Talk to us
CathNews, the most frequently visited Catholic website in Australia, is your daily news service featuring Catholics and Catholicism from home and around the world, Mass on Demand and on line, prayer, meditation, reflections, opinion, and reviews. And, what's more - it's free!
Synod’s spiritual adviser urges members to be at peace with results
Even if some members of the Synod on Synodality end up feeling disappointed by its results, “God’s providence is at work in this assembly”, the spiritual adviser to the Synod says. Source: CNS.
Women’s ordination remains off the table at Synod
Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, according to the Vatican’s doctrinal chief. Source: OSV News.
Synod cannot reinvent the Catholic faith: Archbishop Fisher
We cannot “reinvent the Catholic faith” or “teach a different Catholicism in different countries”, Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP said in an interview this week. Source: CNA.
Synod begins looking at institutional changes to promote synodality
If members of the Synod of Bishops are serious about sharing their experience of “synodality” with all members of the Church, then they must identify concrete ways to do so, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
Synod members highlight the value of listening
Synod members say listening has emerged as a central element in overcoming the structural and cultural barriers to unity and participation in the Church. Source: OSV News.
Synod an opportunity ‘to overcome walls’ between Christians
Halfway through the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis and Synod participants prayed that God would “remove the divisions between Christians” so that they could proclaim the Gospel together. Source: CNS.
How to ‘adopt’ a Synod on Synodality member
Prayer groups are sponsoring an online platform through which you can “adopt” a Synod on Synodality member to pray for during this month. Source: CNA.
All Catholics must play bigger role in spreading the Gospel, Synod told
The Pope, bishops and priests cannot fully awaken the missionary spirit of the Catholic Church alone, so all Catholics must play a more central role in spreading the Gospel, according to participants in the Synod on Synodality. Source: OSV News.
Synod to expand consultations on women’s ministry
The Vatican group studying the question of women’s ministry will expand its consultative phase to include women who do not serve as consultors to the dicastery in charge of the study group, Synod officials announced. Source: CNS.