Jan 26, 2022 | Local, Synod 2015
After a brief holiday hiatus—extended over safety concerns for the Omicron variant of COVID-19—the diocesan listening sessions for the 2023 World Synod of Bishops are back in full swing this week. These sessions also will assist in planning our Diocesan...
Oct 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Synod 2015
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While not specifically mentioning the controversial proposal of a path toward full reconciliation and Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried, members of the Synod of Bishops on the family...
Oct 16, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Synod 2015
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich told reporters that something his mother once said might give the Synod of Bishops a way to balance the need to affirm church teaching while reaching out to those who...
Oct 16, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Synod 2015
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Couples attending the Synod of Bishops called for empathy and support from the church to families suffering difficult circumstances. Several lay couples and a missionary sister addressed the...
Oct 15, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Synod 2015
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Married couples need more help in dealing with infertility and childlessness, which is “one of the major causes of divorce in Africa,” said a Nigerian member of the Synod of Bishops on the...
Oct 15, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Synod 2015
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Members of the Synod of Bishops trust the Holy Spirit and Pope Francis’ guidance in confronting issues facing today’s families, said Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan. “An...
Oct 14, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Synod 2015
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As members of the Synod of Bishops concluded work on the second of three chapters in their working document, they continued to call for a tone and for language that is clear, simple and encourages...
Oct 14, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Synod 2015
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — From newspaper headlines and social media comments Oct. 12 it seemed there was a family feud going on inside the Synod of Bishops on the family. Some cardinals — apparently 13 of the 74 cardinals...
