The Synod concluded its second week today with delegates discussing section B.2 of the Instrumentum Laboris, “Co-responsibility in Mission,” Dr. Paolo Ruffini confirmed at a press briefing this morning. Ruffini is the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for...

This second day opened with Steve and Shawna Newcomb speaking about the Doctrine of Discovery/Domination and the injustices done to the indigenous communities so many but especially by governments and the Catholic Church.  Jamie Manson spoke about “Who and What are...

Today is the first of two of the major Spirit Unbounded days with presentations coming in from Bristol and Rome. The welcome and Introductions came from Maggie Conway and Penelope Middelboe from Bristol. Dr. Claudia Nothelle gave a presentation called Passing on the...

In his remarks introducing the third module, or subject for spiritual conversation, to the Synodal Assembly this morning, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich said that “men and women receive the same baptism and the same Spirit” and “the baptism of women is not inferior to...

Meeting at the Biblio Roma cafe next to the castle in Rome, our day began meeting Christina Reymer and her friend Sonja Grace for coffee. Sonja had recently authored a book on recovering from sexual abuse. Colm Holmes with We Are Church Ireland had just arrived and we...

Grace Wrackia, a Synod delegate from Papua New Guinea, spoke about the unique gifts of Melanesian spirituality indigenous to her part of the world at a press briefing earlier today. Wrackia described this indigenous spirituality as having four main components:...

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The importance of Small Christian Communities (SCCs), also known as Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) or Basic Christian Communities (BCCs), to the life of the church has been a recurring theme of the synodal discussion this week. SCCs are groups of generally no more...

The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops begins its reflections on Module B-1 of the Instrumentum Laboris, with Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich introducing the Fourth General Congregation on Monday morning. Click Here to Read Full Report

“To homogenize is to clip the wings of the Spirit, to refuse to recognize that God is pleased with each person in a different and unique way,” Sr. Gloria Liliana Franco Echeverri, ODN, said last month while leading a retreat for the Encounter of the...

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Dear friends, What a week it has been for WOW and our supporters in Rome this week!  With events designed to coincide with the opening days of the Synod,* we have been joy filled as supporters from around the world came to join our global advocacy campaign...

First published in Today’s American Catholic magazine Delegates to the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, commonly referred to as the “Synod on Synodality,” have reached the end of an “intense” first week, according to Dr. Paolo...