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Hierarchy violates both Catholic Church and civil laws in its inaction to address cases involving priests

Jane Crone is from Clare Priory Parish in Suffolk. She is a member of the parish synod team, along with two other lay people and Fr Gladson Dabre OSA. She writes: In October 2021 Pope Francis invited the worlds 1.37 billion Catholics to take part in a Synod with the the...

The synodal process is a path of engagement that makes room for the Holy Spirit, and not a

On March 13, 2013 a conclave of cardinals chose the Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio to succeed Josef Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) as pope. The new leader asked to be called Francis after the “little poor man” of Assisi. He longed, he said, for a poor Church - to serve the poor.

We Are Church international movement is advocating Pope Francis’ call for a revolution in the structure of the Catholic Church

“Synodality is the way of being the Church today according to the will of God in a dynamic of discerning and listening together to the voice of the Holy Spirit.” Pope Francis Synod FAQ: How do I get involved in the Synod? Timeline of Synod 2021-2023 Oct. 4, 2021: Archbishop Donald Bolen invites all the faithful to participate in the Synod Oct. 9-10, 2021: Opening of the

Meeting with Syrian Bishops in Damascus, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri announced that the Holy Father will give a contribution to their charitable work for ...

An active Catholic laywoman and university professor from Togo says the Church will truly become synodal only when it embraces the real concerns and issues of Africa

In the ninth year of his pontificate, Pope Francis has launched an ambitious three-year worldwide "synodal process". It will culminate in October 2023 in Rome with the XVI ordinary general assembly of the Synod of Bishops. At that point, Francis will be almost 87 years old. By that age, all of his predecessors on the Chair of Peter had either died (with the exception of Leo XIII) or had resigned (such as Benedict XVI and Celestine V). And if, God forbid, the Jesuit pope should not make it to...