Scrutinizing ‘Synodality’: Vatican to Conduct Seminar to Examine Concept
by EDWARD PENTIN
The secretary general of the secretariat discussed the matter, and other issues related to the two-year family synod process, in a Dec. 30 interview with L’Osservatore Romano.
The Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops is to hold a seminar with specialists in ecclesiology and canon law to help attain a better understanding of synodality, the secretary general of the secretariat has said.
In a Dec. 30 interview with L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri said the seminar, to take place in February, would aim to “build a discussion, or at least initiate further studies, starting from the doctrine and research that already exist.”
He said there is a “need to give greater impetus to the study of ecclesial synodality on the part of theological and legal experts.”
The news follows Pope Francis’ landmark Oct. 17 address at an event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Synod of Bishops, in which he outlined his vision for a more collegial, decentralized and “listening” Church, based on the concept of synodality.
The Holy Father stressed the importance of listening to the sensus fidei — the sense of the faith, or of the faithful — in preventing a “rigid separation” between the Church and the Church’s teaching. The flock, he said, has an “instinct” to discern the “new ways that the Lord is revealing to the Church.”
Cardinal Baldisseri, who said he believes that address has “become one of the most powerful” of Francis’ pontificate, said it placed “special emphasis on the role of episcopal conferences,” something that was first hinted at in Francis’ apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (The Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World).
“The Pope had talked about the reform of the Curia and also the relationship between the Petrine primacy and the collegial body of bishops,” Cardinal Baldisseri said. “The episcopal conferences play an important role in this perspective.”
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The Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops is to hold a seminar with specialists in ecclesiology and canon law to help attain a better understanding of synodality, the secretary general of the secretariat has said.
In a Dec. 30 interview with L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri said the seminar, to take place in February, would aim to “build a discussion, or at least initiate further studies, starting from the doctrine and research that already exist.”
He said there is a “need to give greater impetus to the study of ecclesial synodality on the part of theological and legal experts.”
The news follows Pope Francis’ landmark Oct. 17 address at an event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Synod of Bishops, in which he outlined his vision for a more collegial, decentralized and “listening” Church, based on the concept of synodality.
The Holy Father stressed the importance of listening to the sensus fidei — the sense of the faith, or of the faithful — in preventing a “rigid separation” between the Church and the Church’s teaching. The flock, he said, has an “instinct” to discern the “new ways that the Lord is revealing to the Church.”
Cardinal Baldisseri, who said he believes that address has “become one of the most powerful” of Francis’ pontificate, said it placed “special emphasis on the role of episcopal conferences,” something that was first hinted at in Francis’ apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (The Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World).
“The Pope had talked about the reform of the Curia and also the relationship between the Petrine primacy and the collegial body of bishops,” Cardinal Baldisseri said. “The episcopal conferences play an important role in this perspective.”
Read more: www.ncregister.com
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