Per Mariam: Mater Dolorosa

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Francis, Leo XIV and Synodality: Same word but different meaning?
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Francis, Leo XIV and Synodality: Same word but different meaning?

For Francis, synodality was a way of questioning everything, and never appeared to allow the primacy of doctrine. But for Leo?

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May 23, 2025
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VATICAN CITY (PerMariam) — Synodality was the defining element of the last years of Pope Francis’ pontificate, but what priority will it be given under Leo XIV and what might that look like?

As the Catholic Church marks the two-week point of Leo XIV’s pontificate, some early themes and central tenets of his pontificate are already emerging. Without doub…

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