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Latin American Bishops fully commit to synodality CELAM's 38th General Assembly ends with a letter to Pope Francis confirming full commitment to synodality. By Lisa Zengarini Meeting for its thirty-eighth General Assembly, the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) has approved with an overwhelming majority its organizational restructuring guidelines, which are expected to make its services more effective for the People of God in Latin America and the Caribbean. The renewal process started in 2019 involving CELAM’s 22 member Episcopal Conferences with the aim of making the Church in the r...

Catholic bishops in Latin America continue to stress the evolution of a synodal Church that involves participation of all members, rather than just making decisions based on the Episcopal collegiality. Several leading figures of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) underlined the need to transform the Church in their continent during the bishops' virtual general assembly this week. The four-day assembly concluded on May 21. The conference aims to set up a synodal Church, which "walks with the People of God and the Episcopal Conferences," said conference president Peruvian Archbish...

Latin American Bishops focus General Assembly on renewal process The Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) began its 38th General Assembly on 18 May, finalizing its reorganization and renewal process started in 2019. By Lisa Zengarini The Latin American Bishops' meeting, which runs until 21 May, was originally planned in Puerto Rico but, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is being held virtually instead. The General Assembly is attended by 85 participants, including six cardinals and fifty bishops, under the theme: “Weaving dreams, renewing commitments”. Nine renewal principles to be a...

Pope Francis gestures as he addresses more than 1,000 diocesan leaders, both clergy and laity, May 9, 2019, at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome. Seated next to the pope is Cardinal Angelo de Donatis, vicar of Rome. (CNS/Remo Casilli, Reuters) When Pope Francis said he did not want to clericalize the laity, he meant it. Now, while too many bishops have their cinctures in a knot over who can approach Communion, the 266th successor of St. Peter is redesigning the church. It all began with the Second Vatican Council. Then, in 1972, Pope Paul...

CNA Staff, May 11, 2021 / 03:35 am (CNA). Pope Francis issued an apostolic letter Tuesday formally instituting the new lay ministry of catechist. The Vatican released the papal letter, Antiquum ministerium (“Ancient ministry”), on May 11 in eight languages, including Italian Sign Language. The pope said that the institution of the new lay ministry would “emphasize even more the missionary commitment proper to every baptized person, a commitment that must however be carried out in a fully ‘secular’ manner, avoiding any form of clericalization.” The letter, issued motu proprio (“...