Saints hold lessons for bringing peace to world, bishop tells synod October 9, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Saints, Synodality, World News With war and violence plaguing so many parts of the world, Christians can look to the saints to discover from their example the true meaning of peace, Maronite Auxiliary Bishop Paul Rouhana of Beirut told participants at the Synod of Bishops.
Pope sends $67,000 to Gaza parish, with $35,000 raised in one day from synod delegates October 9, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News As the Holy Land marked a grim first anniversary Oct. 7 of the Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities and subsequent Israel-Hamas war that has devastated the Gaza Strip, the papal almoner raised $35,000 in one afternoon from delegates to the Synod on Synodality and immediately sent it to Holy Family Parish in Gaza City.
Synod seeks to expand consultations on women’s ministry, diaconate October 9, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The Vatican group studying the question of women’s ministry, including the ordination of women to the diaconate, will expand its consultative phase to include women who do not serve as consultors to the dicastery in charge of the study group, synod officials announced.
Hot-button issues raised by Vatican synod called ‘a mechanism’ to understand synodal method October 8, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News The goal of the second and final meeting of the Synod on Synodality underway at the Vatican is understanding and exercising synodality in the church, rather than immediately resolving specific issues, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ synodality expert said.
Synod members vote to dialogue with study groups set up by pope October 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the Synod of Bishops have voted to give up one of their few free afternoons to “dialogue” with the leaders of the study groups Pope Francis set up to reflect on important questions raised by the synod in 2023.
In second week, synod to discuss authority in the church October 7, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the Synod of Bishops have begun looking for ways to make relationships within the Catholic Church “more transparent and more harmonious, so that our witness may become more credible.”
Synodality, an antidote to polarization, helps mission, cardinal says October 4, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News At the end of a multiyear process of listening, praying, discussing and discerning, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, said he hopes the Synod of Bishops can give Catholics four practical suggestions for being a more “synodal” church.
Synod stresses global approach to role of women, doctrinal development October 4, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, Vocations, World News Controversy over women’s ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Catholic Church and society, said an Australian bishop, who is a member of the Synod of Bishops.
Vatican doctrinal chief tells synod it’s not time for women deacons October 3, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: deacons, Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News “Rushing” to open the diaconate to women in the Catholic Church would short-circuit a necessary reflection on the relationship between ordained ministry and charismatic leadership, particularly as it impacts the participation of women in the church, said the head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office.
Pope defends decision to give women, laymen voting rights at synod October 2, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Pope Francis opened the second session of the Synod of Bishops defending his decision to give women and laymen votes at the assembly, saying it reflects the Second Vatican Council’s teaching that a bishop exercises his ministry with and within the people of God.
Abuse survivor after giving his testimony at synod’s penitential liturgy: ‘it helped me to be able to find compassion’ October 2, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The penitential liturgy with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 1 opened with testimonies of those who have faced great suffering, among those a survivor of clergy sexual abuse. Laurence Gien, who was 11 when he was sexually abused by a priest in his native South Africa, told OSV News that standing in front of bishops, cardinals and Pope Francis himself, giving testimony about his lifetime trauma, was his way of “just trying to appeal to their better selves.”
No one has ‘exclusive right’ to God’s voice, pope says at synod opening October 2, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Members of the Synod of Bishops must engage in genuine dialogue with those holding differing views, avoid pushing personal agendas and remain open to changing their minds about what is best for the church, Pope Francis said.
