Vatican’s proposed Soviet-style tactic to quash dissent invites questions, derision
Observers point to a paragraph in the Youth Synod Document as proof that papal insiders want to silence conservative voices.
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Articles tagged Synod 2018
How a global ‘LGBT’ coalition is lobbying the Vatican Youth Synod
Are influential prelates complicit?
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Archbishop Chaput to Youth Synod: Developed world is ‘underdeveloped’ morally
He contrasted Christ’s maturity with the 'moral adolescence' of the developed world.
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Youth Synod Archbishop apologizes to young Catholics for sex abuse, ‘unbeautiful liturgies’
Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Australia has issued an extensive mea culpa at the Vatican Youth Synod
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22-year-old with same-sex attraction begs Synod: Don’t change Church teaching on homosexuality
Avera Maria Santo, a 22-year-old woman who experiences same-sex attractions, addressed a powerful open letter to the bishops of the Catholic Church about the topic of homosexuality being discussed at the Youth Synod currently underway in Rome.
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JPII’s biographer, young priests fear ‘working document’ will doom Youth Synod
The 30,000+ word document is 'a bloated, tedious door stop full of sociologese but woefully lacking in spiritual or theological insight.'
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Pope handpicks US cardinal enmeshed in McCarrick scandal as youth synod delegate
It's unclear why Pope Francis picked Cardinal Tobin, who is currently facing a lot of questions about how much he knew of ex-Cardinal McCarrick's predation.
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Have synods become vehicles for legitimizing heterodoxy? Vatican journalist looks at the facts
He also offered a comparison of Casti Connubii and Amoris Laetitia.
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Catholic youth issue their own pre-Synod text: Proclaim truth ‘without apology’
'The Church must inform the culture rather than the culture informing the Church.'
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Cardinal Burke warns upcoming youth synod may release ‘new storm in the Church’
'If those who organized the synod in 2014 and 2015 have not had a conversion of heart, I think we can expect more difficulties.'
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