The Church of God is convoked in Synod.

“By walking together, and together reflecting on the journey made, the Church will be able to learn from what it will experience which processes can help it to live communion, to achieve participation, to open itself to mission.”

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CBCP head elected to synod’s communication body

Delegates to the ongoing Synod of Bishops at the Vatican have elected the head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to a commission in charge of the assembly’s communications.

CBCP chief stresses 3-fold priority as synod begins

By Felipe Salvosa II | CBCP NewsOctober 3, 2023Manila, PhilippinesBishop Pablo Virgilio David of Kalookan, CBCP President. SCREENSHOT/ KALOOKAN DIOCESE VIDEOThe head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) emphasized the threefold priorities of a...

Synod must serve God, says head of Asian bishops

The work of the synod is more than meeting with oral presentations and written reports, but a means to further serve God’s mission, the head of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) said.

FULL TEXT: Cardinal Bo’s homily during the closing mass of the Asian Continental Assembly

First Sunday of Lent

A Spiritual Conversation

Day 2 of the Asian Continental Assembly on Synodality began with the prayer of the Synod “Adsumus Sancte Spiritus”, invoking the grace of the Holy Spirit to guide and inspire all the delegates on this Synodal journey to truly reflect the voice of Asia.

Lay women speaking out on behalf of others in Asian synodal assembly

Women speak on the sidelines of the Asian Continental Assembly on Synodality, assuring their peers that, ‘In the synodal process, we are with you and our voices should be heard.’

FULL TEXT: Homily of Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi’s during the Opening Mass of Asian Continental Assembly

Homily, Opening Mass, Asian Continental Assembly, 24 February
Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, SVD, Archbishop of Tokyo

Church must be source of hope, not despair, Japan archbishop tells Asian synodal assembly

The Asia continental synod assembly started in Thailand on Friday with a challenge for the Church in the region to be a ‘source of hope’, especially in the face encountered by the people.

There is Always Room in the Tent

The Opening Eucharist, the Mass of the Holy Spirit was presided over by Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi SVD, Archbishop of Tokyo and Secretary General of the FABC; and concelebrated by Virgílio Cardinal do Carmo da Silva SDB, Archdiocese of Díli and Louis Cardinal Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane, Laos.