By revisiting the various moments of grace from World Youth Day, we might identify some ways we still need to walk together if we are to make effective the pope’s call for a church that is “for all.”
Synod on Synodality
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Four ways the Catholic Church can actually listen more to young people
We must become a church that accompanies its people and is attuned to their hopes, doubts and lived experiences.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Meet the Black Catholic lay woman representing the U.S. at the synod
“I’m an African American woman in a space that is doing the kind of work that…Christ is calling us to do,” Cynthia Bailey Manns, who will participate in the Synod on Synodality as a voting member in October, said in an interview.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Vatican and German bishops hold surprise meeting on Synodal Path
Representatives of the Roman Curia and the German bishops’ conference discussed theological and disciplinary issues related to the German church’s Synodal Path in a “positive and constructive climate” during a meeting at the Vatican July 26.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The pitch clock is a travesty. The Catholic Church must learn from baseball’s mistake.
But unlike baseball’s haphazard attempts to “improve” the game, the church must prayerfully discern its next steps. There is so much more at stake.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal Hollerich: ‘The Synod is not Vatican III’
“The Second Vatican Council has given all the elements; there is no new element given by us. Everything which is there is in the council,” Cardinal Hollerich shared in the second part of this exclusive interview.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
New cardinal says October’s synod is not about changing church teaching
Days after his appointment by Pope Francis, OSV News spoke with Cardinal-designate Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the U.S., who shared his thoughts on his new role, the Synod on Synodality, and why both the synod and the National Eucharistic Revival are “just the beginning” of a fresh encounter with Jesus Christ.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Exclusive interview: Cardinal Hollerich on how synodality has developed—and how involved Pope Francis has been
In this exclusive interview, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich speaks about the synod of bishops on synodality that will open in the Vatican on Oct. 4, at which for the first time women will participate as full members with the right to vote.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Father James Martin hopes to bring LGBTQ voices to the synod
The Rev. James Martin, an advocate for LGBTQ inclusion in the church, has been tapped by Pope Francis to attend the synod.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis’ picks for the synod are in—and suggest this will be a Vatican meeting like no other
“Having reported on all the synods since 1985,” Gerard O’Connell writes, “I have come to believe that this synod could well be the most transformative event in the Catholic Church since the Second Vatican Council.”