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Historic first: Pope approves ‘ecclesial conference’ including lay people

Monday, October 10th, 2022
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Pope Francis has approved the statutes of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon, giving it formal recognition in the church. “We are living a ‘kairos,’ a propitious time of God in the history of the church,” Amazon conference president Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno (pictured with the Pope) says. The now officially-recognised body “involves bishops, priests, Read more