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Opening Reflection for the National Synodal Consultation by CBCP President Bishop Pablo Virgilio David
TAGAYTAY City— Here’s the full text of CBCP President Bishop Pablo Virgilio David’s opening reflection for the
National Synodal Consultation at the Carmelite Missionaries Center of Spirituality in Tagaytay City on July 4, 2022:
National synod process slated next week
More than 200 bishops, priests, and lay representatives of the diocesan synodal process will take part in the consultation from July 4 to 7.
Pope Francis: Global synodal path ‘a great opportunity to listen to one another’
Pope Francis said on Monday that the two-year global consultation process leading to the Synod on Synodality is “a great opportunity” for Catholics to listen to one another.
Pope Francis: Synodality is not a ‘search for majority consensus’
Pope Francis said on Thursday that synodality is not a “search for majority consensus,” but rather a “style” guided by the Holy Spirit.
On synodality, Cardinal Advincula says ’no one should be left behind’
As Catholic dioceses across the world have already embarked on the synodal process, Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila stressed that “everyone has a voice” and “everyone must be heard”.
Vatican gives world’s dioceses more time to consult Catholics ahead of Synod on Synodality
The Vatican announced on Friday that it will give dioceses around the world more time to complete local consultations ahead of the 2023 Synod on Synodality.
Bishop calls for ‘synodality’ in prison communities
With the ongoing diocesan phase of the synod, a Catholic bishop hoped that the Church would be able to provide the prison communities the experience of “solidarity and synodality”.
Archbishop Soc: Pray synod ushers a ‘new church’
As dioceses on Sunday opened the synodal process, a Catholic archbishop on Sunday asked for prayers that the synod will lead the church to renewal.
Synod on Synodality: ‘Your voice counts,’ Cardinal Advincula tells Filipinos
Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila has called on the people to take part in the synodal process “no matter what your social, political, and economic, intellectual, or spiritual affiliation of our status is”.
CBCP: Synod must discern ‘signs of our times’
The country’s Catholic bishops said that the Synod on Synodality is seeking to discern the ‘signs of our times’ in order to respond to the calls of the present-day world.
Homily of Pope Francis during opening Mass for Synod on Synodality
Pope Francis on Sunday, Oct. 10, opened the two-year “Synod of Bishops on Synodality” with a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica. Read the full text of his homily
Pope Francis launches 2-year synodal path with call to ‘encounter, listen, and discern’
Pope Francis formally launched the two-year global consultation process leading to the 2023 synod on synodality on Sunday with a call to “look others in the eye and listen to what they have to say.”
Pope Francis: Path to 2023 synod on synodality faces three ‘risks’
Pope Francis urged Catholics on Saturday to be conscious of three “risks” as they embark on the path to the 2023 synod on synodality.
Cardinals’ council discusses synod on synodality with Pope Francis
Pope Francis and his cardinal advisers discussed the upcoming synod on synodality on Tuesday.
Pope Francis: Synodal process not about ‘gathering opinions,’ but ‘listening to the Holy Spirit’
Pope Francis said on Saturday that the two-year process leading to the 2023 synod on synodality is not about “gathering opinions,” but “listening to the Holy Spirit.”