Tag: synodality
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A Church Teaching, A Church Listening: Making Sense of Study Group 9
Writing in Liturgy and Truth , Msgr. Arthur Holquin, S.T.L. gives a commentary on Patric Peters’ article from “Where Peter Is”, published recently in our News and Views. In the concluding paragraph of this article, Arthur Holquin writes: “The faith we have received is not a sealed archive, opened only to confirm what we already knew. It is a living…
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Synodality v Clericalism: Unfinished business
I was unaware of the existence of Global Catholic prior to reading a post by Peter Johnstone in the Australian Catholics Facebook group. The site claims to offer “insightful commentaries and diligent analyses of global events through a Catholic lens, from a distinguished team of writers.” Articles on the site appear to span news from…
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When the blind lead…
Maps and modes of transport are useless if we don’t know where we want to go. Our Church needs a shared vision of what we seek to become. Only then can we move forward together.
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Church Tradition and Governance
The following two articles look at the recent reactions of some bishops to Church Synods and Councils where tradition has been developed. Some American bishops are pushing back against the recent Synod on Synodality that promulgated the practice of synodality. We also have bishops of the SSPX refusing to acknowledge outcomes of Vatican II re the…
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Women in Church history
To most Catholics the actions of Popes Francis and Leo in appointing women to curial positions with significant authority appears as progress toward the recognition of women in the Church. It is not a serious breach in the wall of male clericalism and falls far short of the true equality that progressive Catholics would want.…
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A ‘Leonine’ Version of Synodality?
By Massimo Faggioli, 12 June 2026 From an institutional point of view, the most consequential, long-term legacy left by Pope Francis to his successor is synodality. While Paul VI had conceived and instituted the Bishops’ Synod in 1965, it was not for “synodality” as we think of it now, but was rather an expression of…
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Silicon Valley priest: Encyclical gives new impetus to Church–Big Tech dialogue
Fr. McGuire writes that as Church, we certainly do not agree on everything, but that it is essential that we follow Pope Francis’ idea of synod: listening, encountering, and working with people. He believes that the dialogue has been able to have with the Tech community in Silicon Valley has been very fruitful. That dialogue…
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The Theology of Chairs
Did Pope Leo choose to meet this gathering of lay leaders in this way or did he merely go with the way the Vatican arranged the meeting? Whatever the case, it appears that the Pope has missed a golden opportunity to show how Synodality works. As I stated in the latest ARCVoice, it is a…
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Final Synod Report on Synodality
These summaries have been prepared by Terry Fewtrell using the words contained in the report. The dot points are his own to enable understanding and promote reflection.
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Towards a Spirituality of Synodality
Concerned Lay Catholics (Canada) is offering an online event about the spirituality of synodality.