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UNIV 2025: Young People from Around the World in Rome for the Jubilee

This edition’s reflections centre on the idea of citizenship. “Although in our globalised world, we seem more interconnected than ever,” the organisers explain, “we seem to have lost sight of what citizenship really means. What does that mean about our identity as citizens? What virtues or examples do we need in order to foster the common good in today’s world? How can we grow?”

Official Press Release: Sodalitium Christianae Vitae Is Officially Suppressed

The press release of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life concludes stating that “Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu-Farnós has also been appointed as Apostolic Commissioner to oversee the acts, procedures and any other type of initiative, useful and in any case functional to implement the dispositions related to the suppression, as well as to address all the consequences arising from the same decision.”

Synodality against episcopacy?

Vatican II corrected an imbalance in the relationship between the pope and the bishops that had crept into Catholic theology and practice since Vatican I by teaching that bishops are true vicars of Christ in their local Churches, not mere branch managers of Catholic Church, Inc., executing instructions from the CEO in Rome