Reports from Rome
What’s happening at the Vatican October 11, 2023
Greetings from Rome. My friend, Kathleen Ellertson, and I are now in Rome. We drove to St.Peter's Square where there were thousands of visitors - most in line to see the Sistine Chapel or the Vatican Museum. But many were also there to support the Synod and to make...
Reports from Rome
A Need for Creativity: Synod Report for October 29, 2023 Click Here Listening in Simplicity: Synod Report for October 27, 2023 Read More A United Witness: Synod Report for October 26, 2023 Read More Students at the Table of Wisdom: Synod Report for October 25, 2023...
A Leaven for Positive Change: Synod Report for October 12, 2023
The importance of Small Christian Communities (SCCs), also known as Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs) or Basic Christian Communities (BCCs), to the life of the church has been a recurring theme of the synodal discussion this week. SCCs are groups of generally no more...
Cardinal Hollerich opens Synod reflections on ‘communion that radiates’
The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops begins its reflections on Module B-1 of the Instrumentum Laboris, with Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich introducing the Fourth General Congregation on Monday morning. Click Here to Read Full Report
Concrete Realities, Concrete Cries: Synod Report for October 10, 2023
“To homogenize is to clip the wings of the Spirit, to refuse to recognize that God is pleased with each person in a different and unique way,” Sr. Gloria Liliana Franco Echeverri, ODN, said last month while leading a retreat for the Encounter of the...
Vatican Briefing Podcasts
On gay Catholics, synod ensured ‘nothing is closed,’ says African Jesuit Click Here to Read Cardinal says synod a reminder of very acute needs across world Click Here to Read The Vatican Briefing Podcast: A key bishop considers women deacons Click Here In the...
Walking with WOW in the footsteps of Mary Magdalene in Rome
Dear friends, What a week it has been for WOW and our supporters in Rome this week! With events designed to coincide with the opening days of the Synod,* we have been joy filled as supporters from around the world came to join our global advocacy campaign...
The Grace of the Moment: Synod Report for October 7, 2023
First published in Today’s American Catholic magazine Delegates to the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, commonly referred to as the “Synod on Synodality,” have reached the end of an “intense” first week, according to Dr. Paolo...
Women’s Ordination Conference
Yesterday, more than 50 women's ordination supporters in Rome gathered at a church containing the relic of St. Mary Magdalene's foot to walk in her footsteps, urging the church to listen to the voices of women calling out for equality. Calling the church toward the...
Women’s Ordination Advocates March to the Vatican asking: Pope Francis, How Long Must Women Wait for Equality?
October 5, 2023For Immediate ReleaseRome, ItalyWomen’s Ordination Advocates March to the Vatican asking: Pope Francis, How Long Must Women Wait for Equality?On October 6, Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) will lead a procession through Rome toward the Vatican calling...