ROME — The Vatican announced Wednesday that there will be laypeople participating as voting members in the Synod on Synodality’s October assembly, a break with past custom, which allowed laypeople to participate without the right to vote. Pope Francis will also approve every member in advance. The general assembly of the Synod on Synodality will […]
ROME — Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas, has been named to a small committee planning the Vatican’s October assembly for the Synod on Synodality. Flores, 61, is one of three bishops on the preparatory commission, which also includes three priests and a religious sister. The committee was put together by Secretary General of […]
(Pope Francis has invited the worldwide Church to journey together in a synod to think about how the future Church needs to serve its people. This is the second of three articles taking a look at our own diocesan synod document, how it relates to documents around the country and around the world, and where […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will soon pack his bags for his first foreign trip of 2023, a year that promises to be as busy as ever. The pope, who celebrated his 86th birthday Dec. 17, can move quickly – in a wheelchair – and keeps saying in interviews that a functioning head and […]
(Pope Francis has invited the worldwide Church to journey together in a Synod to think about how the future Church needs to serve its people. This is the first of three articles taking a look at our own diocesan synod document, how it relates to documents around the country and around the world, and where […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics around the globe long to share the Gospel with a world in need, but they see situations and tensions within the Church that challenge their ability to do so, said one of the drafters of the document for the continental phase of the Synod of Bishops. The reports sent to […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholics across the country continue to feel wounded by the clergy abuse crisis, seek a more welcoming Church in which their “lived reality” is prioritized over rules and regulations, and desire lifelong spiritual, pastoral and catechetical formation as disciples, according to a report synthesizing the 10-month synodal process in dioceses. Participants in […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The input and feedback coming from those taking part in the synodal journey underway around the world have inspired feelings of gratitude, hope and deeper faith for the many people involved with the process, said a panel of officials and organizers for the Synod of Bishops. Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of […]
A news conference presenting the second stage of the synodal process in the Catholic Church will take place, Friday, Aug. 26 at 7 a.m. Eastern Time at the Holy See Press Office. Cardinals Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod, and Jean Claude Hollerich, general rapporteur for the next Synod, also will provide some data on […]
It is with gratitude and anticipation that I relate to you that the Diocese of Buffalo Synod team has finished phase I of our project with the completion of listening sessions and submission of our report to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. A special thank you to Carrie Frank and Deacon Don Weigel […]
