Cyprus Mail on MSN

Suspended bishop Tychikos calls on Synod to retract decisions

Former bishop of Paphos Tychikos has requested through his lawyer that the Holy Synod retract its decisions concerning his case, following an incident at St Paul’s church in Paphos, when the ...
Georgia Today

Synod selects three candidates for the position of Patriarch

The Holy Synod has selected three candidates for the Patriarchal Throne in its latest session. Based on the Synod’s decision, ...
National Catholic Register

Synod on Synodality: What Changed Between Draft and Summary Report?

‘LGBTQ+’ terminology and a ‘super synod’ proposal didn’t make the cut, while a proposal for ex-priests to be given a ‘pastoral service’ was added. Holy Mass for the conclusion of the Ordinary General ...
National Catholic Register

Synod on Synodality Reports Not ‘Secret,’ but Still Won’t Be Shared, Spokesman Says

Small-group reports from the Synod on Synodality won’t be made public — even though the documents have already been accessed by some journalists following an information security oversight. The ...
Georgia Today

Synod meeting underway at Patriarchate to select three candidates for Catholicos-Patriarch

A meeting of the Holy Synod is underway at the Georgian Patriarchate, where Synod members are expected to select three ...
National Catholic Reporter

Francis wants the synod in every parish. Here's how to bring it to yours.

It is hard for result-oriented Americans to understand that, for Pope Francis, the synodal process is more important than any decision, report or document that comes out of it. We are eager to know ...
National Catholic Reporter

The synod on synodality needs to set its own agenda

The synod on synodality, which will hold its second and presumably last session in October, needs to set its own agenda, even if that means rejecting the pope's agenda. The synod's first session was ...
America Magazine

Why the Synod on Synodality is working, from the perspective of a lay delegate

Pope Francis walks past a screen with the Synod logo displayed in the Paul VI Hall (VATICAN MEDIA Divisione Foto) On this week’s episode of “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac share a “conversation in the ...
Crux

Synod participants lament focus on ‘niche issues’ such as women’s ordination

From left to right, Bishop Antony Randazzo, Sister Xiskya Lucia Valladares Paguaga, Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, and Bishop Matthieu Rougé, participate in a news briefing at the Holy See Press ...
Religion News Service

There's the synod. And then there's the dream of synodality.

(RNS) — By now, close readers of major newspapers may have seen an article about the synod of bishops meeting in Rome. Or not. War fills the pages of every major daily. The tales are horrific and the ...
America Magazine

Pope Francis wants the synod in every parish. Here’s how to bring it to yours.

Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego chats with participants in the closing session of the San Diego Diocese's synod on young adults at Mission San Diego de Alcalá Nov. 9, 2019. (CNS photo/David ...