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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.
Bishop Mackinlay elected to Synod commission
Sandhurst Bishop Shane Mackinlay has been elected to a commission charged with overseeing the drafting of the final document of the Synod on Synodality. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Obsession over women’s ordination harmful, Bishop Randazzo says
Controversy over women’s ordination, even at the Synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Church and society, Broken Bay Bishop Anthony Randazzo said on Friday. Source: Catholic Review.
Synod rules out women deacons
A Synod on Synodality study group responsible for evaluating the female diaconate has said that, while still exploring other forms of women’s’ involvement in the Church, they will not become deacons. Source: Crux.
Pope says Church needs new ways for bishops to be ‘synodal’
At the first meeting of the Synod on Synodality assembly yesterday, Pope Francis said a bishop’s ministry should include cooperation with the laity and that the Synod will need to identify “differing forms” of this ministry. Source: CNA.
Only by healing sick relationships can we become a synodal Church: Pope
The Catholic Church cannot be credible in its mission of proclaiming Christ unless it acknowledges its mistakes and bends down “to heal the wounds we have caused by our sins”, Pope Francis said yesterday. Source: NCR Online.
Synod members urged to allow the Holy Spirit to speak
Synod on Synodality members may need to let go of their old ways or a desire to make everything new and instead allow the Holy Spirit to speak, Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP said yesterday. Source: America Magazine.
Synod members on retreat ahead of assembly
Fourteen Australian Catholics will today enter a retreat ahead of a month-long global event in Rome aimed at shaping the future of the Church. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Second synod session to open with penitential liturgy
The second session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, set to bring 368 bishops, priests, religious and laypeople to the Vatican, will begin by asking forgiveness for various sins on behalf of all the baptised. Source: CNS.