Approving the revision of the entire process of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis has asked that it begin with serious, widespread consultations with laypeople on the diocesan level.
"In reality, without this consultation there would be no synodal process, because the discernment
In the latest editorial, the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board raises concerns about the Church in Germany. They write: “Of increasing concern to the unity of the universal Church has been the Church in Germany, which has, over the past two years,
“Synodality is a style, it is a walk together, and it is what the Lord expects from the Church of the third millennium.” Pope Francis said that in November 2019 to a meeting of the International Theological Commission, a prestigious Vatican advisory
Pope Francis' repeated calls for mercy and for the church to hear voices from the peripheries is an invitation to accept that the Holy Spirit speaks not just to church leaders but to all the baptized, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark,
Contributing editor Russell Shaw explores the ongoing Synodal Path being undertaken by Church authorities in Germany. Shaw writes: “As in several other churches, synods have existed in the Catholic Church for a long time. … But the Germans’ Synodal Path is something
Catholics today are utterly fed up with unaccountable bishops. One way to create accountability and heal the Body of Christ is recovering real synods, not in Rome but in every diocese, which would function not as a debate chamber but as a