Tag: Synod
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...
Philippa Martyr: Synods synonymous with scandal
Two upcoming Church synods are causing a bit of concern. The Amazon Synod opened on Sunday 6 October, and will consider a range of...
Xavier Rynne II: Letters from the Synod for the Amazon Vol....
THE MANY MYSTERIES OF SYNOD-2019
Eighty years ago, on October 1, 1939, a month after the German invasion of Poland launched World War II in...
Archbishop Julian Porteous: laying solid foundations for Plenary 2020
The Plenary Council 2020/2021 will be a major ecclesial event for the Church here in Australia. It will be an historical moment and will...
Challenges of the digital age
Digital communications and social media can be lonely environments, writes Pope Francis.
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