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		<title>Archdiocese of Johannesburg hosts third workshop on Synodality</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Kati Dijane &#8211; The Department of Evangelisation hosted the third leg of its Synod on Synodality implementation phase workshop [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[By Bokang Tsoanamatsie &#8211; The St Joseph Sodality in the Diocese of Manzini commemorated its  10th anniversary on November 1 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Clericalism of the Laity: A Hidden Obstacle to a Synodal Church</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Laurika Nxumalo &#8211; Clericalism has long been recognised as a distortion of leadership and service within the Catholic Church. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Members of the diocesan pastoral council of the Catholic diocese of Polokwane gathered at Mater Dei Pastoral Centre on the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Calling of the Laity</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Laurika Nxumalo &#8211; The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (Synod on Synodality) that has been [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ethiopian and Eritrean Catholic Community Leaders Meeting and Executive Committee Election</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ethiopian and Eritrean Catholic Community Leaders met on October 17 at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Yeoville, Archdiocese [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[The Society of St Vincent de Paul, a worldwide organisation of lay Catholics who want to express their faith through [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tshepo Mofokeng: The Vocation of an Undertaker</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[For a young Klerksdorp businessman, running a funeral parlour is a vocation. Daluxolo Moloantoa spoke with Tshepo Mofokeng. All Souls’ [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pope: Catholics must overcome temptation of divisions</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Cindy Wooden, CNS &#8211; Laypeople are not &#8220;guests&#8221; in the Catholic Church and priests are not the &#8220;bosses,&#8221; Pope [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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