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Pope Francis gives a thumbs-up from the popemobile in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Nov. 20, 2024. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)

Laity, women do not 'rank' last in the church, pope says at general audience

Carol Glatz|Nov 20, 2024|3 Min Read

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Vatican conference aims to empower laity without ‘clericalizing’ them

Elise Ann Allen|Feb 15, 2023|7 Min Read

Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics and co-chair of the Synodal Path, listens as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks in Stuttgart May 27, 2022, during the 102nd Katholikentag, a regular festival and meeting place for German-speaking Catholic laity. The meeting focused on the ongoing church reform processes and coming to terms with sexual abuse in the German Catholic Church. (CNS photo/Julia Steinbrecht, KNA)

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German Catholics discuss church reforms, war at 102nd Katholikentag

Anli Serfontein|May 31, 2022|4 Min Read

Jenette Jaeckel, registered nurse, uses a stethoscope while examining patient Diana Nappo at Catholic Health's Good Shepherd Hospice site in Port Jefferson, N.Y., May 6, 2021, National Nurses Day. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

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How lay Catholics can serve the Church in the secular world

Cristofer Pereyra|Apr 27, 2022|4 Min Read

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, speaks at a news conference to present Pope Francis' document, "Praedicate Evangelium" ("Preach the Gospel"), for the reform of the Roman Curia, during a news conference at the Vatican March 21, 2022. The pope has promulgated the constitution reorganizing the Roman Curia to highlight its role in promoting the church as a community of missionary disciples. Also pictured are Jesuit Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a canon lawyer and former rector of Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University; Bishop Marco Mellino, secretary of Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals; and Matteo Bruni, Vatican spokesman. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Opening Curia posts to laity, pope is implementing Vatican II, experts say

Cindy Wooden|Mar 21, 2022|4 Min Read

A woman receives Communion in late June at a church in Bonn, Germany. (CNS photo/Harald Oppitz, KNA)

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German bishops say talks with Rome on parish document must include laity

Catholic News Service|Aug 25, 2020|2 Min Read

Dawn Eden Goldstein graduating with her Doctorate in Sacred Theology. (University of Saint Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary via Crux)

Female theologians back Ouellet: Seminaries need women involved in formation

Elise Ann Allen|May 11, 2020|12 Min Read

Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, president of the Centre for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, participate in a meeting sponsored by the dicastery in Rome June 13, 2019. The dicastery brought together representatives of lay movements and associations to review child protection policies. (CNS photo/courtesy Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life)

Fighting abuse in lay movements: Vatican mandates norms, guidelines

Cindy Wooden|Feb 28, 2020|4 Min Read

A woman prays during Mass in favor of the traditional family unit in Madrid in this 2011 file photo. Lay people live out their Christian calling by sharing the gifts they received from God with others and not keeping them for themselves, Pope Francis said in a message to participants at a conference for lay Catholics in Madrid Feb. 14, 2020. (CNS photo/Susana Vera, Reuters)

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Pope Francis to laity: 'It is time for you' to share the Gospel

Hannah Brockhaus|Feb 14, 2020|2 Min Read

Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, president of the Australian bishops' conference, gives the homily during Mass at a meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 24, 2019. A six-person committee charged with reviewing church governance and management is expected to present Australia's bishops with a plan to overhaul the management of the church in the country. (CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella)

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Committee to recommend Australian bishops give laity certain controls

Michael Sainsbury|Jan 15, 2020|4 Min Read

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