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Document for the Continental Stage of the Synod
Here is the Document for the Continental Stage (DCS) for the 2nd phase of the Synod: Document-for-Continental-Stage.pdf (synod.ie). Now that we know our bishops have the document, if you haven’t already contacted your bishop, now is the time to do so. We have...
Reaching Out to Bishops Asking to Be Included in Their Consultation
Send a Letter to Your Bishop Pope Francis is doing all in his power to guide the Catholic Church into becoming a synodal church, that is, a community wherein the bishops and people walk together in all decision-making. We have completed the 1st phase of the synodal...
Proposed Constitution for the Catholic Church
The Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research has submitted revolutionary proposals to the Synod on Synodality, a worldwide consultation of Catholics kick-started by Pope Francis on the theme of a more participatory church.
International Representatives Find Unanimous Agreement on Essential Church Reforms despite Wide Cultural Diversity
Reflections from a series of gatherings of worldwide representatives from Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australia/Oceania have been compiled by Catholic Church Reform International (CCRI) as a submission to the Synod Office in Rome. The document...
Post your synodal reports where others can read them
Dear friends, In the interest of openness and transparency in governance processes, CCRI is creating a platform for an open sharing of submissions to the synod office which Pope Francis has initiated. You are invited to send us a copy of your submission, be it from a...
Small Christian Seekers Community for Young People
Young people are the future. Concerned about their feeling isolated from the Church and its teachings, CCRI has begun hosting online Small Communities for Young Adult Seekers to offer them a safe place to share their concerns and find support for the life issues they...
Good Friday Reflection
Ukranians react to Pope Francis having a Ukranian family and a Russian family participate together in
his Via Crucis Good Friday procession. As Christians around the world honor this Good Friday, religious and government leaders in
Start a synodal gathering in your region
Pope Francis has presented us with an extraordinary opportunity to speak out about the kind of Church we’d like to see today. It is our belief that his invitation to us to gather in small groups and share our stories offers far more hope for Church reform than even Vatican II back in the 60s. Pope Francis wants to hear from practicing Catholics, of course. But even more, he wants to hear from those who’ve walked away from the institutional Church, from other denominations, from men and women young and old. He wants to hear stories of how people have been hurt and what drove some away along with suggestions for how the situation(s) could have been better handled by the Church. We encourage you to join a synod offered by your bishop, pastor, or Small Christian Community. If none are being offered in your community, then consider starting your own.
International Reform Network Calls For Action Following On Cardinal Marx’s Letter
Cardinal Marx Letter has opened up a new awakening for the People of God Catholic Church Reform Internation…
Church Reform Movement releases A Peoples Exhortation
Catholic Church Reform Int’l recently released a survey inviting people globally to describe their experience of Covid-19 and freely share its effect on their experience of church, their place in the human family, and their hopes and dreams for our world. We were interested in knowing whether the experience of the lockdown had changed what is important to them and whether they intended to change anything about their life as they transitioned through the pandemic. Providentially, we find it encouraging that this is also the topic of Pope Francis’s newest book: Let us Dream: the Path to a Better Future.
This broad initiative was in response to the Papal Exhortation on the Amazonian Synod, released in February 2020, just as the Corona virus pandemic began its global impact. Just as Francis immersed himself into the people and the culture they live in to understand the obstacles and opportunities they face, likewise, through this survey, we have attempted to do the same – really listening to the diversity of voices and seeking the Spirit-guided perspectives of the People of God. The survey was conducted from July to September 2020 in five languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese) with responses from thirty countries spanning six continents. While we believe we speak for a broader group, when we refer to the People of God, we are primarily reflecting the views of the participants in this survey.
The summary result, which we dare to call A Peoples Exhortation, is a parallel effort to reflect an incarnate journey and to collect broad perspectives with many points of connectedness. For centuries, the Catholic Church has tried to make everyone sing one note, but we believe beautiful harmony can be made from all the different notes.
 Synod as we would like for it to look |  Synod as it has always looked in the past |