As the first session of the Synod on Synodality in Rome draws to a close, the members have released a Letter to the People of God. The letter is the first of two documents expected from the synod before it concludes its business in Rome on Oct. 29.
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Podcast: When Catholic doctrine can change—and when it can’t
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley discuss a, if not the, big question hanging over the synod: Can it change church teaching?
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What Asia is bringing to the Synod on Synodality
The Rev. Clarence Devadass, a Malaysian priest and synod delegate talks with hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell about the Asian delegation’s contributions at the synod and the challenge of unifying such diverse experiences in a document.
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Podcast: The power of vulnerability when preaching in a retreat or parish setting
In this “Preach” episode, Sarah Hansman delivers a homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, and shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., how her corporate experience prepared her to take risks and practice vulnerability in preaching.
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Podcast: A synod insider on evangelization and World Mission Sunday
In this bonus episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle interviews Inés San Martín, the former Rome bureau chief of Crux and current vice president of marketing and communications at the Vatican’s U.S. missionary fundraising organ.
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Podcast: Catholic influencers or digital missionaries? Bringing the synod to the internet
Today on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with José Manuel de Urquidi is a voting member at the synod whose advocacy for evangelizing—or rather listening—in digital spaces is turning heads.
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Podcast: Should synod discussions be secret?
In this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle interviews John Thavis, author of “The Vatican Diaries” and “The Vatican Prophecies,” about how synods and their guidelines around secrecy have evolved over time.
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Podcast: The French Dominican bringing Middle East Catholics’ concerns to Rome
Today on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley talk with Olivier Poquillon, O.P., who oversaw the reconstruction of the Catholic Church in Mosul, Iraq, destroyed by ISIS 2014.
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Podcast: As discussion turns to women deacons, the synod ‘gets interesting’
On “Inside the Vatican, host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell sit down in Rome to cover the second week of the synod, which covered contentious issues in the church, such as the inclusion of L.G.B.T. people and women deacons.
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Podcast: Pope Francis calls Catholics to support the global church. Our preaching should reflect that.
Until the early 20th century, the Catholic Church in the United States was “the recipient of help from the church in other lands,” recalls Anthony Andreassi, C.O., in his homily for World Mission Sunday. “Now it is our turn to reach out to support others so that this important work of evangelization can continue.”