During the close of the Synod this weekend, Pope Francis announced he would not change the final document. All 155 points were approved by two thirds of the assembly.
Also unveiled at the end of the Synod was Bernini’s Baldacchino. The iconic canopy inside St. Peter’s Basilica was undergoing renovations for Rome’s jubilee.
The Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Pennsylvania, found themselves at the center of an election controversy after a social media post suggested no one lived in their 150-year-old monastery and that fraudulent voters registered there. As it turns out, these religious women are real and plan to vote.