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The two bishops, who were originally considered voting members of the 16th Ordinary Synod of Bishops, will no longer be present in the Paul VI Hall for the fi...

ANALYSIS: Will the synod assembly uphold the Church’s established teaching, or will voices faithful to orthodoxy be marginalized?

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To a large extent, what emerges from the fruits, seeds and weeds of synodality are voices that have great love for the Church, voices that dream of a Church with credible witnesses, an inclusive, open and welcoming Church family of God and a Church where everyone is aware of their responsibilities in the mission.

INTRODUCTIONIt was with great joy that the IMBISA region received the summons of the Holy Father, Pope Francis, to take part in the preparation of the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on synodality. The invitation was greeted with enthusiasm. However, some were pessimistic, sceptical and indifferent about the whole process, questioning…

I was pleasantly surprised that the U.S. bishops' national synthesis for the Synod on Synodality explicitly named "hot button" issues such as ...

What do the unanswered criticisms of Amoris Laetitia teach us today?   (Roberto de Mattei) Five years ago, on 8 April 2016, the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia, the most controversial document of Pope Francis’ pontificate, was published. This document is the outcome of a process initiated by Walter Cardinal Kasper’s intervention in the February 2014 consistory. Cardinal Kasper’s thesis on how the Church should renew its marriage praxis formed the leitmotif of the two ...