This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley discuss a, if not the, big question hanging over the synod: Can it change church teaching?
Synod on Synodality
Posted inFaith, Synod Diary
Synod Diary: Will synod members get to vote on the final document?
What message does it send to women when the first synod to include them as full, voting members opts to forgo an actual vote in favor of approval by applause?
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Pope Francis wants the synod in every parish. Here’s how to bring it to yours.
It will not be enough to read any document that comes from the synod; Catholics must experience the synod, must do synod. The best place to do this is in your parish.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
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.
Posted inFaith, Synod Diary
Synod Diary: What should the people of God expect from the Synod?
People want to know that the issues they raised over the past few years in listening sessions in their parishes and dioceses are being taken seriously.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
What a failed 18th-century synod—and a talking point for Archbishop Viganò—can teach us about synodality
The ghost of Pistoia is by now quite experienced at haunting Catholic memories.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
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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Synod Diary: It’s not too late to take part in the synod
If you regret not taking part in your local synod, do not despair.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What Pope Francis forgot about the media: You either feed the beast or the beast eats you
You either control the narrative, or the narrative is controlled by anyone who grabs the media’s attention.
Posted inFaith, News
Synod assembly to issue ‘Letter to the People of God’ at session’s end
The letter, the drafting of which was approved by the synod assembly, will be discussed both during small group working sessions and among the entire assembly Oct. 23.