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News
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Synod At Halftime: Bishop Rhoades On Synodality And Evangelization
By Peter Smith (OSV News) — Returning from the first session of the Synod on Synodality’s global, monthlong gathering in Rome, Bishop Kevin C....
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Synod has taught us to listen more, says RECOWA.
The RECOWA Secretary General, Fr. Vitalis Anaehobi, says that if there is one thing they are taking back home with them, it is the heightened need...
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A SYNODAL CHURCH IN MISSION
Synthesis Report of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops In the late afternoon of Saturday 28 October 2023, the members of the...
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Canadian Bishop highlights lived ‘experience’ of synodality
Bishop Raymond Poisson, the head of the diocese of Saint Jérôme-Mont-Laurier in Canada, looks forward to seeing “how the harmony between us will...
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Cardinal Ambongo: Synodality is a new way of being Church
At the end of the Synod General Assembly, Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo tells Vatican News that synodality is a “reflection on a new way of...
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HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
CONCLUSION OF THE ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS St Peter's Basilica XXX Sunday in Ordinary...
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Synod Synthesis of XVI General Assembly First Session
Synod23 - Summary Report of the First Session of the Sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 4-29, 2023) Download...
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Pope: Love of God and neighbour is heart of everything
At the closing Mass of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis speaks of the “conversation of the Spirit,” experienced in "the...
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Synod Report: A Church that involves everyone and is close to world’s wounds
The Synthesis Report at the conclusion of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality is published. Looking ahead to the second session in...
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Pope to Synod: the Holy Spirit is the protagonist
Pope Francis reminds the Synodal Assembly that the Holy Spirit is the gathering's protagonist, and offers his heartfelt thanks to all, as he...
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Pax Christi appeals to Pope and Synod to help Church embrace nonviolence
The Catholic Nonviolence Initiative urges Pope Francis and the Synod General Assembly to integrate the practice and spirituality of nonviolence into...
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Synod Briefing: ‘A new way to be Church’
At the Synod press briefing on Friday, Dr. Paolo Ruffini reveals how the final Synthesis Report will be voted at the Assembly, and Fr. Timothy...
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Pope Francis requests review of Rupnik case
Pope Francis lifts the statute of limitations in the case of Fr. Marko Rupnik to allow a canonical procedure to take place regarding allegations...
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Fraternal delegates lend ‘ecumenical character’ to Synod press briefing
Thursday’s synod press briefing had a significant “ecumenical” character, with the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and two...
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Pope requests youngest Synod member be excused from classes
Wyatt Olivias, a 19-year-old student at the University of Wyoming, asked Pope Francis to sign a letter requesting he be excused from classes in...
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Pope Francis’ intervention in the Synod on 25th October(Translated from Spanish)
I like to think about the Church as the faithful people of God, holy and sinful, a people convoked and called with the power of the beatitudes and...
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Letter of theXVI Ordinary General Assemblyof the Synod of Bishops to the People of God
Dear sisters, dear brothers, As the proceedings of the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops draw to a close,...
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Pope: I like to think of the Church as God’s faithful people
In an intervention delivered at the beginning of Wednesday afternoon’s General Congregation of the General Assembly, Pope Francis highlights the...
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Summary of the Synod press briefing on Wednesday
Cardinals Robert Prevost and Dieudonné Nzapalainga; Archbishop Timothy Broglio; and Doctor Nora Kofognotera Nonterah share their experiences of the...
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Synod General Assembly to People of God: ‘Church must listen to everyone’
Participants in the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops have approved a Letter to the People of God giving thanks for their...
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Synod: Testimony of French Bishop Alexandre Joly
During the presentation of the Twelfth General Congregation of the Synod, Bishop Alexandre Joly of Troyes, France, offers a reflection on...
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Spiritual Input by Sr Angelini at the Synod on October 23
General Congregation 16 - 23 October 2023 Spiritual insights "The least of all..." (Mk 4:30) Narrating parables rather than issuing proclamations...
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Spiritual Input by Fr Radcliffe at the Synod on October 23
General Congregations 16 – 23 October 2023 Spiritual Inputs The seed germinates Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP In a few days’ time, we shall go home for...
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FABC President Cardinal Charles Bo presides over the Mass during the Synod at St Peter’s Basilica, October 23.
Homily The Long March Towards the Synodality of Hope, Peace and Justice Cardinal Charles BO, SDB Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar President, Federation...
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Briefing: Synod to publish ‘Letter to the People of God’ on 25 October
At the daily Synod briefing for journalists, the President of the Commission for Information, Paolo Ruffini, shares that the "Synthesis Document"...
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Synod: Spiritual reflection by Sr. Angelini at 16th General Congregation
At the Sixteenth General Congregation of the Synod, Sister Maria Grazia Angelini, OSB, offers a spiritual reflection on the theme of "'The least of...
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Synod: Fr Ormond Rush’s theological reflection on Synthesis Report
At the presentation of the Sixteenth General Congregation of the Synod, Father Ormond Rush, Theologian from Australia, offers a theological...
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Synod: Spiritual reflection by Fr. Timothy Radcliffe at 16th General Congregation
At the presentation of the Sixteenth General Congregation of the Synod, Father Timothy Radcliffe, OP, offers a spiritual reflection on 'The seed...
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Myanmar’s Cardinal Bo at Synod Mass: ‘Our people are on an exodus’
Celebrating Mass for participants in the Synod General Assembly, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon laments that Myanmar's Christians are on an...
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Synod briefing highlights: A Church with the Poor
During Saturday's Synod briefing, speakers highlight topics ranging from the role of women to the defense of minors and vulnerable individuals, as...
Commentary
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Synod 2021-24: Advancing Vatican II
For a Synodal Church. Communion, Participation, Mission Giacomo Costa, SJ / October 13, 2023 In a famous speech delivered on December 4, 1962,...
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Synodality: Biblical Foundation, Theological Background, and Existential Understanding
By Bishop A. Peter Abir of Sultanpet, India “Enlarge the Space of your Tent” (Isa 54:2) Introduction - Let me begin my address...
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The Synod on Synodality
Richard G. DeClue Part 1: “Synods and the Synod on Synodality” Since Pope Francis announced the Synod on Synodality, the reactions to it have...
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Enlarge the Space of Your Tent
(Isaiah 54:2) Fr George Plathottam sdb Executive Secretary, FABC Office of Social Communication Have you ever lived in a tent? If not, it is worth...
Vatican
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New book on synodality presents Church leaders’ insights in the wake of Vatican II
A new book, presented Tuesday night at Rome’s LUMSA University, gathers together more than fifty interviews with lay people, religious, founders of...
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Synod to include pilgrimage for participants, prayer for migrants and refugees
At a press conference on Thursday, Sept 21, confirming details about participation in the Synod and the schedule for the General Assembly, synod...
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Without Prayer there will be no Synod
Letter from the Cardinal Mario Grech to the Bishops of the World Vatican, 15 September 2023 In a letter addressed to bishops and eparchs from all...
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Press Conference to present the initiative Together – Gathering of the People of God and the Ecumenical Prayer Vigil presided over by Pope Francis (30 September 2023), 08.09.2023
At 13.00 today, a press conference was livestreamed from the Holy See Press Office, Sala San Pio X, Via dell’Ospedale 1, to present the...
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Vatican offers details on how synod will work, media access
Xavière Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the synod, responds to a question during a news conference at the Vatican Sept. 8,...
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Pope Francis on Upcoming Synod Assembly in the in-flight press conference
Pope Francis responds to questions from the press aboard the return flight to Rome from Mongolia. | Vatican Media By Courtney Mares Aboard the...
