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Comunidades Eclesiales de Base (CEBs) in the 2023 Synod Synthesis Document, By Pedro Pierre, Guayaquil, Ecuador. November 2023. https://smallchristiancommunities.org/ The Synthesis Document of the recent Synodal Assembly meeting in the Vatican in October 2023 makes us see that yes, the Comunidades Eclesiales de Base (CEBs)2 are “a seed”’ that has become “a big bush.” With […]

Synodal input continues this year…bishops have been asked to host listening sessions focused on the guiding questions shared by the Vatican. We have a ways to go before the structure and organization of the Church would help all the baptized to respond to the call of the gospel and for the Church to draw on

People’s Catholic Seminary Forum Presents: Growing Together in Dialogue, Discernment and Decisions as the Synodal Church: Next Steps for Synod in 2024 Part 2: All Disciples, All Missionaries- Feb.6, 2024, 1pm-2pm and 7:30PM-8:30PM ET in Part 1: Bridget Mary Meehan https://pcseminaryforum.blogspot.com/2024/ More information at the bottom of this post. 1. The Synod affirms that the

Latest News January 30, 2024  CISA https://cisanewsafrica.com/kenya-cardinal-hollerich-reforming-roman-curia-necessary-for-church-to-rediscover-its-nature-as-a-synodal-church/ By Pasch❤❤ al Norbert NAIROBI, JANUARY 30, 2024 (CISA) – In a presentation entitled “Understanding the Emerging Synodal Church in the light of ‘Praedicate Evangelium’,” Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., the general rapporteur of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops tells a meeting of African and European bishops that

A riveting new book from the European philosopher Ingrid Robeyns explores the critical choices humanity now faces, in Blogging Our Great Divide, 30 Jan 2024 by Sam Pizzigati, excerpt and link to the full article below. “Poverty in no way represents a natural phenomenon. Poverty comes from the political and economic choices our society’s most

Much of the media coverage of our church highlights perceived fear of “disorder”…Here, those who have learned from Franciscan Fr. Richard Rohr talk about how disorder is a fundamental part of the process. Disorder presents an invitation to grow and a cross best not avoided without incurring worse. How can we help our church and

With thanks to John Menadue. “The starting points for women in the Synod Working document are the positive statements of a general kind about synodality, but carefully limited statements on specifics, such as admission of women to the diaconate. Recognising and promoting the dignity and gifts of women in the Church goes side by side

We encourage each of you and your organisations to submit input to the Synod on Synodality by April 2024 for consideration and hopeful incorporation in the next Synod documents. Send to your archdiocese and other contacts, as well as synodus@synod.va The following open letter to Pope Francis in response to the Synthesis Report of the

The Last Supper, 1998, by Polish artist Bohdan Piasecki. The painting includes 6 women and 2 children, as well as Jesus and his 12 apostles. It seems highly improbable that Jesus would have excluded his mother, Mary of Magdala and the other women who had followed him up to Jerusalem, from this important occasion. “Test

This past week Pope Francis acted as a brother and a leader rather than taking his cues from the loud naysayers on Twitter/X. An excerpt follows. Read more at: https://international.la-croix.com/news/letter-from-rome/pope-takes-the-heresy-hunters-to-task/19077 Just like Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI before him, he (Pope Francis) gathered with prelates and pastors of the mainline Christian denominations