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Production Date, 01 Aug 2023 https://unidir.org/events/whats-next-nuclear-risk-reduction Concerns over nuclear risks have been steadily growing over the past decade, leading the UN Secretary General António Guterres to describe the current situation as "a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War". As a response, efforts to address nuclear risk have started…
Bishop Robert Barron, who was elected as a delegate to the Catholic Church's upcoming global synod, says he trusts Pope Francis's leadership in the conference.
For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission This working document, known as the Instrumentum laboris, was released on June 20, 2023, it will be the basis for the work of the participants in the General Assembly of the Synod on Synodality, which begins in the Vatican in October 2023 and concludes with a second Assembly one year later. A document of some sixty pages that incorporates the experiences of local Churches in every region of the world – Churches that are experiencing wars, climate change, economic systems that produce “exploitation, inequality, and ‘waste’.”
The authors of the pre-Synod document frequently blame the Holy Spirit for their folly.
Many Catholics like myself who have followed the development of synodality under Pope Francis have been convinced that the decision to open synod voting to non-bishops was all but inevitable.