Catherine E. Clifford

Jul 23, 2024 | dialnet.unirioja.es | Catherine E. Clifford

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Mar 21, 2024 | ncronline.org | Christopher White |Michael Sean Winters |Catherine E. Clifford |Kim Daniels

Among the most infamous expressions to emerge out of American jurisprudence is Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's 1964 obscenity test: "I know it when I see it."The same might also be said of synodality, a sometimes-jargony word used to describe the efforts to make the church more collaborative, less clericalist and better suited to listening to all of its members.

Dec 7, 2023 | slmedia.org | Catherine E. Clifford

Synod: An Ecclesial Event in the Context of Prayer Synods are ecclesial gatherings, intense moments of reflection on the Word of God symbolized by the presence of the Book of the Gospels enthroned in the midst of the assembly. The month-long General Assembly of the 16th Synod, which met in Rome from October 4 to 29, was an experience of prayerful listening.

Oct 3, 2023 | ncronline.org | Joshua J. McElwee |Christopher White |Catherine E. Clifford

One of the voting members of Pope Francis' hotly anticipated Synod of Bishops on synodality has indicated an openness to restoring the early Catholic Church's tradition of ordaining women as deacons.

May 10, 2023 | ncronline.org | Catherine E. Clifford

Help us reach our goal of $200,000!We have raised $163,525 from 1,053 supporters. We are 81.7% of the way to our goal! Pope Francis' decision in late April to include lay persons as full participants with voting rights in the upcoming Synod of Bishops is a significant step towards making the synod a body that more adequately represents and embodies an act of discernment by the whole entire people of God.