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Letters from the Synod-2018: October 15

Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Xavier Rynne II

Morning Catholic must-reads: 15/10/18

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Saints risk all for love of Jesus, Pope says at canonisation Mass

Pope Francis canonises Paul VI, Oscar Romero and five others

Eastern European bishops want a focus on Eucharist, fatherhood in Youth Synod

One bishop pointed out that the Instrumentum Laboris mentions the sacraments only 8 times

Andrea Gagliarducci/CNA

Cardinal O’Malley expands sex abuse investigation to include all Boston seminaries

It is not known if there are accusations involving the additional seminaries

Catholic News Agency

Bishop Barron at Synod of Bishops: Young people are ‘hungry for mission’

Outreach to young people needs to be accompanied by a call to holiness and conversion, he added

Courtney Grogan/CNA

Oscar Romero canonisation: right saint, wrong place

Romero should have been canonised in San Salvador

Fr Raymond de Souza

Cardinal Wuerl is gone — or is he?

Once again, the Pope has officially removed someone while effectively keeping them in place

Christopher R. Altieri

The Orthodox stand-off over Ukraine is about more than just religion

Russians will consider the decision to recognise an independent Ukrainian Church as an attack on their very identity

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Gregorian chant: the cultural front line of the new evangelisation

The cultural and artistic value of chant exercises a powerful attraction