If the goal of a "synodal" church is to have all the baptized recognize their responsibility for the life and mission of the Catholic community, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet said that necessarily means taking a new look at priesthood.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) If the goal of a synodal church is to have all the baptized recognize their responsibility for the life and mission of the Catholic community, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet said that necessarily means taking a new look at priesthood.
The cardinal, outgoing prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, organized an international conference on the theology of priesthood in February 2022, which drew some 500 priests, religious and theologians to the Vatican.
Yet one year later, h
Throughout history, there have been examples of nations waging war, without provocation, and causing immense suffering for innocent men, women, and children. Countries are torn apart, citizens are displaced and become refugees in other countries, and regions are destabilized. Sadly, this situation is playing out in Ukraine. For Europe and the world community, there is great anxiety at Russia's attack on a peaceful and sovereign country. There will be a great loss of life. People of good will
The Council of Cardinals meets with Pope Francis on Feb. 21, 2022. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Feb 23, 2022 / 12:20 pm (CNA).Pope Francis cardinal advisers have discussed a report on the role of women in the Church, the Vatican said on Wednesday.The Holy See press office said on Feb. 23 that during the three-day meeting the seven cardinals heard and commented on report by the theologian Sister Linda Pocher, F.M.A., on "the role of women and the Marian principle in the Church."Pocher, a member of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, is an adjunct professor at the Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences "Auxilium" in Rome.Pope Francis spoke of the "Marian principle," which theologians often contrast with the "Petrine principle," in a homily at St. Peter s Basilica in 2019.He said: "Mary is our Mother. She is the Mother of our people. She is the Mother of us all. She is the Mother of the Church, but she is also the image of the Church. An
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