The 12th General Congregation of the Synod gathered for the presentation of the fourth and final discussion module this morning. The module is based in section B.3 of the Instrumentum Laboris, “Participation, Governance, and Authority.” The guiding question for this...

Four Synod delegates took a break from their deliberations on section B.2 of the Instrumentum Laboris to speak to the press about their experience this morning. Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, SDB, the archbishop of Rabat, Morocco, spoke about the “foundation” for...

by NCR Staff Listen: Vatican experts Joshua McElwee and Christopher White interview one of the 13 members of the committee expected to draft the final document from Pope Francis' ongoing summit on the future of the Catholic Church. Read more here » Aging Catholic...

On the 45th anniversary of the election of Pope John Paul II, Synod participants assembled today to listen to the first reports from working groups on sections B.2.1 and B.2.2 of the Instrumentum Laboris, Dr. Paolo Ruffini reported at a press briefing this...

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...

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:...