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Pell Led a Church that Alienated Its Women. I Pray for Reform
Author: Marilyn Hatton Catholic lay woman, equality advocate January 13, 2023 Speaking as a woman and member of the Catholic faithful, I believe many will have mixed feelings about Cardinal George Pell’s death. Back in 2011, Pell presided over a model of church...
Why a Synod?
Author: Audrey RogersThese are difficult times. History offers sound lessons if one has eyes to see. Looking back, the year 1500 was a watershed year, marking the transition point from the medieval to the modern mindset because of the confluence of world-changing...
What Is the Synod on Synodality?
In September 2021, the Catholic Church convened what has been termed “the largest consultative process in human history": the Synod on Synodality. Over 1 billion Catholics worldwide were invited to join in a collective effort of listening, sharing, and discerning...
Synod document sets stage for wide-ranging debate on women, Catholic ministries and structures
Click here to read the NCR Article The Document for the General Assembly in Rome is now out. Click here to read the document We will soon offer a Zoom meeting to discuss the document and what we can do locally to support the Synod in Rome this October. Join CCRI...
Reminder of Our Synodal Gatherings This Week
The Church has completed the first phase of the Synod and is now moving into the second phase. A small group of theologians, lay women and men, together with some clergy and religious met in Frascati Italy to create the Document for the Continental Stage of the...
New Years Blessing
May Synodal Gatherings Fill Every Corner of the World in This New Year Are you still asking yourself: What is all this talk about synods? Holding Synods is a long tradition of the Church where bishops were invited to come together, and to walk together, listening to...
A Report on the Online Young Adult Seekers Small Christian Community Gathering Held on Thursday December 22,2022
Prepared by Mary Wahome, Kenya Members Present Joe(USA),Alloys(Kenya),Juma(Uganda),Ashiknaz(Pakistan),Gerard(Kenya),Cecilia(Kenya),Faith(Kenya),Valentine(Kenya),Stephen(Kenya),Brenda(Uganda),Mary(Kenya),Collins(Kenya),Aloysius(Uganda)Leonard(Tanzania),...
2022 Christmas Blessings
May Christ be born again in our hearts…and in this synodal process called by Francis As we prepare to move into the 2nd phase of the Synod, let us continue to do our part in initiating synodal gatherings throughout the world, listening deeply to one another, and...
Report of our GESC Gatherings
1st and 2nd sessions Our guest speaker was Dr. Myriam Wijlens, a canon lawyer who worked in Frascati with the drafting committee for the DCS and who works closely on the Synod itself with Cardinal Grech. To listen to her presentation with Q & A, click on...
A Report on the Online Young Adult Seekers Small Christian Community Gathering Held on December 8, 2022
Prepared by Brenda Kobusingye, Uganda Members Present Joe (Kenya), Alloys (Kenya), Luna (USA), Collins (Kenya), Juma (Uganda), Ashiknaz (Pakistan), Staicy (Kenya), Gerald (Kenya), Irene (Kenya), Jenipher (Uganda), Aloysius (Uganda), Abel (Kenya), Cecilia (Kenya),...
Congratulations to the German Bishops for standing with their People
Few countries have the support of their bishops as the German Catholics. It must have taken courage and a strong commitment to the synodal process for these bishops to stand up to the Vatican. We need more bishops like them! When we are not this fortunate, we must...
Our Global Ecclesial Synod Council Gathering
December 17/18, 2022 Our next Global Ecclesial Synod Council (GESC) gathering will be held this coming Saturday/Sunday, Dec. 17/18 and will be facilitated by Luca Badini, a member of the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research. Our guest for the first hour will be...
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