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A Need for Creativity: Synod Report for October 29, 2023 Click Here Listening in Simplicity: Synod Report for October 27, 2023 Read More A United Witness: Synod Report for October 26, 2023 Read More Students at the Table of Wisdom: Synod Report for October 25, 2023 Read More Francis wants the synod in every parish. […]

Pope Francis has expressed openness to Catholic blessings for same-sex couples, under the condition they are not confused with marriage ceremonies for men and women, in what could be a watershed moment for the church. Click Here to Read Article

SARAH MAC DONALD The Tablet An international network of reform-minded Catholic movements has organised an assembly to coincide with October’s Synod on Synodality that aims to create an alternative space where laypeople can dis-cuss issues too often swept un-der the carpet. HUDA KHOURY, a Melkite Catholic, has been battling the Church’s marriage tribunal in Lebanon […]

Learning What Differing Generations and Cultures Share In Common As We Strive to Rreform Our Church May 2, 2024 On Thursday, May 2, CCRI has scheduled a multi-generational global synodal gathering.

A well-planned and detailed document for a Priest new to a parish. A new Priest normally takes time to set the ball rolling in a new or unknown parish effectively. It is often due to a lack of contextual historical knowledge and resources of the new parish.

Our Global Ecclesial Synodal Council gathering will host Dr. Elissa Roper on Friday/Saturday, April 12/13. The path of synodality is being revealed through a great desire of faithful Catholics for change.

We share the outrage of millions of people from around the world shocked by U.S. Catholic Bishops using their influence to speak out during an election cycle to Catholic parishioners in favor of one candidate running for the U.S. presidency based on the one issue of abortion.

With the Synod 2021-2024, Pope Francis initiated a participatory process for the first time in modern church history, in which fundamental questions about the shape and future of the Church were first discussed at the grassroots level.

Quick recap Dr. Helena Jeppersen-Spuhler, a prominent advocate for women’s equality, discussed her insights and the historic participation of women in the 2023 Synod in Rome. She also highlighted the need for regional and decentralized solutions, the importance of feedback from Catholic organizations, and the need for more locally focused solutions within the Catholic Church. […]

Our Global Ecclesial Synodal Council gathering on March 23 hosted Helena Jeppesen-Spuhler, delegate from Switzerland to the Synod in Rome. She shared her experience of the 2023 Synod and her anticipation for the 2024 Synod.

Since the first of the year, CCRI has been facilitating monthly synodal gatherings for all who have no other way to participate. These are the coming synodal gatherings to be held in March: You are welcome to join us to participate in a Synod. To find the times for you in your locale, click on our […]

As the Vatican prepares to host the second part of Pope Francis' major summit on the future of the Catholic Church this October, one of the event's main organizers said a central purpose of the gathering is to create "a new style of leadership" for the global faith institution.

John Wijngaards of the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research will be speaking to our Global Ecclesial Synodal Council on our two-fold Church: Church as People of God and Church as Institution.

In the middle of Aikawapuka Village, Timika, Papua, Indonesia, an extraordinary event took place on 17 December 2023. This remarkable coastline, cherished by a group of passionate young environmentalists, witnessed an extraordinary initiative to protect their coastal ecosystem's natural magnificence.

Join with fellow Christian Life Community members on January 30 for the first ever virtual Conversation in the Spirit, the same process used in CLC groups and at the recent Synod Assembly in Rome. Participants will gather in small, facilitated groups to listen, discern, and respond to the consultation questions posed by the 2023 Synod General Assembly.