Abbot Jeremias Schröder, O.S.B. (Salt and Light video screenshot)

Absence of historical reflection a weakness of the synod, says Abbot Schröder

by Luke Hansen October 28, 2015

“What we now consider to be eternal truth was really only formulated at Trent, and that’s not understood by many synod fathers.”

Canadian Archbishop Durocher of Gatineau, Quebec, arrives for opening Mass of Synod of Bishops on the family in St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican (CNS Photo / Paul Haring).

Synod on the Family

Archbishop Durocher: Address violence against women, empower women in the church

by Luke Hansen October 23, 2015

Archbishop Paul-André Durocher of Gatineau, Canada, told America in an interview that violence against women is a “whole social phenomenon we’re still not dealing with adequately.”

Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, leaves a session of the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican, Oct. 14 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).

Dispatches

Bishop George Murry discusses synod process, supports more lay involvement

by Luke Hansen October 20, 2015

“The real work of this synod happens in the small group discussions,” and the Holy Spirit has been alive in those discussions, Bishop Murry told America in an interview.

In All Things

California bishop voices support for the ordination of women

by Luke Hansen September 18, 2015

In the interview with America, Bishop Francis Quinn said, “I personally think the Spirit is calling [women] to be deacons and priests, but the Spirit hasn’t done it clearly enough to convince the teaching church.”

Cardinal Reinhard Marx in Münster, March 12, 2014.

Synod on the Family

‘We Have a Lot of Work to Do’: Cardinal Marx on Pope Francis, the synod and women in the church

by Luke Hansen February 4, 2015

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of the Diocese of Munich and Freising, is head of the German bishops’ conference, a member of the Council of Cardinals that advises Pope Francis on church governance, coordinator of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy and author of Das Kapital: A Plea

Photo courtesy of Stanford University Office for Religious Life/Hagop's Photography

From Our Archives

Cardinal Marx on Francis, the Synod, Women in the Church and Gay Relationships: An exclusive interview with the president of the German bishop’s conference and papal adviser

by Luke Hansen January 22, 2015

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, is head of the German bishops’ conference, a member of the Council of Cardinals that advises Pope Francis on church governance, coordinator of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy and author of Das Kapital: A Plea for Man (

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, president of the German bishops' conference, delivers an opening statement during a general meeting in Fulda, Germany, Sept. 22. (CNS photo/Uwe Zucchi, EPA)

In All Things

Cardinal Marx: We must think beyond capitalism

by Luke Hansen January 18, 2015

An increasingly influential German cardinal spoke to a packed auditorium at Stanford University on Jan 15 about the challenge of organizing a free and open society that is linked with the common good ldquo It is important for the church to be in the great questions of social justice rdquo said C

HOPE BLOOMS. Obdulio Ramos, the husband of Elba, planted roses on the lawn where the Jesuits were assassinated, along P with Elba and her daughter, at the University of Central America, San Salvador.

Faith

Truth, Then Justice: Memory and healing in El Salvador

by Luke Hansen October 29, 2014

In Arcatao, El Salvador, a small town nestled amid stunning mountain vistas near the Honduran border, the Historical Memory Committee is charged with preserving the memory of the civil war that left more than 75,000 dead—and thousands more “disappeared”—between 1980 and 1992.