Tag: Synod on Synodality

Beyond the dominant hierarchical institutional model, we see Vincent’s intuition of a "church of communion", of a synodal church

Cardinal Ferrao said the purpose of Jubilee 2025 is threefold: to celebrate Jesus, to celebrate the Church, and to celebrate their faith.

"Walking together may sound easy, but some prejudices are already second nature to us that we do not think they exist," says Tagle

One of the bishops attending this year’s assembly was the first bishop consecrated in China under the terms of the Vatican-China agreement

The 2021 synod preparatory document described synodality as “the form, the style, and the structure of the Church.”

Bishop Sebastian Francis said the Synod “is a privileged moment to continue the threefold dialogue with cultures, religions, and the poor”

It is a collaborative, participative, and inclusive style that focuses on listening to one another and acting together as one.

The Synodal way of making decisions is “balancing the voices of the majority and minority and ensuring an equitable outcome”.

It is not enough to listen to the laity coming from the mandated organizations. The voice of the poor and marginalized need to be listened to

I commented during that meeting that if we live what is written in the draft, the church will be radically different from what it is today