Synod on the Family: What Do They Mean by Gradualism?
We’re getting snippets of this, and snippets of that out of the Synod on the Family. One word that has appeared and is floating around like one of those word bubbles above characters heads in a cartoon...
View ArticleWhy I’m Not Writing About the Synod
I’m haven’t been writing about the Synod on the Family because I don’t have a clue what’s really happening. The quotes from various bishops are confusing, to say the least. They’re also disturbing....
View ArticleDueling Bishops: The Synod in Their Own Words
I’ve put together a set of comments from the various cardinals about the on-going Synod of the Family. I think it’s best right now to let them speak in their own words, rather than try to interpret...
View ArticleSynod on the Family: Were the Episcopalians Right All Along?
The Vatican is already trying to calm things down. The Synod issued a summary document of the speeches and debate which have taken place in the Synod so far. They called it the Relatio post...
View ArticleCardinal Kasper and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Interview
Cardinal Kasper says he didn’t say it. The reporter says he’s got it on tape. “It” is the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad interview that Cardinal Kasper gave yesterday. I can understand why...
View ArticlePope Adds African Cardinal to Synod Drafting Committee. Cardinal Pell Says...
Cardinal Napier. Photo Source: Catholic Herald Public Catholic reader Ken alerted me to the fact that Pope Frances has added another member to the drafting committee for the final report from the First...
View ArticleIn Their Own Words: Inside the Synod
Synod Fathers discuss the Synod on the Family, 2014. Cardinal Willem Jacobus, Netherlands Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, USA Cardinal Timothy Dolan, USA Cardinal Caffarra, Italy Final Report Projections
View Article4 Ways the Synod on the Family was Like the United States Congress
How was the Synod on the Family like the United States Congress? Here are four ways. 1. We switched from hoping that they would accomplish something good to praying that they didn’t do any harm. By the...
View ArticleThe Synod, One More Time
I was bugged all day long yesterday by one of my own posts. The post in question in this one. It was the post in which I compared the recent Synod on the Family with the United States Congress. I tried...
View ArticleDo-It-Yourself-Retreat
When I was at the Catholic Writer’s Conference last summer, I picked up a book entitled Consoling the Heart of Jesus by Michael E. Gailey, MIC. It bills itself as a do-it-yourself retreat in the...
View ArticleHundreds of US Priests Ask Church to Stand Firm on Church Teaching
Catholic priests in the United States have joined their brothers in England in petitioning participants of the upcoming synod on the family to issue a “clear and firm” statement of support for...
View ArticleSwiss Catholic LGBT Money Targets African Bishops Ahead of Synod
Ka-Ching! Politics of any sort runs on money, and the Church has its own politics. That’s a given. The scandal — and it is scandalous — is that Catholic bishops are reported to be using monies raised...
View ArticleThe Woman Behind Pope Francis’ Visit to the United States
This video is a couple of months old, but the information it contains is timely.
View ArticleOver 100 Prominent Catholic Converts Send Letter to Synod Fathers in Support...
Over 100 converts to the Church have sent an open letter to the Synod Fathers, asking them to “uphold Christ’s teaching on the indissolubility of marriage.” From Aleteia: Addressed to the pope and...
View ArticleSynod Leaders are “Log Rolling” Say Cardinals
A group of Synod Fathers, including Cardinal Dolan, have written a letter to Pope Francis expressing concern about the way the Synod is progressing. I wrote about that for National Catholic Register...
View ArticleNearly 500 British Priests Urge Synod to Stand Firm on Communion for Remarried
Nearly 500 British priests sent a letter to the Synod Fathers, urging them to stand firm on the question of communion for divorced and remarried Catholics. The priests called for the Synod Fathers to...
View ArticleNo Matter What the Synod Does, I Will Keep on Doing What I’ve Been Doing
Conscience is a weak reed on which to lay the foundation of your eternal destiny. I know from personal experience that I can convince myself of anything. I also know that I am not the only person with...
View ArticleSmall Groups Release Concluding Reports on Instrumentum Laboris
The Synod on the Family moved closer to a conclusion with the release of small group reports. It appears that the English-speaking reports call for no change so far as the issue of communion for...
View ArticleThe Synod: German Bishops Take One Last Shot
Mary Rezac, at Catholic News Agency, wrote a pithy summary of the German bishops’ efforts to change pastoral practice within the Catholic Church as it applies to marriage. Here’s part of what she said:...
View ArticleArchbishop Blogs from Inside the Synod
Want an insider’s view of the Synod? Check out Archbishop Mark Coleridge’s blog. He gives a daily update on the doings from his catbird seat on the inside. It’s engaging, informative and fun. Here’s a...
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