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CATHOLICS REJECT SYNODAL CHARADES |
Catholic groups representing many thousands of Catholics throughout the world question the commitment of many bishops to the very concept of synodality. Many bishops continue to lead and decide unilaterally and autocratically. Many of the mandated diocesan synods are in fact episcopally controlled, far from the spirit of synodality, with bishops determining the agendas, the participants, processes, and outcomes |
THE DIACONATE AND WOMEN: WHY IT MATTERS TODAY |
Talking about the diaconate and about a role for women — the female diaconate — is not revolutionary. It is not a topic reserved for a handful of experts. On the contrary, it is an issue that should concern all of us. |
US MIDTERMS: A LIBERATING INVITATION FOR THE US CHURCH |
The urgent need is to liberate the Catholic Church from the preternatural association with partisan agendas whose entanglements and extremizations have led not only Catholic politicians but also Catholic clerical leaders to positions that are a grotesque caricature or an outright denial of the Church’s moral and social teaching. |
On the second day of his festive homecoming in Chiclayo, his fourth in a Peru where “papamania” is widespread, the missionary Augustinian pope, Leo XIV, retraced the steps of his past ministry as bishop here by presiding at three very personal and emotional events.
He was accompanied everywhere by enormous, cheering crowds that chanted. “¡Papa, amigo, Chiclayo está contigo!” (Pope, friend, Chiclayo is with you!”), “¡Chiclayo es, el corazón del Papa!” (Chiclayo is the heart of the pope)! and “¡Papa León, te queremos un montón!”, (Pope Leo we love so very much)
Over the last two years, whenever I’ve been invited to speak at events or on podcasts, invariably I would be asked about the rise of Christian nationalism. A second question would follow: why aren’t other Christians doing more to present a compelling alternative?
Scholar Phyllis Zagano is widely known as the leading authority on the history and theology of women deacons. Her latest book, The Vatican and Women Deacons (Orbis Books), offers a thorough analysis of the Vatican’s engagement with the issue, including during the Synod on Synodality. Recently, Polish journalist Dawid Gospodarek interviewed Zagano about her scholarship for the journal Tygodnik Powszechny. In the interview, Zagano argues that the barriers to restoring the women’s diaconate today are not theological, but cultural. U.S. Catholic was granted exclusive permission to share the interview, in its English translation.
