A Potential Loss of our Catholicity? Amazon Synod Reflections
Shortly before the start of the Synod on the Amazon, a message popped up in one of my Catholic WhatsApp...
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Indigenous Professor: Proposed Amazonian Rite Centered on Christ
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Addressing concerns about a proposed Amazonian rite in the Catholic Church, an indigenous participant at the...
Synod Calls For More Church Roles For Women, But Stops Short Of Diaconate
By Cindy Wooden – In the Amazon, like in the rest of the world, the essential roles women play within the...
Pope Apologises That Statues Were Vandalised, Says They Were Recovered
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis apologised that two men entered a church near the Vatican, took controversial statues and tossed...
Bishop: Before New Ministries, Church Must Eradicate Clericalism
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The way to rid the Catholic Church of clericalism is by giving laywomen a greater role...
‘We Are All Responsible’: Bishop Urges Lifestyle Change To Protect Amazon
By Barbara Fraser – Solutions to environmental problems discussed at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon must involve not just...
Synod Groups Propose Amazonian Rite, New Ministries For Women
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Creating an Amazonian-rite liturgy and new ministries for laypeople, including the ordination of women deacons, are...
Ministry, Ecology, Mission Are Main Themes At Synod’s First Week
By Cindy Wooden – The first week of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon saw support for the priestly ordination...
God in all things: Synod looks at indigenous ‘theology of creation’
By Barbara J. Fraser – By demanding respect for the cultures of indigenous peoples, Pope Francis was not promoting pantheism, but...
