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Synod on Synodality
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican releases full list of synod participants: Chinese bishops in, Cardinal Ladaria out
We now know everyone who will participate in the historic month-long gathering at the Vatican this October.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
What the U.S. Catholic Church can learn from the synod about racial justice
Preparations for the upcoming Synod have prompted an important question: How might the local church of the United States become a powerful witness of the good news amid cries for racial healing and justice?
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: The case against voting at the Synod on Synodality
At the Synod on Synodality’s Roman meetings, lay men and women have both been included for the first time as full, voting members. But, argues the Rev. Louis Cameli, if this synod is not to be a “parliament,” as Pope Francis often warns, perhaps there should be no voting in the synod at all.
Posted inFaith, News
Secrecy at the synod: Vatican explains media restrictions
Any limitations and rules regarding media access and communications during the upcoming Synod of Bishops are rooted in the “essence” of a synod, said the head of the synod’s communication committee.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Is opposition to the Synod (and Pope Francis) rooted in a mistrust of the Holy Spirit?
If you trust the Holy Spirit, there’s no reason to fear Pope Francis or the Synod.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Pope Francis’ criticisms of ‘reactionary’ U.S. Catholics are counterproductive
Pope Francis has a problem with American Catholic ideologues. Maybe he’s talking about you.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Pope Francis-critic Cardinal Burke warns Synod on Synodality could lead to schism
Cardinal Raymond Burke has written in the preface to a new book that Pope Francis is risking confusion and even schism in leading the upcoming Synod on Synodality in Rome.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What I learned from listening to non-practicing Catholics ahead of the Synod
Since this synod was announced in 2021, I have worked with the Seattle chancery as a synod volunteer and responded to the call for dialogue by personally talking with 100 people who were baptized and are now non-practicing.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
What do U.S. Latinos want from the synod? We asked three who will be there.
Latino participation is important: Recent polling data suggests that more than half of U.S. Catholics under 30 are Latino. Overall, Latinos make up more than 40 percent of Catholics in the United States.