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Morning Catholic must-reads: 31/10/18

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

Without Christ, Church's mission is just 'social activism' pope says

'The condition of every mission in the Church is that we are united to the Risen Christ', the Pope said

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Synodality and sexuality: What the youth synod document said and didn't say

Many synod fathers were surprised by the inclusion of 'synodality' in a document purportedly focused on youth

Whistleblower says Buffalo diocese did not disclose priest abuse reports

Bishop Malone is accused of allowing accused priests to stay in ministry

Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis prays for victims of synagogue shooting

'May the Most High welcome the dead in His peace, comfort their families and support the wounded,' he said

Letters from the Synod-2018: The final letter

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

Xavier Rynne II

Chinese authorities destroy two Marian shrines despite Vatican-China agreement

Government forces destroyed the shrines of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows in Dongergou (Shanxi), and Our Lady of Bliss in Anlong (Guizhou)

We could guess the outcome of this Synod before it started

The Synod Fathers will end up saying whatever the Pope says they said

Christopher R. Altieri

Youth need constancy from the Church, not change, says Irish archbishop

The Church should 'clearly and fearlessly' present a message that 'goes against the grain', the Archbishop of Armagh said

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Synod bishops and youth delegates pray together along medieval pilgrimage route

They walked the final few miles of the Via Francigena route to St Peter's tomb

Courtney Grogan/CNA