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 Synod in the...
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 handed...
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 are...
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 synod...
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 family....
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 atmosphere...
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 people to...
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...
