Urging the traditionalist society not to proceed with the consecrations, Pope Leo said the Church was still “open to a path of dialogue.”
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The United Nations said more than 2,200 rescuers and 140 search dogs from 27 countries were working to locate trapped survivors.
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The bishops reassured the faithful of their commitment to safeguard and maintain a “zero-tolerance policy for abuse in the Church and in wider society.”
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The twin earthquakes, which struck in the evening June 24, measured 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude and were the strongest to hit Venezuela in more than a century.
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The Church is facing pressures from within and without that “which push her in every possible direction, except — it seems to us — the right one.”
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The Catholic Women’s Association of German said the decision proves the Church adheres “to structures that exclude women from key tasks and services.”
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The Code of Canon law says extraordinary consistories are convened “when particular needs of the church or the treatment of more grave affairs suggest it.”
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Pope Leo said the WFP’s commitment to those in need “resonates profoundly with the Catholic Church’s mission to uphold human dignity.”
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“Migration is not merely a matter of procedures, statistics or border management. It concerns human beings: women, men and children.”
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Pope Leo also expressed his optimism about the recent deal to end the war in Iran that is expected to be signed June 19 in Switzerland.
