My experience of the synod was far more than the thrill of sitting with church leaders from around the world. It was also a spiritual journey.
Synod on Synodality
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Hong Kong’s Jesuit cardinal Stephen Chow: ‘The pope truly cares about China.’
Cardinal Stephen Chow said officials in China “appreciate that Pope Francis appreciates them” in this exclusive interview with America’s Vatican correspondent.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Does the synod threaten bishops’ authority?
Catherine Clifford, an ecclesiologist and North American voting member in the Synod on Synodality, joins Colleen Dulle, the host of “Inside the Vatican,” in Rome to discuss the synod’s implications for church structures and hierarchy.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
The synod began amid war and distrust. The first session has ended, but the real work remains.
Amid conflict and mistrust, the goal of the Synod on Synodality—to teach us to “walk together”—is still a work in progress.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal McElroy: There should never again be a synod without lay people as voting members
“We can’t go backward,” Cardinal Robert McElroy told America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O‘Connell at the end of the first session of the Synod on Synodality.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Father James Martin: What happened at the Synod on Synodality
The most synodal moments for me were when I spoke with people with whom I disagreed, sometimes dramatically.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Synod on Synodality Debrief with Father James Martin
On this special crossover podcast episode of “Jesuitical” and “Inside the Vatican,” Zac Davis speaks with his colleagues Gerard O’Connell, Sam Sawyer, S.J., and synod member James Martin, S.J., about the concluding document of the recent synod on synodality in Rome.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Cardinal Cupich on the synod, women deacons, giving bishops job reviews and why ‘LGBTQ’ was left out of the final doc
Exclusive interview: Cardinal Cupich on the end of the first session of the Synod on Synodality.
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Full text: Pope Francis’ homily closing the 2023 Synod on Synodality
In his homily closing the first session of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis reflected on two verbs: “to adore and to serve. We love God through adoration and service.”
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: Finding a way between ‘cafeteria Catholicism’ and Catholic fundamentalism
Dogma, doctrine and papal authority: What do you need to believe to be Catholic?