By Don Aguiar Mumbai, Oct 16, 2021: One of the tragedies of contemporary Catholicism is that the Church has become overly politicized. We are not talking about being political in the elevated sense of the word — that is, committed to the ecclesial community as well as to the polis.Continue Reading
Warsaw: A Catholic layman will represent the Church in Poland at the official opening of the synodal process leading to the 2023 synod of bishops meeting in Rome. Aleksander Bańka, a professor at the University of Silesia in Katowice, southern Poland, was appointed as a delegate of the Church inContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis February 6 appointed a Spanish priest and a French religious sister as under-secretaries of the Synod of Bishops. It is the first time a woman has held a position of this level within the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. Father Luis Marín de SanContinue Reading
Australian Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney used his speech on October 4 at the Synod of Bishops to formally apologise to young people for all the ways the Catholic Church and its members have harmed them or let them down. In the presence of Pope Francis, he apologised “for theContinue Reading
The October 3-28 synod will focus on the themes of young people, the faith, and vocational discernmentContinue Reading
By James Dsouza Three hundred young people from around the world had been chosen to come to Rome in preparation for the XV Synod of Bishops to take place in October 2018 to treat the topic: “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.” The main objective of the pre-synod ofContinue Reading
Rome: In a room full of people with an average age well north of 60, it’s been no surprise that Davide Paloni, a four-month-old baby brought into the hall each day by his parents, has become a star at the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the family, winning hearts andContinue Reading
Pope Francis said the bishops should not just talk but try to hear what God wanted for the Church of 1.2 billion members Continue Reading
