Synod
TERRIBLE IDEA: Synod Participants Debate Bishop Conferences ‘Doctrinal Competence’
As the pope’s Synod of Bishops on Synodality breaches the halfway point, participants are now debating the “doctrinal competency” of national bishops’ conferences, loosely meaning their ability to adapt matters ...
Dutch Cardinal Advocates Christ-Centered Reform Over Controversial Synod Issues
A Dutch cardinal has cautioned against misguided reform efforts within the Catholic Church, warning that regional solutions to contentious issues could undermine the Church’s credibility. Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, archbishop ...
WATCH: Papal Posse Discuss Week 3 At The Synod
Fr. Gerald Murray and Robert Royal, the Papal Posse, react to developments at the 3rd week of the "Synod on Synodality" in Rome ...
Synodality: Institutionalized Self-Interest and Selfishness
St. Angela of Foligno was a wife and mother before she became one of the greatest mystics in the Church. She called prayer “The School of Divine Loving,” or Schola ...
Archbishop Fisher: Catholic Faith Cannot Be ‘Reinvented’ By Synod On Synodality
Archbishop Anthony Fisher has addressed the issue of the ongoing Synod on Synodality and spoken to its inherent limitations when it comes to “the deposit of faith” and the “apostolic ...
Cardinal Zen: The Synod Aims ‘To Overthrow’ Church’s Hierarchy For ‘A Democratic System’
Cardinal Joseph Zen has issued a strong warning about the Synod on Synodality and the persistent division resulting from Fiducia Supplicans, saying the “future of the Church” is “uncertain” unless ...
How ‘Special Interest Advocacy’ Works at the Synod Circus
In the next day or two, don’t be surprised to see a fresh round of news stories about support for ordaining women at the Synod on Synodality. It’s a reasonable ...
The Synod on Synodality: Petering Out Into Irrelevance?
You were probably unaware that there was anything of note going on at the Vatican this month. Even if you’re a diehard Catholic interested in the inner workings of Church ...
WATCH: The Synod is all about POWER, not the Salvation of Souls
Dr. Anthony Stine of Return to Tradition provides the evidence ...
Larry Chapp’s Synod Diary #5
Today’s diary entry is a bit of a grab bag of topics: all of which, it seems to me, are related on a foundational level. And their connection is a ...
WATCH: The Synod AGAINST Synodality
The Papal Posse, Fr. Gerald Murray and Robert Royal react to the goings on at the 2nd week of the "Synod on Synodality" in Rome, Pope Francis' announcement of a ...
Fr. Perricone: The Synodal Comedy – Act II
Assaults on the city of Rome, the See of Peter, have not been infrequent over the course of the millennia. Attila attempted. But he failed when he came into the ...
WATCH: Robert Royal and Fr. Gerald Murray Discuss Early Stirrings at the Synod
Fr. Gerald Murray joins Robert Royal in a conversation about the first days of the second session of the Synod on Synodality. They review what’s emerged so far and speculate ...
The Liberal and Flawed Roots of the Tiresome Synodal Grievances
One of the things I have learned in my 65 years of being a Catholic is that the meaning of the term “Church reform” in the post-Vatican II era is ...
Divine Warning on Heals of Synod?
Prophecy has it that there is to come upon humanity an explosive worldwide Warning during which every person living will hear the voice of God speaking from within. According to ...
WATCH: Papal Posse’s BRUTALLY Honest Assessment of the Synod on Synodality
The Papal Posse, Fr. Gerald Murray and Robert Royal react to the start of the final phase of the Synod on Synodality that kicked off this week at the Vatican, ...
The Transparent Silliness of the Lack of Synodal Transparency
Former secretary for public affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops exposes the absurdity of the gag order imposed on the synod participants. Now we run into a ...
Apostasy on Full Display at the Synod in Rome
A study group established by Pope Francis to develop a synodal way of discerning Catholic Church teaching on so-called controversial issues, including sexual morality and life issues, has proposed what ...
WATCH: Synod on Synodality – Round 2
Matt Gaspers welcomes Fr. Gerald Murray, canon lawyer and priest of the Archdiocese of New York, to discuss the Second Session of the Synod on Synodality, which begins this week ...
“The Beginning of the End” or “The End of the Beginning?”
As the second (and final?) session of the Synod on Synodality opens today, many people are still asking: What is synodality? There seems to be no good answer to that ...
Bishop Strickland: An Open Letter to Synod 2024 Participants
September 30, 2024 The Feast Day of St. Jerome An Open Letter to the participants of the final session of the Synod on Synodality, as well as to the Faithful ...
