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Synodality

Commission focuses on ensuring synod will be prayerful experience

March 17, 2023
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News

At the end of their first meeting, three members of the preparatory commission for the assembly of the Synod of Bishops said they know some Catholics have very high expectations for the process while others have intense anxiety.

A priesthood for all: Synodal church requires new look at ministry

February 26, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, Vocations, World News

If the goal of a “synodal” church is to have all the baptized recognize their responsibility for the life and mission of the Catholic community, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet said that necessarily means taking a new look at priesthood.

Synod process in North America coming to close, shows ‘deep love for Jesus Christ and church,’ says bishop

February 22, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News

the North American Synod Team, led by bishops from Canada and the United States, wrapped up a weeklong retreat in Orlando, Fla., to synthesize the results of synod listening sessions throughout the two countries.

Partners in mission: Dicastery promotes ‘co-responsibility’ of clergy, laity

February 15, 2023
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News

Laypeople have roles to play in the life of a parish, but priests, bishops and cardinals also need to recognize the way Catholic laity are bringing the Gospel to the world through their jobs, their family life, their volunteering and their social engagement.

Church tensions are not new or all bad, says Cardinal Hollerich

January 25, 2023
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Synodality, World News

Pope Francis did not need to launch listening sessions for the Synod of Bishops for people to discover there are tensions in the Catholic Church, said the cardinal serving as the synod’s relator general.

Pace of preparations is quickening as synod on synodality approaches

November 17, 2022
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News

Work is proceeding — and quickly — on next October’s synod on synodality, according to Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, in a Nov. 15 report to his fellow bishops.

Synod reports show enthusiasm for mission, but also identify obstacles

October 30, 2022
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News

Catholics around the globe long to share the Gospel with a world in need, but they see situations and tensions within the church that challenge their ability to do so, said one of the drafters of the document for the continental phase of the Synod of Bishops.

Enlarge the tent: Synod document sees desire for greater inclusion

October 29, 2022
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News

Around the world, listening sessions for the Synod of Bishops gave many participants a sense of finally being listened to, but they also raised questions about how to promote greater inclusion in the Catholic Church while staying true to church teaching.

Pope announces a second session for Synod of Bishops assembly

October 17, 2022
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News

Saying he did not want to rush the process of discerning how the Holy Spirit is calling the church to grow in “synodality,” Pope Francis announced that the next assembly of the Synod of Bishops would take place in two sessions.

Dream of ‘synodality’ is a fruit of Vatican II, cardinal writes

October 11, 2022
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News

While the term “synodality” is not found in any of the 16 documents of the Second Vatican Council, the council’s vision and definition of the church is at the heart of what synodality is, said Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops.

Swiss cardinal apologizes for Nazi reference in critique of Synodal Path

October 5, 2022
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News

In a meeting with the president of the German bishops’ conference, Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch apologized for offending people and said he never intended to imply that supporters of the German church’s Synodal Path were doing something similar to what a group of Christian supporters of the Nazis did in the 1930s.

German bishops outraged by Cardinal Koch’s Nazi comparison, demand apology

October 3, 2022
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News

The president of the German bishops’ conference demanded an apology from a Swiss cardinal at the Vatican over comments that brought up Germany’s Nazi past.

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