Pope: Young People Have Lessons to Teach the Church
By Cindy Wooden – Young Catholics are giving the church a valuable lesson in the real meaning of “synodality,” Pope Francis wrote. “They have asked us in a...
Church / Pope Francis / Synod / Youth
by CNS · Published September 9, 2020 · Last modified September 8, 2020
By Cindy Wooden – Young Catholics are giving the church a valuable lesson in the real meaning of “synodality,” Pope Francis wrote. “They have asked us in a...
Bishops / Church / Erin Carelse / Synod
by Erin Carelse · Published October 28, 2019 · Last modified October 29, 2019
A lesson from the Johannesburg archdiocesan synod ten years ago is that unless you identify structures to assist in implementation, documents just remain idealistic words, Archbishop Buti...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – To proclaim the Gospel message of hope, the Catholic Church in the Amazon must open new paths of evangelisation in the region,...
Shortly before the start of the Synod on the Amazon, a message popped up in one of my Catholic WhatsApp groups. It was a video calling for...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Addressing concerns about a proposed Amazonian rite in the Catholic Church, an indigenous participant at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon called...
By Cindy Wooden – In the Amazon, like in the rest of the world, the essential roles women play within the family, the community and the church should...
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis apologised that two men entered a church near the Vatican, took controversial statues and tossed them into the Tiber River. “As bishop...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The way to rid the Catholic Church of clericalism is by giving laywomen a greater role in making decisions, a Bolivian bishop said....
Church / Ecology / Environment / Synod
by CNS · Published October 24, 2019 · Last modified October 23, 2019
By Barbara Fraser – Solutions to environmental problems discussed at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon must involve not just Amazonian nations, but countries in Europe and...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Creating an Amazonian-rite liturgy and new ministries for laypeople, including the ordination of women deacons, are some of the recurring proposals made by...
By Cindy Wooden – The first week of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon saw support for the priestly ordination of married indigenous men, impassioned pleas for...
By Barbara J. Fraser – By demanding respect for the cultures of indigenous peoples, Pope Francis was not promoting pantheism, but – tapping into his Jesuit roots –...
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