Were you surprised by the apostolic exhortation? Thomas D. Stegman, SJ: No, I was not surprised. The exhortation certainly reiterates the need for the local church (in this case, in the Amazon) to ...

ANALYSIS: The Holy Father was following a familiar mode of operating when he accepted the Synod on Synodality’s final ...

After synod members voted to approve the final document, Pope Francis announced that he would not write the customary apostolic exhortation after the synod but would instead offer the document to the ...

founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Although he at first denied her request, Bishop Allen was so moved by Lee's spontaneous exhortation during a visiting minister's sermon that he ...

Pope Francis announced that he will not publish an ‘apostolic exhortation’ as is customary ... suggesting that it constitutes official church teaching. At listening sessions that began with ...