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.