Over the weekend, the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality focuses on decision-making processes, emphasizing the need for transparency, accountability and evaluation. By Christopher Wells The work at the Synod in recent days has focused on the Journey section of the Work instrumentwith a particular emphasis on how Church leaders make and implement decisions….
Thursday’s Synodal Assembly will focus on Christian unity. Cardinal Koch, Orthodox Metropolitan Job, Anglican Bishop Warner and Mennonite Pastor Graber are guests at the daily press briefing. By Roberto Paglialonga and Lorena Leonardi Following instructions from the Synod General Secretariat, Special Rapporteur Father Giacomo Costa encouraged Synod participants to be creative and not be afraid…
Synod interventions on Tuesday and Wednesday focus on the themes of ecclesial discernment and Christian initiation; and speakers at the daily press briefing highlight the vocation of the diaconate and the need to support poorer local Churches throughout the world. By Alessandro Di Bussolo and Giampaolo Mattei The most applauded testimony in Paul VI Hall,…
Vatican news The Rosary Church Shipyard in Mumbai is celebrating its parish feast with special festivities dedicated to exploring the Pope’s call to become a more synodal Church. By Sister Florina Joseph, SCN On Monday, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Rosary Church Shipyard incorporated the synodal process into its festive celebrations….
The press briefing on the fifth day of the Synod General Assembly reveals that participants marked the Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace with a special moment dedicated to the first anniversary of Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel and the The escalation that followed emphasized the role of women in the Church and focused…
In his speech on the second module of the Synod’s Instrumentum Laboris devoted to “Relations”, the general rapporteur, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, returns to the moment of prayer in the Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Majeure on Sunday evening, saying “May prayer for peace help us to place our work today in the right perspective.” By Vatican News Pope…
On Saturday, October 5, several participants in the Synod on Synodality briefed journalists on the reports presented in the small working groups and expressed their hope that the second session of the Synod could be an opportunity to seek peace and respect for human rights. the man. By Antonella Palermo The General Assembly of the…
Vatican news Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox discuss primacy and synodality during a round table organized at the Saint-Louis-des-Français Cultural Center in Rome on the occasion of the publication of the French version of the document “The Bishop of Rome” of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity. By Jean-Charles Putzolu The study document of the Dicastery…
On the feast of St. Francis, Friday, 4 October, the second general congregation of the General Assembly of the Synod heard reports from the five Language Tables, and held an open discussion with more than thirty speakers addressing topics such as charisms and ministries, liturgy, dialogue with cultures and religions. By Salvatore Cernuzio The Second…
At the first General Congregation of the Synodal Assembly, on October 2, members of the ten groups created by the Pope in February to explore the theological and canonical aspects of various themes, as well as representatives of three other Commissions, explained the work accomplished so far. and future prospects. By Salvatore Cernuzio The role…