Synod
The Sacramental Nature of Authority and the Limits of Synodality
St. Ignatius of Loyola’s first rule for thinking with the Church is: “We must put aside all judgement of our own, and keep the mind every ready and prompt to ...
Fr. Gerald Murray: Pope Francis Commandeers the Synod on Synodality
The Vatican is again talking about how to talk. That, in a nutshell, describes the Catholic Church’s “Synod on Synodality,” which begins Oct. 2. The 368 voting members are clergy ...
Cardinal Müller BLASTS Vatican ‘Penitential Vigil’ Confessing Alleged Sins Against ‘Synodality’ and ‘Creation’
Müller said the list of alleged sins to be confessed at the vigil ‘reads like a checklist of woke and gender ideology’ and stressed that there is ‘no sin against ...
Ahead of Synod, Prominent Prelates Publish on ‘LGBTQ Issues’
Just days after organizers of the second session of the Synod on Synodality in October said topics were not the focus of discussions, two prominent participants have publicly weighed in ...
Synod Retreat Master: I Don’t ‘Fully Understand’ How Young Gay Catholics Should Live-Out the Church’s Teaching
Father Timothy Radcliffe, one of two spiritual assistants at the October session of the Synod on synodality, has written an article for the Vatican newspaper on gay Catholics. “The challenge, ...
The Threat of a Runaway Synod
Writing in the notorious National Catholic Reporter, the equally notorious Father Thomas Reese, SJ, laments that as things stand, the Synod on Synodality will not produce the radical doctrine changes ...
Cardinal Müller Suggests ‘Anti-Catholic Forces’ Pushing Pro-Abortion Agenda 2030 in the Synod
Gerhard Cardinal Müller has warned the current Synod on Synodality could be used by “progressives” and “anti-Catholic forces” to implement Agenda 2030 into the Church. “There is always a danger ...
Priest Urges Catholics To Reject Pope Francis’ ‘Synodal’ Program That Seeks To ‘Destroy’ The Church
The Vatican launched an online survey at the end of July. Almost 9,000 participants were asked about their attitude towards “synodality,” and around 90 percent voted negatively. As a result, ...
Rome “Synodals” While The World Burns
In March 2013, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio gave a short speech to the assembled Cardinals before the conclave wherein he described his vision for a Church that was far less “self-referential” ...
Archbishop: Africa’s “Vehement NO” on Women Deacons, LGBTQ+ Guided by Scripture, Church Teachings
The Archbishop's statements stand as a powerful rebuke of Vatican officials trying to characterize Africa's rejection of the modernist agenda a "cultural factors." The Archbishop of Cameroon’s Catholic Archdiocese of ...
Synodality is a Sham
Last month a social media intern working for the General Secretariat of the Synod posted a poll on 𝕏 (formerly Twitter). The yes/no poll asked: “Do you believe that synodality ...
Vatican Says Synodality Must Continue In Parishes
“A synodal Church needs its parish priests,” declared the pope, adding that without their voices, the Church will “never be able to learn how to walk together and to set ...
Rearranging the Deck Chairs
It’s tempting to simply ignore the upcoming Synod on Synodality’s second session, despite its importance for the Francis pontificate. But that would be a mistake. Bishops and other attendees will ...
Synodality: New and Improved Version of the Church?
Polls, as a rule of thumb, should be taken with a grain of salt. Or even, at times, with a salt shaker. That said, the recent online poll by @Synod.va—the ...
Synodality and the Continued and Deceptive use of “People of God”
Johathan Liedl, a reporter with The National Catholic Register, has written a very important article on one of the more influential theologians of the upcoming Synod on synodality in October ...
Vatican Deletes Synod Poll After 88% Reject ‘Synodality’
The official X account of the Vatican’s heterodox Synod on Synodality has deleted a poll after 88% of the participants rejected “synodality.” On Thursday, July 26, the Vatican-run account Synod.va ...
Rhetoric vs. Reality in the Synod’s Working Document
Some Catholics may be reassured to learn that the working document for 2024 meeting the Synod on Synodality does not touch the most controversial issues that have been debated during ...
Pope Francis Approves New Document Elevating Ecumenism And Synodality Above Papal Primacy
The Vatican has unveiled a pivotal document on the papacy, which contains numerous calls to fundamentally alter the understanding of the practice of papal primacy and authority in order to ...
The USCCB Synodal Synthesis: Testimony to a Counterfeit Christianity
With little fanfare, the USCCB released its latest contribution to the interminable Synodal process in the form of a document called The National Synthesis of the People of God in ...
Is The “God Of Surprises” Preparing To Surprise Us Again In October?
Approximately 20 theologians are in Rome for 10 days of preparatory work preceding the drafting of the guiding document for the next assembly of the Synod on Synodality. The June ...
In New Synodal Document, U.S. Bishops Rejoice at Creating a Safe Harbor for Everyone Except Catholics
On May 28, 2024, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published its “National Synthesis of the People of God in the United States of America for the Interim Stage ...
