On the eve of the highly anticipated publication of the final report for the Synod on Synodality, Zac Davis and Colleen Dulle speak with James Martin, S.J., about his time inside the second assembly.
Synod on Synodality
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Synod Diary: The synod is going back in order to move forward
Synod observers, especially those who feel like the document has not gone “forward” enough, would do well to learn from Vatican II and its rollout.
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Inside the contentious synod meeting on women deacons
The “Inside the Vatican” team is together in Rome—live and in person—for the Synod on Synodality’s final week. They cover last week’s most contentious story: the meeting with Study Group 5, which is considering ways to increase participation for women in the Church, including the possibility of women deacons.
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Podcast: How synodal is the U.S. church?
A ‘Jesuitical’ conversation with Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter about the ways the synod is (and isn’t) taking root in the U.S. church
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Synod diary: Predictions on what the final doc might say, and what Pope Francis will do with it
“There is no going back!” That is the message I am hearing from many delegates during the final week of the Synod on Synodality as they refine the proposals of the draft final document.
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Synod discusses what giving ‘genuine doctrinal authority’ to bishops’ conferences would mean
Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, said the head of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops.
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Synod Diary: The Vatican Curia is still learning synodality
There has been an alarming lack of transparency around the work of the synod’s ‘Study Group 5,’ tasked with examining, among other things, the subject of women deacons.
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Synod Diary: The Synod’s busy final week is here—but it may end with ‘disappointment’
A lot of people have sacrificed much to participate in the synod meetings. Who wants to come away with little to show from it?
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Hearing a mother weep for her children shaped my Jesuit formation—and is why I trust the synodal process.
Perhaps it seems foolish to put so much stock in one mother’s cry for help. But then again, the cries of our forefathers and foremothers have been central to our faith for centuries.
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Cardinal Fernandez affirms Pope Francis’ opposition to women deacons, says study will focus on women’s roles
“We know that the Holy Father has expressed that at this time the issue of the female diaconate is not mature and has asked that we not entertain this possibility for now,” Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández told the synod Oct. 21.