ASSISI, Italy (AP) — With the upcoming canonization of its first millennial saint, the Catholic Church has turned to ... to say that that body is blessed, and it explains to us the closeness ...

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The body of Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, lies in his tomb in Assisi, Italy, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ...

CNA explains more about the process and why it has been initiated: Initiated by Pope Francis in October 2021, the Synod on Synodality was a multiyear, worldwide process of the Catholic Church ...

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