Tag: Synodality
Oceania the new force in Synodality
By the time Australians are straggling back to work after Australia Day the synod on synodality will be moving into its Continental Stage –...
Ordained governance now up for ‘re-evaluation’
The link between ordination and governance is up for “re-evaluation”, the president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said.
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Church in Asia begins to sync with global synodality
The continental stage of the synod on synodality is now in action with the release of its working document, but the Church in Asia...
Spreading the Synodal Tent
The image used by the latest Synodality document is not obscure: things are set to change
The working document for the continental stage of the...
Synodal synthesis sent
The Catholic Church in Australia has given a ringing endorsement to the Church’s synodal transformation in its national synthesis for the 2023 Bishops Synod...
The Plenary Council and Synodality
By Fr Gerard Kelly
The apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Charles Balvo, in his address at the closing session of the Plenary Council, noted that many were...
A woke, weak and oh so mediocre Church
The smug Catholic left do not want a resurrected church that announces Jesus to our age. They want power. Now. And the troublesome bishops...
Members happy with revised women’s motions on Plenary’s final day
The Plenary Council prepared to draw to a close on 8 July after two days of catch-up in an altered voting format, passing almost...
The Plenary’s agenda must be exposed
By Sandy Wallace
The Catholic Church was born from the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. She is not a man made construct open to...
Council is a key moment for Church
A Plenary has wide-ranging power and has gone through an extensive process to get to this week’s Second Assembly
What is the Plenary Council?
A Plenary...
The Plenary Council motions: how did we get here?
The Plenary's Framework for Motions document lays out the future of the Australian Church. What's in it? And how did we get here?
Sydney Synod on Synodality synthesis records hopes for reform
Australian diocesan submissions to the Bishops’ Synod on Synodality 2021-23 have overwhelmingly returned results calling for reform of Church structures and doctrine, with a...
