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George Weigel: The Synod and the Hartford Declaration

In the winter of 1974, Richard John Neuhaus, then a Lutheran pastor, and Peter Berger, the distinguished sociologist of religion, spent an evening smoking cigarillos in the Bergers’ Brooklyn Heights kitchen and jotting down the things they found most annoying in the liberal theology ...

Cardinal addresses ‘exaggerated expectations’ on Synod

The synod on synodality is not geared to "resolve particular problems" in the Catholic Church, such as the blessing of same-sex unions or women's ordination, but to explore ways for the church to discuss and address such issues, a cardinal said.

Synod participants discuss formation, building a welcoming church

The formation of seminarians, the Catholic Church as a welcoming home for all, migration and ecumenism arose as common themes of discussion among participants of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops.

George Weigel: Save the Synod from its working document!

The first words of the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church—one of the council’s two most important texts—signaled a decisive development in Catholic self-understanding.

Synod document asks how to increase unity, participation, mission outreach

October's Synod of Bishops will discern "the concrete steps which enable the continued growth of a synodal church" says working document.

Bishops leave Fiji on mission

The Catholic Bishops of Oceania have identified “ecological conversion as an urgent mission priority” for the whole Church at the conclusion of a week-long...

Plenary: curb your enthusiasm

Members of the Plenary Council must “tailor our expectations” in anticipation of “the inevitable disappointment and disillusionment” that will follow the Second Assembly in July, Fr David Ranson, the Secretary of the Plenary Council, has told the Australasian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

The Church ‘not a political party’

In latest catechesis, Pope Francis spoke powerfully on the church and rejected false synodality.

Bishop Richard Umbers: Sensus fidei is much more than a feeling

One thing the Church must never lose sight of is keeping Christ at the centre of all She does. And this applies to every...

Peter McGregor: Comments on The Plenary Council Paper

The Plenary discernment paper on how God is calling us to be a Christ-centred Church

Xavier Rynne II: Letters from the Synod for the Amazon Vol...

“INCULTURATION” AND THE CULTURE THAT IS THE CHURCH by George Weigel “Inculturation” has been a buzzword throughout the Catholic world – and especially the developing Catholic...

Xavier Rynne II: Letters from the Synod for the Amazon Vol....

On Saturday, October 12, the Thomistic Institute at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (familiarly known the Angelicum) hosted a conference in anticipation...
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