Synod of Bishops

African cardinal: Fiducia Supplicans seen as ‘cultural colonization, Western imperialism’

By Jude Atemanke, Catholic News Agency, March 20, 2024 Fiducia Supplicans, the declaration by the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith (DDF) permitting the blessing of same-sex couples and couples in other “irregular situations,” was perceived as “cultural colonization”... read more

Endgame for a papacy of contradictions

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, February 26, 2024 Two important pieces appeared online over the past weekend. Each one summarized a major difficulty facing Pope Francis. Taken together these two short essays convey the impression that the contradictions of this pontificate may be reaching a... read more

The ‘two speed Church’ agenda for the synod

By Ed Condon, The Pillar, February 19, 2024 The second session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will convene October 2 for another three week series of discussions and debates.  But while that second marathon session in Rome is still months away, the... read more

African cardinal says ‘Fiducia’ has discredited synod on synodality

By Ngaka Killian Chimtom, Crux, January 30, 2024 ROME – An African cardinal who recently led the continent’s bishops in rejecting blessings for same-sex couples has now lashed out at the timing of the Vatican document that opened the door to such a move, calling it “damaging” to the... read more

A New Church’s Birth Certificate?

By Julio Loredo, Tradition, Family Property, November 29, 2023 The Synod of Synodality’s first session closed in Rome on October 28 with the release of its “Synthesis Report.” Those who expected an incendiary document were dismayed by its failure to address thorny progressive claims such... read more

Pope Francis warns Germany is ‘steering away’ from universal Church

By Luke Coppen, The Pillar, November 21, 2023 Pope Francis criticized a committee created to implement the decisions of Germany’s “synodal way” in a letter signed on the day of the body’s inaugural meeting. In a Nov. 10 letter to four German Catholics who withdrew from the... read more

Bishop Barron In ‘Frank Disagreement’ with Synod on Development of Sexual Teaching

By Kate Auinones, CV, November 21, 2023 CV NEWS FEED // Bishop Robert Barron just spoke out on his experience at the October Synod on Synodality in Rome, sharing several concerns about the synod’s interpretation of love and truth, the Catholic Church’s mission, and... read more

UPDATE: Bishop Strickland removed from diocese after accusing pope of backing ‘attack on the sacred’

By Maria Wiering, Peter Jesserer Smith, Our Sunday Visitor/Boston Pilot, November 13, 2023 (OSV News) -- Pope Francis has removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, the Holy See Press Office announced Nov. 11. Simultaneously, Francis has... read more

Assessment of the First Session of the Synod on Synodality (1)

FSSPX.NEWS, November 10, 2023 The Synod on Synodality ended on Sunday October 29, the traditional feast of Christ the King. It produced two documents: a short Letter to the People of God and a Summary Report of around 40 pages. Information during the event was provided by regular press... read more

Pope Francis talks Synod on Synodality and homosexuality in new interview

By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency, November 2, 2023 Pope Francis answered two questions about the Synod on Synodality, including on the topic of homosexuality, in an interview with Italian state television RAI on Wednesday. Asked about the synod assembly’s discussion of... read more

Synod on Synodality 2023: A Look at the Key Discussions and Decisions

The sentiment about not making synodality an end in itself was a recurring thread in discussions both outside and inside the synod hall. Andrea Gagliarducci/CNA, National Catholic Register, October 30, 2023 Now that the Synod on Synodality has drawn to a close, all eyes are on the... read more