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Initial synod talks focus on climate, priests and inculturation Comments 0

Thursday, October 10th, 2019

Climate change, water resources, inculturation and indigenous practices were among the topics discussed during the Amazon Synod’s Sunday afternoon session. A general summary of the topics discussed during the closed-door session has been published. Some of the discussions focused on ordaining married men. It was described as a “legitimate need” but one which “cannot affect Read more

Tags: 2019 Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, Environmental protection, Indigenous communities, Viri probati, young people
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Pope asks conservatives not to be bound by status quo Comments 0

Monday, October 7th, 2019

At the opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon region on Sunday the Pope Francis appealed to conservatives not to be bound by the status quo. The synod’s purpose will be to discuss the future of the Church in the Amazon. These discussions will include the possibility of married priests. Most of Read more

Tags: Environmental protection, married priests, Pope Francis, Synod of Bishops for the Amazon region, Viri probati, Women's ministry
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Environmental protection should be in canon law Comments 0

Thursday, July 19th, 2018

Environmental protection is an issue the Vatican’s former top legal advisor says should be included in canon law. Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, says caring for the environment is “one of the most serious duties” for the faithful today. Christians should not only “not harm” but “improve” the Read more

Tags: Canon Law, Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, Environmental protection
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  • Mister Mckee 'If women can't claim as much as a pronoun in this church, you'll never claim the diaconate.' —Sr. Joan Chittister

    Women insist that equality should mean the right to vote ·  October 18, 2019

  • Kieran My congratulations on such an apt piece. But I think so much of the comment from Schillebeeckx has wider application that only the Amazon -the gap between Word and Sacrament exposed in so many homilies; lack of education in the Scriptures highlighted by Pope Francis two weekends back; liturgy that...

    Amazon: One priest per 25,000 square kilometers ·  October 17, 2019

  • Maselusi Amiatu While he has some valid points, how can the clergy be close to the people if there is one priest per 25,000 square kilometres?. I agree that married priests won't solve the shortages, but at least with this proposal some of the faithful will no longer be deprived of the Eucharist.

    Lack of holiness among clerics an obstacle to vocations ·  October 17, 2019

  • Mister Mckee "In the present-day blockage and impasse in which ministry finds itself, we can see the beginnings of disintegration everywhere (which is theologically to be regretted): 'the word' is detached from 'the sacrament,' Bible teaching becomes a secular occupation, the liturgist is cut off from the...

    Amazon: One priest per 25,000 square kilometers ·  October 15, 2019

  • Mon As one of those who asked to present an oral submission to the select committee I am shocked at the arrogance of the committee in rejected 95% of us. RIP democracy. Of those that were selected there seems to have been a 50/50 split between those opposing and those supporting the bill even...

    Abortion law rushed and undemocratic ·  October 14, 2019

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