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Synod cardinal says the Catholic Church needs to be ‘further enriched’ by ‘other churches’

Cardinal Kurt Koch confirmed to LifeSiteNews that study on the role of the pope continues, as the implementation of synodality and ecumenism could change the manner of how the papacy is understood and exercized.

Analysis

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Oct 10, 2024Oct 11, 2024

Bishop Eleganti rebukes German bishops’ call to reinterpret Vatican I on papal primacy

Bishop Marian Eleganti critiques the German Bishops’ Conference’s call to ‘re-read’ the First Vatican Council’s definition of papal primacy, arguing that abandoning the teaching would undermine the Pope’s role in ensuring Church unity.

Opinion

Bishop Marian Eleganti

• Jun 20, 2024Jun 20, 2024

Bishop Eleganti: Papal primacy must not be defined by ecumenical ‘negotiations’ with non-Catholics

There is an infallible dogmatization of the Petrine office. The answer to the question of what the Petrine office consists of and how it is exercised cannot be the result of negotiations that seek the highest or lowest common denominator.

Opinion

Bishop Marian Eleganti

• Jun 17, 2024Jun 17, 2024

Pope Francis approves new document elevating ecumenism and synodality above papal primacy

The new ‘study document’ from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity emphasizes an intimate link between papal primacy and synodality, advocating for decentralization, granting more authority at regional levels while enhancing ecumenism.

Analysis

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jun 13, 2024Jun 13, 2024

Pope Francis hints at new ‘understanding’ of papacy during meeting with Anglican leaders

The Pontiff’s speech to the Anglicans held a revolutionary possibility: namely, a decision by Francis to use the papacy itself as an ecumenical bargaining tool, in a manner which could appear to undermine the authority wielded by the Pope.

Analysis

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• May 3, 2024

Cardinal Müller: Bishops must preach ‘Christ crucified,’ not cozy up to political elites

'The apostolic succession of the bishops, that is, its 'hierarchical constitution,' is a constitutive element of the being and mission of the visible Church and guarantees her necessary historical identity with the Church of the Apostles.'

News

LifeSiteNews staff

• Nov 6, 2023Nov 7, 2023

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Articles tagged papal primacy

Synod cardinal says the Catholic Church needs to be ‘further enriched’ by ‘other churches’

Bishop Eleganti rebukes German bishops’ call to reinterpret Vatican I on papal primacy

Bishop Eleganti: Papal primacy must not be defined by ecumenical ‘negotiations’ with non-Catholics

Pope Francis approves new document elevating ecumenism and synodality above papal primacy

Pope Francis hints at new ‘understanding’ of papacy during meeting with Anglican leaders

Cardinal Müller: Bishops must preach ‘Christ crucified,’ not cozy up to political elites