Posts Tagged ‘The Role and Authority of the Bishop in a Synodal Church’

Bishops urged to lead with pastoral care, not authority

Monday, October 14th, 2024
Pastoral care

Theologians advising the Synod of Bishops have emphasised the need for diocesan bishops to adopt a more pastoral and collaborative leadership style and avoid a monarchical approach. “The bishop is not the lord of the church, but the servant of the Lord, at the service of his community” Father Carlos María Galli, a Catholic University Read more

Synod debates on bishops, laypeople opened to public at theology forums

Monday, October 14th, 2024

Synod on Synodality events open to the public on Wednesday evening gave a glimpse into the private debates among delegates and theological experts on the issues of a bishop’s authority and his relationship to the laity in light of synodality. At the October 9 forum on “The Role and Authority of the Bishop in a Read more