - The City and the World
- [Amoris Laetitia and St. John Paul II](https://thecityandtheworld.com/amoris-laetitia-and-st-john-paul-ii/) - The City and the World
- [Amoris Laetitia and the Magisterium](https://thecityandtheworld.com/interview-with-dr-fastiggi/) - The City and the World
- [Papal last words](https://thecityandtheworld.com/papal-last-words/) - The City and the World

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