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Synod hears women have been encouraged and rejected by the Church
The life of women in the Church “is full of scars” and alternating experiences of being encouraged or rejected, members of the assembly of the Synod on Synodality have heard. Source: CNS.
Synod members from around the world unite to pray for peace
Synod participants who have known war and conflict firsthand led the assembly of the Synod of Bishops yesterday by praying for peace between Israel and Palestine, throughout the Middle East and across the globe. Source: CNS.
Synod focuses on poverty, migration, abuse and sexual identity
Discussions at the Synod on Synodality this week have focused on issues of poverty, migration, abuse and sexual identity, journalists were told at a Vatican press briefing yesterday. Source: Vatican News.
Cardinal Tobin hopes Synod will ‘help us open Church doors even more’
The true beauty of the Church “becomes evident when its doors are open and welcome people. We hope that the Synod will help us open them even more,” United States Cardinal Joseph Tobin said yesterday. Source: Vatican News.
Synod delegates told expected tensions ‘part of the process’
The theme of “communion” and how the Church might provide greater welcome to all of its members is the focus for the 460 participating bishops and lay members of the Synod on Synodality this week. Source: NCR Online.
Oceania Synod delegates come together for fellowship at Domus Australia
Oceania’s Synod on Synodality delegates, facilitators and theologians gathered in Rome on Saturday, the concluding day of the first week of the Synod, to pray, debrief and share a meal together. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
Cardinal says Synod will define new ways to approach Church’s problems
The Synod on Synodality is not geared to “resolve particular problems” in the Church, but to explore ways for the Church to discuss and address such issues, a cardinal said at the weekend. Source: OSV News.
Synod members begin small-group discussions on ‘synodality’
The 364 members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops and the 85 experts, facilitators and ecumenical delegates accompanying them began their work in earnest yesterday, meeting, sharing and praying in small groups. Source: OSV News.
Primary task of Synod is to focus our gaze on God: Pope
Pope Francis has opened a long-anticipated Vatican summit on the Church’s future, encouraging its participants to reject the temptations of doctrinal rigidity and to embrace a vision of the Church that is open and welcoming to all. Source: NCR Online.