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We are now only a few weeks away from the start of the Synod on Synodality in Rome, and Synod officials have announced that the media will have limited access to the Synod’s sessions. This raises the question: Is a tightly-controlled information flow the best way to go? This week on Register Radio we talk with Russell Shaw, one of the great veterans of the Catholic Press, about the Synod, secrecy and the state of Catholic media.
St. John Paul II wrote in his 1994 apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis that the ministerial priesthood is reserved only for men and that the Church has no power to change this.
For some cardinals, the synod will be a kind of semi-public audition for the 266th successor of St. Peter
Here are some things Pope Francis has said about synodality during his papacy.
The Church’s synodal process has already undergone diocesan, national, and continental stages.
The gathering, which will be held from Oct. 4–29 and followed by a second assembly in October 2024, is focused on how the Church can better incorporate its members into its life and mission.
COMMENTARY: To insist that the Holy Spirit is always present in synodal structures or in this synodal process is a case that has to be made, not simply asserted
There are three overarching questions for the upcoming synod assembly as defined by the 2023 synod assembly’s guiding document.
COMMENTARY: The Vatican spokesman has said media will have limited access to Synod on Synodality's sessions in keeping with past synods, and information reports on discussions will keep participants comments anonymous.
It is imperative that the upcoming synodal assembly in Rome show at least some positive results
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