Catholics Against Antisemitism: Now More Than Ever
Petros Giannakouris Mourners attend the funeral of Erik Kraunik, the chief of security of Kibbutz Be’eri, at Yehud cemetery, in central Israel, on Oct. 23. Kraunik was killed by Hamas militants at Kibbutz Be’eri near the border with the Gaza Strip. More than 1,400 people were killed and more than 200 taken captive in an […]
In Synod on Synodality Speech, Theologian Points to Vatican II’s ‘Dynamic’ Tradition
Screenshot Australian theologian Father Ormond Rush addresses the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 23, 2023, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. Father Rush addressed the synod members and Pope Francis on Oct. 23 before they review a draft of a document summarizing their conversations over the past three weeks.
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A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Tim Reidy
St. John of Capistrano
San Giovanni da Capestrano The Italian priest St. John of Capistrano (1386-1456) was a well-educated lawyer; when only twenty-six, he became governor of the region of Perugia. Captured in a local war several years after this, John decided to change his life; he entered the Franciscan Order at the age of thirty, and was ordained […]
Why and How We Must Give Ourselves to God
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time. October 22, 2023. Is 45:1, 4-6; 1Thes 1:1-5; Mt 22:15-21 “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” In these words, Jesus gives us the blueprint for flourishing in any society. We can easily know what rightly belongs to a society from its constitutions and […]
The Liberation of Hungary: True Story of the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
The month of October is known for its emphasis on the Holy Rosary, which will be forever associated with the glorious victory of the Holy League at the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571. But while Lepanto occasioned the promulgation of the feast of Our Lady of Victory (the precursor to the current feast […]
German bishop at Synod: no clinging to tradition (CNA)
In a noteworthy exchange with reporters covering the Synod on Synodality, Bishop Franz Josef Overbeck of Essen warned against “clinging to habits and traditionalisms,” and insisted that if the Church does not respond to the “signs of the times,” interest in the faith will decline. Bishop Overbeck drew a good deal of media attention by […]
Synod spiritual adviser sees time of ‘germination’ before 2024 meeting (CNA)
Father Timothy Radcliffe predicted that the period between the close of this year’s Synod assembly and the opening of another meeting next October “will be probably the most fertile time of the whole Synod.” The former master of the Dominican order, who has been appointed by Pope Francis as a spiritual adviser to the Synod, […]
Synod, October 20: participants discuss authority and authoritarianism (CWN)
On October 20, participants in the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops continued their discussion of the Synod’s fourth topic: “Participation, governance and authority. What processes, structures and institutions are there in a missionary synodal Church?”
Australian archbishop: don’t blame all Synod proposals on Holy Spirit (CNA)
“We’ve got to be careful about blaming everything — all our opinions, our interests, lobbies, and factions — putting all that on the Holy Spirit,” says Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Syndey, Australia. Speaking from the Synod meeting in Rome, the Australian prelate said that any proposition that contradicts the message of the Gospel is “not […]