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New rules on Synod of Bishops to be released Tuesday

September 17, 2018

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will release a new document, governing the structure of the Synod of Bishops, on Tuesday, September 17.

The document, to be entitled Episcopalis Communio will take the form of an apostolic constitution. Its release comes less than a month before the October meeting of the Synod, which will be devoted to youth and vocation.

 

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  • Posted by: james-w-anderson8230 - Sep. 17, 2018 10:06 PM ET USA

    I can't wait to see what the Pope and his cronies are going to pull off this time.

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot (251-356) from the 3rd century. St. Anthony, the Father of the monastics, retired to the desert at about the age of eighteen in order to live in perfect solitude. Many heard about his ascetic life and came to join him in his hermitage, He laid the…

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