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“Synodality” means whatever Pope Francis wants it to mean

June 16, 2022 Christopher R. Altieri 62

“You keep using that word,” says Mandy Patinkin’s Inigo Montoya to Wallace Shawn’s hapless Vizzini in Rob Reiner’s 1987 adaptation of William Goldman’s The Princess Bride, “I do not think it means what you think […]

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Opinion: From “synodality” to “congregationalism” and back again

May 17, 2022 Dr. Adam A. J. DeVille 13

I agree with everything Larry Chapp says in his recent pieces on the problems of “synodality.” But, perhaps very slightly more hopeful than he is, I want to make some suggestions overlooked by many in […]

Chapp's Schtick

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 encourages religious orders to ‘make their synodal journey’

May 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Pope Francis meets participants in the plenary assembly of the International Union of Superiors General on May 5, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, May 5, 2022 / 09:56 am (CNA).
After arriving in a wheelchair for a meeting with religious sis… […]

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World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022: Pope Francis says ‘Church must become increasingly synodal’

May 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 7

Pope Francis lays hands on a Bangladeshi deacon as he ordains him to the priesthood during a Dec. 1, 2017, Mass in Dhaka. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, May 5, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis said on Thursday that “the Church must become in… […]

Chapp's Schtick

The quintessentially modern approach to “synodality” is empty and artificial

April 28, 2022 Larry Chapp 48

I am not opposed to a more “synodal” Church. In fact, I would welcome any move away from the cult of the modern hyper-papacy that views the pontiff as an Oracle of Delphi on the […]

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Cardinal Grech: Synod on Synodality ‘is not sociological analysis of the Church’

March 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, pictured on Feb. 17, 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Vatican City, Mar 2, 2022 / 05:10 am (CNA).
A Vatican cardinal has said that the Synod on Synodality is a process of discernment, n… […]

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Can Cardinal Hollerich help to reconcile the German ‘Synodal Way’ with the global synodal process?

February 10, 2022 Catholic News Agency 7

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, at the Vatican, Oct. 5, 2019. / null

Rome Newsroom, Feb 10, 2022 / 10:30 am (CNA).
The German “Synodal Way” is moving forward boldly following a decisive meeting in Frankfurt at the star… […]

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Holy Land’s Catholic bishops invite Orthodox leaders to contribute to synodal path

January 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa blesses the congregation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 4, 2021. / Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, Jan 28, 2022 / 09:10 am (CNA).
Catholic bishops in the Holy Land invited… […]

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Pope Francis urges Roman Rota to work with ‘synodal spirit’

January 27, 2022 Catholic News Agency 6

Pope Francis addresses members of the Roman Rota in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Jan. 27, 2022. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Jan 27, 2022 / 07:25 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Thursday urged members of the Catholic Church’s highest court handli… […]

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