The most synodal moments for me were when I spoke with people with whom I disagreed, sometimes dramatically.
Synod on Synodality
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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.”
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Interview: Finding a way between ‘cafeteria Catholicism’ and Catholic fundamentalism
Dogma, doctrine and papal authority: What do you need to believe to be Catholic?
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Synod Diary: The synod can’t succeed without buy-in from parish priests
When I imagine how the next 11 months can be used most fruitfully, I think about something, or rather someone, who is largely missing from the synod in Rome: the parish priest.
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Synod Diary: 3 synod storylines to watch for in the final days
As we approach the expected release of the synod’s summary report on Saturday evening and the closing liturgy on Sunday, here are three questions that I will be paying attention to.
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Podcast: Unpacking the synod’s first letter to ‘the people of God’
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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Pope Francis wants the synod to be a political community—but one based on faith, not interest
Most modern constitutional states today describe themselves as republics. Such republics sound as though they have a lot in common with Catholic social teaching. They do.
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Synod Diary: The synod isn’t hiding its disagreements. That’s a good thing.
“Recognizing the divergences is unitive,” a bishop member of the synod told me. “It can provide healing.”