Junno Arocho Esteves

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  Pope Francis clears way for women and lay Catholics to vote in upcoming bishops' meeting

  Junno Arocho Esteves | Thu 27 Apr 2023 6:17 BST

  The addition of lay men and women as voting members is 'not a revolution, but rather an important change,' said a cardinal overseeing the synod.

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  Francis focuses Easter message on hope, with prayers for an end to global conflicts

  Junno Arocho Esteves | Tue 11 Apr 2023 6:03 BST

  The proclamation that Christ is 'truly risen' is a reminder that 'our hope is not an illusion, but the truth,' the pope said.

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  In interview, Pope Francis calls priestly celibacy 'not eternal'

  Junno Arocho Esteves | Sat 11 Mar 2023 0:53 GMT

  In an interview published Friday (March 10), Pope Francis called celibacy in the priesthood a gift from God but also a 'provisional' discipline observed mostly in the Western Church that is not essential to ordination.