U.S. reformers are not willing to sit quietly while our conservative bishops shut out our voices in our US/Canadian Continental Synod. We are reconvening as described below with U.S. and Canadian participants invited to join us – along with anyone else who shares our...

As we celebrate the most central facet of our faith, let us join with Jeus in rising to a new level of practicing our faith. Let us be unafraid to speak out for the issues that we are guided by the Spirit to believe are essential for the very survival of our Church!...

Background Currently Catholic Church Reform International (CCRI) is sponsoring an online young adult program now being joined by Call to Action (CTA) and Maryknoll Young Adults all supporting the formation of Small Communities of young...

Our coming Global Ecclesial Synod Council meeting will be Saturday, April 1. Thanks for the referral from Fr. Joe Healey, our guest speaker this month will be Dr. Philomena Mwaura: Prof. Philomena Njeri Mwaura (ku.ac.ke). Among her numerous credentials, she served on...

For all who have an interest in the next steps of Francis’s Synodal process, we invite you to join our Global Ecclesial Synod Council meeting, which will be Saturday, February 25. To keep yourself updated on the outcomes of the various Continental Synods, click...

All are invited to join a presentation by Dr. Hosffman Ospino Dr. Hosffman Ospino is a renowned expert on the Hispanic Church and leads the most important study on the Hispanic Church in the US and how they have lived synodality throughout the model of the...

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...

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...

STAYING INOLVED IN THE SYNODAL PROCESS It seems there are far too many bishops all around the world not holding consultations with their people. This second phase, the Continental phase, is a critical step in the process of the Synod, but only truly valuable to the...