Synodality takes time, members say, and tension is natural part of it October 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News Three weeks into the second session of the Synod of Bishops, journalists wanted to know what outcomes the synod members were moving toward, but several synod members said it is too soon to tell.
Synod delegates discuss empowering local churches October 17, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News As the Synod of Bishops on synodality engaged in conversation on the church’s hierarchy, synod delegates examined the relationship between the local and universal church during a public theological and pastoral forum.
Synod members look at how synodality relates to papal primacy October 17, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News ncouraging greater “synodal” practices in the Catholic Church should help the church find a greater balance between the power of the pope and the power of local bishops in their dioceses, said theologians participating in the Synod of Bishops.
Consensus among members plays major role at synod, theologians say October 17, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the synod on synodality are only moving along the paths where there is consensus, said a group of theologians assisting the synod.
Holy Spirit guides faithful to be synodal, correct others, cardinal says October 16, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, World News The faithful will know how to avoid being swayed by worldly standards and concerns when they believe and trust more deeply that Jesus and the Holy Spirit will always help and guide them, Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes of Mexico City told participants at the Synod of Bishops.
Synod on Amazon opened the way for synod on synodality, cardinal says October 16, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region, which met in Rome in 2019, paved the way for the current synod on synodality, said the region’s top cardinal.
D.C. cardinal urges prayer, reflection before November elections October 15, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington said he hopes U.S. voters who are as concerned as he is about the “anger and vitriol” of the current election cycle will take time away from the media to think and pray about the values important to them as Catholics.
Synod begins looking at institutional changes to promote synodality October 15, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News If members of the Synod of Bishops are serious about sharing their experience of “synodality” with all members of the Catholic Church, then they must identify concrete ways to do so, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich told members.
Listening is key to changing church structures, synod members say October 14, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Recent synods convened at the Vatican as well as the worldwide synod on synodality have “shown us the value of listening as a common thread in any process of humanization,” said Sister Liliana Franco Echeverri, a member of the Company of Mary and president of the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious.
Theological, ecclesiological balance needed in discussion of synodality, Bishop Rhoades says October 12, 2024By Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News This process, known familiarly now as “synodality,” has culminated in two October sessions, during which more than 350 delegates from around the world have met, shared, prayed and discerned together.
Mission is common goal of synod and ecumenism, pope says October 11, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Halfway through the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis and synod participants prayed that God would “remove the divisions between Christians” so that they could proclaim the Gospel together.
U.S. cardinals meet privately with pope to discuss synodality October 11, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Three U.S. cardinals attending the synod on synodality met privately with Pope Francis to speak more in-depth about synodality and the process of discernment, said Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey.
