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Synodality and the perennial temptations of power, pleasure, and wealth

October 19, 2022 Nicholas Senz 5

If one looks back on the Synods of Bishops during the pontificate of Pope Francis, and the controversies that have accompanied them, one can notice that even with such disparate themes as the family, youth, […]

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Synodality, bureaucratic malaise, and the problem of power

May 9, 2022 Larry Chapp 55

In my previous essay I criticized the new emphasis on synodality as an essentially modern enterprise of bureaucratic legerdemain. I noted that while I support the concept of a more synodal Church, I am suspicious […]

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Pope Francis: To love like Christ means saying ‘no’ to love of money, vanity, power

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Vatican City, May 9, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said Sunday that loving like Christ requires a rejection of the worldly loves of money, success, vanity,… […]

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