Tag: Synod
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‘Pray for a decent end to the Synod’: Cardinal Zen and George Weigel criticize Vatican’s China strategy
By AC Wimmer Vatican City, Oct 19, 2024 / 11:05 am Two prominent Catholics — Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong and American author George Weigel — have leveled sharp criticisms at the Synod on Synodality, focusing particularly on the Vatican’s approach to China. In a blog post published on Oct. 18, Zen, the 92-year-old bishop…
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U.S. bishops to meet in November: Takeaways from the synod, canonization causes, Eucharistic Revival on agenda
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 18, 2024 / 18:15 pm The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather in Baltimore next month for its 2024 Fall Plenary Assembly. Major items on the agenda for the plenary assembly, according to a USCCB press release, include reports on the U.S. bishops’ efforts concerning the…
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Synod on Synodality: ‘Adopt’ a synod member in prayer during the October assembly at the Vatican
By Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Oct 12, 2024 / 12:30 pm Prayer groups are sponsoring an online platform through which you can “adopt” a Synod on Synodality member to pray for during the month of October. After submitting an email address on the webpage oremusprosynodo.org, the name of one of the 368 voting members (also…
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Synod on Synodality: Breaking news and analysis live from the Vatican
By CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, Oct 6, 2024 / 20:05 pm The Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality has entered its final phase. Bishops, lay experts, and even non-Catholic observers from around the world have gathered in Rome this October for a monthlong assembly that could reshape the Church, its governance, and itsteaching. Pope Francis, opening…
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Lebanese bishop makes impassioned plea for peace at synod briefing
By CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, Oct 5, 2024 / 10:35 am A Lebanese bishop made an impassioned plea for peace and forgiveness at the Synod on Synodality’s daily press briefing on Saturday, as the assembly’s first week drew to a close. Bishop Mounir Khairallah of Batroun shared his personal experience of violence and forgiveness, recounting…
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Analysis: This week at the Synod on Synodality — revolution or much ado about nothing?
By Andrea Gagliarducci Vatican City, Oct 3, 2024 / 17:45 pm Perhaps it is in the very nature of the Synod on Synodality to take steps back after having taken several steps forward. But the tone of the opening days of the synod’s final general assembly makes it apparent that, for the moment, there is…