Synodality

A YEAR OF BUMPS IN THE ROAD FOR POPE FRANCIS

03/25/2024 at 2:57 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Raymond J. de Souza, First Things, March 25, 2024 The Holy Father’s eleventh anniversary (March 19) fell at a difficult moment, with a global controversy over his Ukrainian “white flag” remarks, in which he said that Ukraine should negotiate an end to the war with Russia. It is... read more

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

03/20/2024 at 8:54 AM By Kevin Edward White
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

Toward a Confessing Church

02/28/2024 at 10:30 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Francis X. Maier, Crisis Magazine, February 28, 2024 Let’s start with a fun quiz.  Who said the following words? The insanity of the Christian doctrine of redemption really doesn’t fit at all into our time.  Nevertheless there are learned, educated men occupying high... read more

The ‘two speed Church’ agenda for the synod

02/19/2024 at 11:23 AM By Kevin Edward White
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

Vatican warns German bishops of ‘legal consequences’ over disputed ‘Synodal Committee’

02/19/2024 at 11:07 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Elise Allen/ Crux/ Catholic Herald, February 19, 2024 ROME – As the German bishops meet this week to advance their national reform process, the Vatican has threatened canonical action if they refuse to comply with an order to halt a vote on the statutes of a controversial new... read more

Rome says ‘nein’ to German bishops’ synodal committee vote

02/17/2024 at 9:01 PM By Kevin Edward White
The Vatican asked Germany’s bishops Saturday not to hold a vote on the statutes of the country’s “synodal committee,” in a dramatic intervention on the eve of their plenary assembly in Augsburg. By Luke Coppen, The Pillar, February 17, 2024  A spokesman told the German... read more

African cardinal says ‘Fiducia’ has discredited synod on synodality

01/31/2024 at 10:12 AM By Kevin Edward White
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?

11/29/2023 at 9:31 PM By Kevin Edward White
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

Vatican draws line on women’s ordination and homosexuality in new letter to German bishops

11/26/2023 at 4:59 PM By Kevin Edward White
    By AC Wimmer, Catholic News Agency, November 24, 2023 The Vatican has informed German bishops in writing that the ordination of women and changes in the Church’s teaching on homosexuality cannot be subjects of discussion in the upcoming meetings with delegates of the German... read more

Strickland’s removal was against canon law

11/22/2023 at 11:10 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Fr. Gerald Murray, Daily Compass, November 22, 20232 The removal of Msgr. Strickland from the leadership of the diocese by Pope Francis, took place without a trial, in violation of canonical norms. Msgr. Torres received the same treatment in 2022. As Saint John Paul II explained, this... read more

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

11/21/2023 at 8:14 PM By Kevin Edward White
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

11/21/2023 at 7:54 PM By Kevin Edward White

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

11/12/2023 at 4:01 PM By Kevin Edward White

By the numbers: Did Aparecida ‘work’?

11/12/2023 at 7:05 AM By Kevin Edward White

Synod on Synodality: What Changed Between Draft and Summary Report?

10/30/2023 at 2:25 PM By Kevin Edward White

Vatican Deems Bigger Church Role for Women ‘Urgent,’ but Postpones Major Issues

10/29/2023 at 3:21 PM By Kevin Edward White

Synod on Synodality Cardinal: We Can’t Subvert Tradition to Please the World

10/28/2023 at 2:26 PM By Kevin Edward White

What does the Synod on Synodality document say about ‘controversial’ issues?

10/28/2023 at 12:22 PM By Kevin Edward White

The Catholic Church Needs Mothers, Not Synodality

10/27/2023 at 6:35 PM By Kevin Edward White

Cardinal Müller Says Synod on Synodality Is Being Used by Some to Prepare the Church to Accept False Teaching

10/27/2023 at 3:39 PM By Kevin Edward White