Analysis: Permanent deacons are key to a ‘synodal missionary church’ — the synod needed them October 25, 2024By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, deacons, Synodality Most of the world’s dioceses do not have permanent deacons as envisioned by Vatican II — in fact, the United States alone accounts for almost 21,000 of the some 50,000 permanent deacons globally in the Catholic Church today.
Synod members elect council to oversee implementation, plan next synod October 24, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the Synod of Bishops elected Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, and Bishop Alain Faubert of Valleyfield, Quebec, to be the North American members of the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod.
Synod is lesson in moving at ‘pace of the Holy Spirit,’ archbishop says October 24, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Change in the Catholic Church, including a commitment to recognizing women’s leadership gifts and being more welcoming of all people, happens slowly and deliberately, which is a good thing in a rapidly changing world, said the archbishop of Seattle.
Synod deliberates on doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences October 23, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, but rather to apply church teaching to their unique context, said the head of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops.
U.S. church contributes to synod through its diversity, delegate says October 23, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The U.S. delegates at the Synod of Bishops on synodality are contributing to discussions on the future of the Catholic Church by bringing the diversity of the U.S. church to the Vatican, a U.S. synod delegate said.
Synodality is already well-rooted in Asia, Africa, two members say October 22, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, World News Catholics in Asia and Africa have already been leading the way with synodality, two members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality said.
Cardinal Fernández updates synod on study group focusing on women’s roles October 21, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he directed a synod-related study group on women’s ministries not to explore the matter, according to the Vatican’s doctrinal chief.
As synod nears end, preacher urges members to be at peace with results October 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Even if some members of the Synod of Bishops end up feeling disappointed by the results of the synod, “God’s providence is at work in this assembly, bringing us to the Kingdom in ways that God alone knows,” the spiritual adviser to the synod on synodality told them.
Cardinal calls for communion, continued action as synod nears end October 21, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News As members of the Synod of Bishops entered the last week of their meeting in Rome, the synod’s secretary-general urged them to resist the temptation of “covetousness” — the desire “to keep everything for ourselves, to possess, to hoard, to define, to close.”
Radio Interview: The World Synod of Bishops October 21, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Synodality Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with Archbishop William E. Lori while he was in Rome. The archbishop explains how the synod process works and how the delegates – which include priests, religious and lay people as voting members in addition to bishops for the first time – will vote on proposals to pass along to Pope Francis.
Synod leaders share lessons learned in listening with U.S. students October 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The listening that has been part of the Synod of Bishops changes people, can change the Catholic Church and can change the world for the better, four synod members told U.S. university students in Rome.
Cardinal says bishop’s conference isn’t place for ‘doctrinal teaching’ October 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News While some media reported a move at the Synod of Bishops to allow every national bishops’ conference to make Catholic doctrine, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, N.J., said that was not precisely what he heard.
