Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

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The Synod begins with Pope Francis urging dialogue and discernment

October 3, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 11

ROME, October 3rd, 2018 — The XV Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops opened in Rome on Wednesday. In one sense, that’s about all the news there is to give: the real working sessions […]

Another Synod, but with new rules and under the cloud of crisis

October 2, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 8

ROME, October 2nd, 2018 — The curtain goes up Wednesday, on the Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. More than two hundred sixty bishops from every habitable continent will be gathered in Rome for […]