Synod on Synodality report pushes female deacons and lay governance but avoids giving firm answers
The much anticipated final report from the Synod on Synodality has been released, avoiding giving direct answers on controversial issues, but pushing a continued ‘synodal’ approach to general Church life.
What does the Synod on Synodality document say about ‘controversial’ issues?
Delegates vote to approve a synthesis report at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 28, 2023 / 18:30 pm (CNA). The Synod on Synodality, the monthlong assembly convened by Pope Francis at the Vatican, released its final document containing the discussion of several […]
Cardinal Hollerich: The openness of the Synod on Synodality ‘will change the Church’
Delegates vote to approve a synthesis report at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 28, 2023 / 19:17 pm (CNA). At the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis’ monthlong Vatican assembly, one of the meeting’s leaders said the freedom and openness […]
Synod on Synodality report pushes female deacons and lay governance but avoids giving firm answers
The much anticipated final report from the Synod on Synodality has been released, avoiding giving direct answers on controversial issues, but pushing a continued ‘synodal’ approach to general Church life.Read More
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Vatican releases Synod on Synodality report proposing larger role for laity in Church
Pope Francis and delegates at the Synod on Synodality at the conclusion of the assembly on Oct. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Oct 28, 2023 / 15:28 pm (CNA). The Vatican released the Synod on Synodality’s “synthesis report” on Saturday night outlining key proposals discussed during the nearly monthlong assembly’s confidential conversations. […]
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PHOTOS: Members of the Synod on Synodality pray the rosary for peace at St. Peter’s
Synod members, led by Cardinal Gabetti, process into Saint Peter’s Basilica to pray the Rosary for Peace. / Credit: © Evandro Inetti/EWTN News/Vatican Pool Vatican City, Oct 27, 2023 / 05:55 am (CNA). Synod delegates gathered in St. Peter’s … […]
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Two Carmelite nuns in Spain seek to recover the hermitical origin of their order
Mother Ana María and Sister Raquel, Carmelite hermits in Spain, together with a young postulant. / Photo courtesy of Mother Ana María and Sister Raquel ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 27, 2023 / 09:31 am (CNA). Mother Ana María and Sister Raquel form a s… […]