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With gratitude to theologian and historian of church organisational structure, Dr. Luca Bandini, January 2024: 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 […]

Bishop Gabriele Marchesi of Floresta of the Commission for Laity of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) opened the national conference expressing his hope: May the gathering may give a new energy to the Brazilian Basic Ecclesial Communities and help increase the role of the laity in the local Church. “Every layman and

Alloys Nyakundi spoke at the October 2023 Spirit Unbounded weeklong event for lay people worldwide, paralleling the Synod on Synodality. Alloys leads an international online Small Christian Community called Young Seekers, made up of leaders of other Small Christian Communities. Alloys is still based in his hometown of Nyandoche Ibere, a village of 2000 that

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