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The pontiff's remarks on synodality were a distinctly Leonine riff on a keystone theme of his predecessor's pontificate, one observers thought would be buried with the Argentine Pope Francis.

Catholics and other Christians in Brazil are raising awareness and pushing back against what they say are efforts to circumvent the pro-life majority among the people and in the legislature.

Signed in the Vatican on October 4, Dilexi te is formally known as an Apostolic Exhortation, begun by Pope Francis and dedicated to the broad subject of Christian duty to care for the poor.

The audience came as tensions over US immigration policy and enforcement continued to rise, with reports of National Guard troops readying to deploy as soon as Wed. night to an ICE processing center near the pope's own native city, Chicago, IL.

An estimated 260,000 civilians, half of them children, are besieged in the Sudanese town of El Fasher, surrounded by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) loyal to one of two principal coup-leaders who have fallen out.