Synod

"Responding to the call of Holy Father Pope Francis, we are committed to making Rajshahi diocese a synodal Church. Here we want to reiterate and reinforce that commitment", said Bishop Gervas.

“Everything belongs, everything is for the Lord, everyone is involved, everywhere is for the mission. This is our synodal Church, the Church walking together,” said Bishop Moises Magpantay Cuevas, during his installation as bishop.

An Asian bishop said that “triple dialogue,” which revolves around religions, cultures, and the poor, is the “lifeblood” of the Catholic Church in Malaysia.

The consultation is to articulate the attributes, criteria, and cultural expressions of synodal formation in Asia and formulate plans of action for implementing synodal formation in the various ministries of the Church in Asia.

The International Union of Superiors General (UISG) is set to organize the event "Conversations on the Synod: Overview and Opportunities," which will be held online and in person on September 14 in Rome.

Cardinal Bo said Synod Asia would provide content for the Church in Asia and the media.

What struck them most from the ordination mass of Garcera was being called “synodal babies”. “This is now the path that the Church is heading on, a Synodal Church. That’s why I prepare myself to make use of the spirit of synodality in my priestly ministry, that is, to walk with the Church, to listen more and to go out for a mission,” said Castillo.

"We are all authors of Instrumentum Laboris for the XVI Ordinary Synod Assembly. All our voices have a place in the document," said Father Costa.

 “Curiously, the prayer of adoration — we have lost it,” Pope Francis admitted. “We have lost it, and everyone — priests, bishops, consecrated men and women, laypeople — have to recover it. It’s to be in silence, before the Lord,” he seemed to challenge all those present.

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"The heart of Synodality is Jesus, who calls us to a change of heart," said Jose Cardinal Advincula.

"Synodality is journeying together. This journeying, together with discernment, calls for a new ecclesiastical leadership model, called ‘Synodal Leadership.’ This leadership will create an environment that involves all who belong to the Church to ensure and respond to their deep desire to be understood, respected, appreciated, and valued," said Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, the President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI)

The conference suggested that the priority of the church should be to welcome, protect, promote, and integrate the migrants into the mainstream of society, making them feel that they are one of them and they can live in dignity and freedom.

"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.

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Cardinal Bo stated that a change of attitude is required in our approach towards the challenges we face.  He offered the word L.E.N.T as an acronym for this attitudinal change:

Cardinal Hollerich explained how each delegate is like a musical instrument, and ought to function continuously in tune with others (instruments), with discipline, to produce the synodal symphony.

The Synod, like the Lenten journey, he said, is a call to walk the path of God, to listen to his voice, and to recognize the God of love and tenderness, mercy and compassion.