Synod assembly to issue ‘Letter to the People of God’ at session’s end October 20, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the Synod of Bishops will issue a “Letter to the People of God” at the close of the first session of the synod assembly, which ends Oct. 29, the Vatican said.
Church hierarchy has ‘nothing to fear’ from synodality, cardinal says October 19, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church’s synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said.
Ripple effect: Delegates discuss synod impact beyond Catholicism October 17, 2023By Justin McLellan OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Seated among Catholics cardinals, bishops, priests, religious sisters and lay Catholic leaders, 12 representatives from other Christian communities are listening and weighing in on discussions about the future of the Catholic Church.
Jerusalem cardinal offers himself in exchange for Israeli hostages October 16, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Israel, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church’s highest ranking prelate in the Holy Land offered his “absolute availability” to be exchanged for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas.
Synod is “new Pentecost” that will renew the church, cardinal says October 13, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The synod on synodality is the “new Pentecost,” which will renew active participation of all Catholics in the life and mission of their church, a cardinal said.
Synodal spirituality is at ‘heart of church’s renewal,’ cardinal says October 9, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, World News The Divine Liturgy, presided over by Melkite Catholic Patriarch Joseph Absi, was celebrated in the Byzantine rite at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica, as synod participants were about to begin the assembly’s second module, focusing on the theme of communion and the question, “How can we be more fully a sign and instrument of union with God and of the unity of all humanity?”
Synod participants discuss formation, building a welcoming church October 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The formation of seminarians, the Catholic Church as a welcoming home for all, migration and ecumenism arose as common themes of discussion among participants of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops Oct. 6, the Vatican said.
Motherhood is not a liability but a gift to women, Vatican says at U.N. October 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Through a “narrow focus on pregnancy prevention” and the promotion of abortion, many international organizations too often view motherhood as a liability to the advancement of women, the Vatican said.
Pope addresses fears around synod: ‘Not a political gathering’ October 4, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops are not gathered in Rome to implement a “plan of reformation” but to walk together as a church that discerns God’s will for the present moment, Pope Francis said at the assembly’s opening Mass.
Pope responds to cardinals on blessings for homosexuals, female priests October 2, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church, in pursuit of “pastoral prudence,” should discern if there are ways of giving blessings to homosexual persons that do not alter the church’s teaching on marriage, Pope Francis said.
Be sincere with God even when saying ‘no,’ pope says October 2, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Rather than hide behind a façade of faithfulness, Christians should be sincere with God even when telling him “no,” Pope Francis said.
18 U.S. seminarians ordained deacons in St. Peter’s Basilica September 28, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vocations, World News Near the tomb of St. Peter, 18 seminarians from across the United States promised to dedicate their lives to Christ and were ordained to the diaconate.