The concept of "synodality," originally applied to bishops meeting together to discuss church teaching, has become increasingly important and extended since the Second Vatican Council.
St. John Paul II emphasized that "a synodal assembly cannot be reduced to a consultation...
The topic of "synodality" has generated rich conversation in recent years, especially since the election of Pope Francis. This term can seem foreign or technical, but in reality it refers to a practice that is both ancient and fundamental...
By GREG ERLANDSON
People ask how I can do my job as a Catholic editor and journalist these days without being depressed.
Actually, it is depressing. How could it not be? The church I was baptized into when I was two...
WASHINGTON – As the Sunday Mass crowd left the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Aug. 26, Judy Lorenz held a large poster board just outside its front steps, imploring Washington's Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl to resign.
"I know it's...
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM DUBLIN -- Pope Francis said Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano's long document calling on him to resign is written in a way that people should be able to draw their own conclusions.
"I read the statement...
The new school year will mean changes in Bill Schilling’s routine, but they are good changes for the new principal at Immaculate Conception School in Elkton, Md. He was principal last year at Father Judge High School in Philadelphia,...
VATICAN CITY -- A former apostolic nuncio to the United States accused church officials, including Pope Francis, of failing to act on accusations of abuse of conscience and power by now-Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick.
In an open letter first published...
DUBLIN -- Before celebrating Mass in a Dublin park, Pope Francis solemnly asked forgiveness for the thousands of cases of sexual and physical abuse perpetrated by Catholics in Ireland.
"We ask forgiveness for the abuse in Ireland, abuse of power...
By LOUIS DE ANGELO
Imagine rolling a pair of dice. You have the greatest probability of rolling the number seven. It has more combinations than any other number. (Actually, six sets of combinations total seven.) Perhaps for this reason the...
DUBLIN -- Pope Francis spent 90 minutes meeting privately with eight survivors of sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy or in Catholic-run schools and institutions.
The meeting took place at the Vatican nunciature in Dublin...