The Holy Shakeup Comes to Rome
Ordination of Roman Catholic Women Priests
October 17, 2024
Over sixty people – including journalists from France, Spain, Germany, Austria, and Italy – witnessed a holy shakeup minutes from the Vatican!
Bishop Bridget Mary Meehan ARCWP ordained three priests: Belen Repiso Carrillo from Spain, and Anne Malloy La Tour and Mary Katherine Daniels from the United States and t hree deacons Loan Rocher from France, and Maria Teresa Ribeiro Rosa and Txus Garcia Pascual from Spain on the Dram, a boat, anchored on the Tiber River.
Like Jesus who called his first disciples to get out of their fishing boat to follow him in proclaiming the all- embracing love of God for everyone , Catholic women and persons from marginalized genders are following the call of Jesus today to serve renewed communities of faith anchored in inclusivity, and equality.
We came to Rome to offer hope to Catholics around the globe that women priests and deacons are here now available to inclusive communities where all are welcome to receive and celebrate sacraments.
We ask Pope Francis to engage in a “conversation in the Spirit” and to remove all barriers that excommunicate those who answer the Spirit’s call to ordination. Then his words “todus, todus” will become a reality because they will apply to all who ollow their consciences and disobey Church teachings, including women priests!
University students meet with Cardinals
Hollerich, Grech, and Sr. Nathalie Today
Students will be meeting on Zoom this Friday evening, October 18. It has been moved one hour later than originally planned to 6:00 p.m. Rome time. All are welcomed to watch.
In all, 130 undergraduate and graduate students from 15 Catholic U.S. colleges and universities will meet with Cardinal Grech, Cardinal Hollerich, Sr. Nathalie Becquart and Bishop Flores for a one hour live-streamed conversation on synodality from the Paul VI Synod Hall. Students will have an opportunity to ask questions and engage in dialogue with Synod leaders to discuss the future of the synodal church and issues of importance to the students, all of whom have been studying synodality this semester. The session will be live streamed and watch parties are forming in each of the sponsoring schools in the U.S. The event will be moderated by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops staff. The link to the Zoom session will be posted on the Vatican website: https://www.synod.va/en.html. It will be carried on their dedicatedYouTube channel. Open this link when it is close to time to begin. To find the times for you in your locale, click on Our Universal Calendar.
Interim Reports from the Ten Committees
The interim reports from the ten committees established by Pope Francis have been released. Click here to read the reports. Choose your language under each group listing (Gruppo 1…Gruppo 2…Gruppo 3….etc.)
Report Group 1
Some aspects of the relations between Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Church
Report Group 2
Listening to the cry of the poor
Report Group 3
The mission in the digital environment
Report Group 4
The revision of the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis in a synodal missionary perspective
Report Group 5
Some theological and canonical questions around specific ministerial forms
Report Group 6
The revision, in a synodal and missionary perspective, of the documents on the relations between Bishops, Consecrated Life, Ecclesial Aggregations
Report Group 7
Some aspects of the figure and the ministry of the Bishop (in particular: criteria for selecting candidates for the episcopate, judicial function of the Bishop, nature and conduct of the visits ad limina Apostolorum) in a missionary synodal perspective
Report Subgroup 7
The Bishop – Father and Judge
Report Group 8
The role of papal representatives in a missionary synodal perspective
Report Group 9
Synodal theological and methodological criteria for the shared discernment of controversial doctrinal, pastoral and ethical questions
Report Group 10
The reception of the fruits of the ecumenical journey in ecclesial practices
Report
Commission on polygamy
Report
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