Welcome to this week’s Vaticano Updates, your source for the latest news from Pope Francis and the Vatican. Pope Francis emphasizes the significance of the upcoming Synod on Synodality, a pivotal event for the Catholic Church. The Holy Father condemns a distorted view of human nature in a speech to lawyers from the Council of Europe. Pope Francis holds a private audience with U.S. Gen. Mark Milley amid the Vatican’s peace-building mission in Ukraine. Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo passes away at 89, celebrated for his dedicated service to the Church. We also get a sneak peek at Pope Francis’s forthcoming environmental exhortation, a follow-up to Laudato Si’, set to be published on October 4th.

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