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The following essay by Bishop Marian Eleganti, auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Chur, Switzerland, is the first of a series of CWR pieces on the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Querida Amazonia.

From Jan. 30-Feb. 1, the German bishops held the first synodal assembly in Frankfurt. Over the next two years, they will hold three more plenary assemblies and convene work groups dedicated to the four main topics of the Synodal Way: power and separation of powers in the church, sexuality and partnership, priestly life and celibacy, and women in church ministry and offices.

"It hurts us when we see how LGBT propaganda invokes your own wording," say the bishops, "to fight both Christianity and everyone who recognizes the true anthropology based on the Bible and natural law."

Querida Amazonia stopped short of calling for the two most radical demands of the Synod: married priests and female "deacons."

Cardinal Pell does not need a miracle. He merely needs the High Court to reassert the basic tenets of the common law that have been jettisoned amid the understandable fervour to punish those who for many years committed unspeakable crimes against the vulnerable with impunity.

The conviction of Pell is one of the worst miscarriages of justice in Australian history.

Something is going on that isn't healthy. Our priests are suffering.

These ordinances are particularly important because Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion business in the nation, confirmed that it is looking to expand in West Texas.

The remains of more than 2,000 fetal remains that were discovered in the Illinois home of one of the Midwest's most prolific abortion doctors received a mass burial Wednesday at a cemetery in Indiana.

The International Olympic Committee requires transgender athletes in women's sports to keep their testosterone levels below a certain threshold, but scientific research suggests that suppressing testosterone isn't enough to neutralize biologically male athletes' inherent physiological advantages.

Though national Catholicism is on the decline, Catholicism at Hillsdale College is clearly growing.

According to a stunning 2020 report, more than 260 million Christians live in places where there is a high level of persecution, amounting to one-in-eight Christians worldwide.

The popular chocolate and hazelnut treats were named after the site of Marian apparitions.

"The needs and assets of the generations fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle."

This is often the desolate, hopeless cry of a woman who made a decision to abort her child.

In order to achieve the Catholic mission of marriage, spouses must daily work to grow in their ability to love as God loves.

The Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel will be offering 40 days of Masses, prayers, vigils, fasting, and penances for all those enrolled this Lent. Enroll your loved ones or those in particular need of prayers. You can help save souls and renew the Church!

The six-week course runs from March 2 to April 12, 2020. It "is designed for the everyday Catholic who wants to grow in their encounter with the Lord."

Aquinas 101 is a YouTube series produced by the Thomistic Institute. These videos seek to introduce viewers to the Christian intellectual tradition through the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. The following text discusses St. Thomas's teaching on angels, both the good and the bad ones.