What is being discussed during the first week of the Synod on Synodality?

Important points in Laudate Deum are overshadowed by missed opportunities

By Matthew J. Ramage, Ph.D. on Oct 06, 2023 12:50 am
Editor’s note: This is the first of several essays on the recently released apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum that CWR will posting over the next week. Days before its October 4 release, social media was already [...]
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Praying the Rosary for an end to the evil of abortion

By Susan Ciancio on Oct 05, 2023 07:34 pm
Satan hates it when we pray. He hates anything that strengthens our faith or assists us in growing closer to God. So, naturally, he hates when we pray the Rosary. This beautiful spiritual weapon is [...]
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“The heart has its reasons…”: On the fourth centenary of Pascal’s birth

By Russell Shaw on Oct 05, 2023 05:17 pm
“When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill, and even can see, engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces of [...]
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What is being discussed during the first week of the Synod on Synodality?

By Catholic News Agency on Oct 05, 2023 11:50 am
The Synod on Synodality convened on Wednesday, Oct 4, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Oct 5, 2023 / 12:50 pm (CNA). More than 400 people gathered at the Vatican on Wednesday to officially begin the Synod on Synodality.Duri... [...]
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Pondering the eschatological goal of the “synodal journey”

By Carl E. Olson on Oct 05, 2023 03:00 am
It’s early days at the month-long gathering in Rome, which is just one stop along the way of the multi-year-long Synod on Synodality. Opening day, it is reported, featured lessons in grammar: On the opening [...]
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Strong reactions for and against the film Mother Teresa and Me

By Kathy Schiffer on Oct 04, 2023 10:40 pm
When Mother Teresa and Me opens in theaters as a Fathom event for one day, on Thursday, October 5, it won’t be without controversy. Part documentary and part drama, the film tells the story of [...]
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New ‘grammar of synodality’ on display at start of Synod gathering 

By Catholic News Agency on Oct 04, 2023 04:03 pm
Pope Francis at the Synod on Synodality, Oct. 4, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez Vatican City, Oct 4, 2023 / 17:03 pm (CNA). On the opening day of the Synod on Synodality, a leading official of the process urged participants to read “the signs of... [...]
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The most important Catholic event since Vatican II?

By George Weigel on Oct 04, 2023 04:00 am
Those most enthusiastic about the Synod on Synodality that opens on October 4 are wont to say that it’s the most important Catholic event since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) – a claim that sometimes [...]
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The fascinating, free, and faithful Saint Francis of Assisi

By Dawn Beutner on Oct 04, 2023 03:30 am
Why do so many Catholics—both those who practice their faith and those who don’t—have statues of Saint Francis of Assisi in their yards? Why would Francis’ hometown of Assisi be considered the perfect place to [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, October 4, 2023

By CWR Staff on Oct 04, 2023 03:00 am
Vatican II and Americans – “It is often claimed that Americans have rejected either some of the teachings of Vatican II or the Council whole cloth.” Have American Catholics Rejected Vatican II? (What We Need [...]
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Bishop Barron: As I leave for the Synod on Synodality

By Bishop Robert Barron on Oct 03, 2023 10:00 am
Bishop Robert Barron speaks to tens of thousands of young people at a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 2, 2023. / Credit: Nuria Chiccon/EWTN News Winona, Minn., Oct 3, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA). Editor’s note: This article was pu... [...]
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The necessity of selective skepticism

By Thomas M. Doran on Oct 02, 2023 11:36 pm
A number of Church leaders and influencers display skepticism about long-held Church teachings or practices involving sexuality, the family, abortion, evangelization, the priesthood, and man’s stewardship of the Earth. They suggest reforming Church teachings or [...]
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Technocracy and the sexes, part II

By James Kalb on Oct 02, 2023 11:17 pm
The attention given to Jordan Peterson, and recently to more alarming figures like Andrew Tate, Bronze Age Pervert, and Raw Egg Nationalist, shows that people are finding men’s issues more pressing. The interest in these [...]
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Read Pope Francis’ response to the dubia presented to him by 5 cardinals

By Catholic News Agency on Oct 02, 2023 01:46 pm
null / Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 2, 2023 / 14:46 pm (CNA). Five cardinals have sent a set of questions known as “dubia” to Pope Francis to express their concerns and seek clarification on points of doctrine and discipline ahead of this week’s... [...]
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Pondering the gift of our guardian angels

By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt on Oct 02, 2023 03:00 am
“By envy of the devil, death entered the world.” With this verse, the book of Wisdom (2:24) gives a deep glimpse into the mystery of the Fall. Genesis tells us why Adam and Eve sinned—the [...]
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