On this week’s “Preach,” Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, S.J, shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., how thinking of the Gospels as stories can subvert hierarchical, monarchical, and even patriarchal readings of the Scriptures.
Synod on Synodality
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Peru’s Cardinal Barreto on what the Amazon synod and Latin America can teach the entire church
In an exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell, Cardinal Pedro Barreto rejoiced when the Synod on Synodality recognized the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon as “an example of synodality.”
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Polish archbishop urges Pope Francis to resist German reform demands on sexuality and gender
The president of the Polish bishops’ conference has bitterly criticized demands for liberal change by the church in neighboring Germany and urged the pope not to allow them to dominate the Rome Synod on Synodality.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
At the synod in Rome: Waiting to find out where to go
There is something to learn from the fact that discussion at the synod on the most difficult topics was neither rushed to a conclusion nor closed absolutely.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What our editors learned while reporting on the Synod on Synodality from Rome
Timely Lessons in the Eternal City
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Interview: Archbishop Broglio says rift between him and Pope Francis is ‘a myth’
U.S. bishops’ president Archbishop Timothy Broglio discusses his relationship with Pope Francis, the pope’s comments on the U.S. church and the status of ousted bishop Joseph Strickland.
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Archbishop Broglio and Cardinal Pierre offer competing visions of synodality at bishops’ meeting
Two high-ranking church officials offered differing assessments of the U.S. church’s level of commitment to Pope Francis’s signature church renewal initiative on Tuesday.
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Australia’s Archbishop Costelloe: Cardinal Newman’s ‘development of doctrine’ is key to understanding the synod
“Newman’s theology of the development of doctrine enables us to be grounded in our tradition and open to ways in which we can grow in our understanding of it,” Archbishop Costelloe tells Gerard O’Connell. “That’s a key to this whole process.”
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The Editors: 3 lessons from the synod to help Catholics navigate the 2024 elections
As voters in the United States approach another presidential election, how can this synodal experience inform the ways that U.S. Catholics engage in political conversation?
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Cardinal Schönborn: Lessons from the Council of Jerusalem, the church’s first synod
All too often we remain in the theoretical, in “one should” and “one ought to”; we hardly ever speak personally about our missionary experiences. But this is what our believers are waiting for!