Reports from Rome
Recording 1933 Germany: Are we repeating history?
Here is the YouTube recording of our online presentation about the moral corruption being observed and experienced under the current U.S. administration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2UpWsoccHg. This video opens with historian, Dr. Jon Rosebank, offering salient...
1933 Germany, are we repeating history?
The entire world is being impacted by what is happening under the current U.S. Government’s administration. To remain silent is to be complicit with what is happening around us. As Christians, we must stand up for and protect the vulnerable and marginalized.
The question we are asking about the current U.S. Government’s policies is: Are repeating this history of 1933 Germany?
How to Become a Synodal Parish
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Proposed Constitution for the Catholic Church
In memory of John Wijngaards passing and on behalf of the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research, Dr. Luca Badini Confalonieri will present their proposed Constitution for the Catholic Church.
Aspects of this proposals address some of the challenges facing the Church today. This will ultimately be carried to Rome during the 2025 Jubilee Year.
Looking back over 2024 and ahead to 2025
We saw 2024 as the year that we had the power to take steps toward bringing about changes in the Church. However, we grasped that it wouldn’t happen unless we, the people, make it happen.
We’ll use this post as a starting point for 2025!
Report on a process for clergy and laity Selecting their own Bishop
Now that the 2024 Final Document of the Synod has endorsed having clergy and laity involved in the selection of bishops, a worldwide meeting was held Saturday, December 14, 2024 to explore possible approaches for how this process might take place.
An Invitation For All Clergy
Laity are encouraged to invite priests in their own parish or diocese to join this online discussion and to offer their experience in forming criteria for the selection of bishops. The appropriate time to implement this process is upon a vacancy occurring or a bishop reaching retirement age of 75.
Clergy Is Invited
Now that the 2024 Final Document has expressed a desire to see more laity involved in the selection of bishops, clergy and laity must move forward on this process. We are inviting clergy globally to join in an online discussion to explore their partnering with the laity in establishing a process for the selection of bishops.
How To Become A Synodal Parish
Now that the four-year synodal process is completed, it is time for the everyone in the global Church to live out what we have discerned together: how to become a renewed and vibrant community where all people have a voice in the decision-making of their community and the clergy and lay people live the Gospel mission together.
Selection of our Bishops
All are encouraged not to wait for some instruction from the hierarchy. If this change is to occur, it is up to the leadership of the laity to step forward. Often this will be from the diocesan or parish council but, if these don’t exist, then it is up to leaders in the parish or the community.