Synod on Synodality

“I will carry on the Asian and Malaysian conversations we have had, but I also want to hear what the others have to say,” Father Clarence Devass

"In Africa, we believe that we have to journey together as a family, to listen to one another. And that is why Pope Francis invited us to journey together in this Synod on Synodality, to enlarge our hearts,” Archbishop Lucio Muandula.

At a press conference on the same day, Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, head of the German Bishops' Conference, recognizing the process to be complex and not "peaceful", denied the allegations of divisions over the national Synodal Path and that the synodal plans would cause a new schism in the Catholic Church.

Synergy in a Symphony: Everyone has a Voice
PRESS NOTE 4 – FEBRUARY 26, 2023

A Spiritual Conversation
PRESS NOTE 3 – FEBRUARY 25, 2023

There is Always Room in the Tent
PRESS NOTE 2 – FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Cardinal Charles Bo released the book “Journeying with Jesus in Asia” by Fr George Plathottam, by presenting a copy to Cardinal Mario Greg, Secretary General of Synod, Vatican

Walking together on the path of synodality means for the Church in Asia ‘to walk in solidary’ with all the peoples of Asia, especially, the marginalized, abused and the poor at the periphery.

THE FINAL COUNT DOWN
PRESS NOTE 1 – FEBRUARY 23, 2023

he participating delegates consist of representatives of 17 Conferences of Bishops and 2 Synods of Bishops, representing the 29 countries that constitute the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC).

“The living Church is Synodality. It is visible in the living way of the Church. The action flows from the existence of the Church composed of all baptized. Every baptized person is sent.” Father Hyginus Myint Soe says.

The 200 delegates consist of 156 from the 39 European Bishops' Conferences, and 44 personally invited by the Council of Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE).

Federation of Catholic Bishops Conference of Oceania (FCBCO) will hold the quadrennial assembly at Fiji from February 5 to 10. The central theme of the assembly will be mission formation and synodality, or "walking together," in the Church.

Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferro said that the synthesis was the work of the Holy Spirit, not the individual, and they should be cautious not to add their own opinions to the text.

When those who prepared the Synod document for the continental stage chose for its title a phrase from Prophet Isaiah, Enlarge the space of your tent (Is 54:2) my thoughts went wandering to happy memories of the days I lived in a tent. I had never written or shared about it but the title of the Synod document triggered in my mind fresh memories of the bygone days. I felt I should share it with others.

The Asian continental assembly for the Synod on Synodality is scheduled to be held at Baan Phu Waan Pastoral Training Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, February 24-26, 2023. The Bangkok assembly will be attended by some 110 bishops, priests, religious and lay leaders from Asia as well as officials from the Synod Secretariat, Rome.

This article outlines Pope Francis’ vision of a synodal church based on his own teachings.

This paper is an enquiry into the origin and prospects of a synodal vision of the Church. The Synodal Church proposed by Pope Francis is aiming at resuscitating the ecclesial vision of the apostolic church in the third millennium.

Knowing that the newly introduced radical idea of synodality, with a hope to sow the seed for a new future, with an undercurrent of ‘Fratelli tutti” would need the right, open, flexible, hopeful and ready to change mindsets.

If we don't put ourselves into the process, it would just be another futile exercise "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”