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Pastoral carer highlights challenges faced by deaf people
One testimony at the Sydney Archdiocese’s Synod earlier this month highlighted the need for greater accessibility for Catholics who are too often overlooked. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Synod office publishes advice on path to 2028 assembly
The General Secretariat of the Synod has published a new document to guide the “path of implementation of the Synod” through to an ecclesial assembly in October 2028 at the Vatican. Source: EWTN News.
Synod aims to reflect voice of community
Toowoomba’s Diocesan Synod, to be held in October, is beginning to take shape, with a facilitator training session ahead of the diocesan-wide listening sessions over the next two months.
Synod proposes new approach to ‘people of faith with same-sex attractions’
The Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod published the testimonies of two men in civil marriages with other men who describe from personal experience the tensions and wounds that have marked their lives of faith within the Church. Source: EWTN News.
Sydney Synod sets new pastoral priorities for archdiocese
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has accepted key proposals from the Sydney Synod, setting new pastoral priorities for the Sydney Archdiocese focused on more prayerful liturgies, Christ-centred communities and renewed missionary outreach. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Report highlights new ways to listen to the poor
Listening and responding to the cries of the poor and the earth is central to the mission of the Church. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Report finds digital world ‘the new missionary frontier’
A final report from a Synod of Bishops study group has underscored the need for the Church to engage the digital environment as a vital space for evangelisation, dialogue, and pastoral accompaniment. Source: Vatican News.
Synod group report says Church must confront clericalism and machismo
A Vatican study group has called for broader access to positions of authority for Catholic women worldwide and for the Church to confront what it described as persistent patterns of clericalism and machismo. Source: NCR Online.
Archbishop Comensoli convokes Synod for Melbourne Archdiocese
Archbishop Peter A Comensoli has officially convoked a Synod for the Melbourne Archdiocese, signing the decree during Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday. Source: Melbourne Catholic.