“As certain Vatican officials continue to criticize the Synodal Path that was recently concluded in Germany, the country's experiment with synodality has gained a certain notoriety, but without the profound nature of the process having been fully explored. ”
“The Synod on synodality occupies a very different position. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in Feb 2022 cast a somber shadow on grassroots synodal consultations in Europe, ...Even more, the 1st session of the assembly overlapped ominously with the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.”
“Decidedly, things continue to be at a standstill for women in the Catholic Church! Not surprisingly,... participants at the Synod assembly on ecclesial reform, which has just completed its first session, expressed the most opposition to proposals concerning the role of women... ”
“Let's hope that those attending the Synod are not adverse to water, in order that, together, we can continue being pilgrims in a Pilgrim Church, wet feet and all.”
“It's often said that PP. doesn't waver when he is committed to an idea... the case with the fate of migrants, which is one of the priorities of his pontificate. PP. once again demonstrated this on Oct 19, when he gathered all Synod participants to a "moment of prayer for migrants/refugees".”
“Two bishops from China who were members of the Synod on synodality have gone home, fueling suspicions that Beijing's Communist government forced them to ”
“It's Thursday (October 12) and the members of the Synod on synodality are visiting – many for the first time – one of the most iconic places of Rome's earliest Christian communities. Some of these synodal "pilgrims"...”
“The massive attack that Hamas carried out against the State of Israel on October 7 gripped the 365 members of the Synod assembly. That included its president – Pope Francis – who launched two appeals for peace in the space of a few days from St Peter's Square. ”
“"This is an important moment in the history of Christianity," says Mufaro-Dawn, a young Anglican woman from Zimbabwe. Dressed in jeans and a black T-shirt, the 22-year-old with braided hair is standing in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for a unique ecumenical prayer vigil. ”
“It does raise the question of the role of women within the institutional Church, already firmly on the Synod agenda. Once, we were forbidden to talk about the ordination of women and now we are obliged! ”
“Discerning the gifts of the Holy Spirit and understanding the true meaning of "diakonia"; simply a non-commissioned activity or a commissioned function? ”
“The bishop of Limburg and chairman of the German bishops’ conference said he sees no Vatican obstacles getting in the way of German Synodal Way ambitions.”
“Anne-Béatrice Faye belongs to the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Castres and is member of the theological commission for the Synod of Bishops' assembly on Synodality.”
“Mexico is the second largest Catholic country in the world in terms of members, estimated to be around 100 million people. But the proportion of Catholics in the country is constantly decreasing. It went from 89.7% of the population in 1990 to 77.7% in 2020.”
“Catholic leaders from Africa will gather in Addis Ababa from March 1-6 for the continental phase of the synodal process Pope Francis has called to map out the Church's future”
“Some 600 Catholics (200 on site and nearly 400 online) gathered last Sunday (February 5) in the Czech capital to participate in this unprecedented European assembly to discuss the future of the Church in the latest phase of the synodal process that Pope Francis launched in October 2021. ”
“Secretary General and General Relator of the Synod say the bishops' ministry becomes even more decisive for the journey of the People of God if united among themselves and under the pope”
“Bishops of Germany are on a crucial "ad limina" visit, as Vatican officials, including the pope, have become increasingly critical of their Church's reform movement”
The German Synod has not gone against Church teaching, insists guest observer
Dark synodal times
Women and the Church: mothers first and believers second?
Getting our feet wet
Pope places migrants at the center of the synod
In the midst of the Synod, "Beijing reminds us who's boss"
A synodal pilgrimage under the sign of the “Catacombs Pact”
When wars burst into the Synod hall
Ecumenical prayer vigil offers a foretaste of the Synod
Learning from the women of St Paul
Getting down to work on the Synod's working tool (2023)
SÍntesis Etapa Continental del SÍnodo en América Latina y el Caribe.pdf
La primera Asamblea Eclesial de América Latina y el Caribe - La Civiltà Cattolica
Bishop Bätzing: Most German Catholics Support Synodal Way, No Danger of Schism
Synod theologian: "Women's place in the Church needs to be rethought"
Mexico’s Catholic bishops admit they’re losing the people
Africa’s continental phase of Synod is next month in Ethiopia
Europeans say "the work (of synodality) has just begun"
Synod leaders remind bishops of “common understanding” in synodal process
German bishops in Rome to discuss the Synodal Path
