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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: synod: 193 1 - Feb 2016 - “Seek and you shall find ...” (Matthew 7:7), Andrew Scholl(Subscribers only - please login to view) A young married Deacon informed me that he was in Rome for Pope Francis Synod on the Family. 2 - Dec 2015 - Letters: Synod outcome "led by the Holy Spirit" Thank you to the author of Synod re affirms church teaching pm sexuality marriage and the family (AD2000 November2015). 3 - Nov 2015 - Marriage: Sydney Anglicans reaffirm church teaching on marriage, AD2000 Report The Sydney Anglican Synod last month voted to re-affirm the churchs teaching that marriage is the union of a man and a woman and called for all Australian Christians to respectfully engage in the public debate on redefining marriage. 4 - Nov 2015 - Synod: Pope Francis confirms Synod guided by the Holy Spirit In his address at the conclusion of the Synod of Bishops on the Family Pope Francis gave an address which drew together the key elements of the Synods outcome confirming that despite differences in culture the church is united in upholding the institution of marriage between one man and one woman for life and the dignity of the family. 5 - Nov 2015 - Synod: Synod reaffirms Church teaching on sexuality, marriage and the family, AD2000 Report Despite repeated claims in the secular media and on some Catholic blogs that the Synod of Bishops meeting in Rome had radically changed the churchs teachings on marriage and the family the Final Report of the Synod reaffirmed the churchs teaching with a new emphasis on understanding the difficulties in living the Christian life and of providing effective pastoral care. 6 - Oct 2015 - Russia: Church and State in contemporary Russia, Fr Lawrence Cross The Moscow Patriarchate largely because it is the largest in size of the Orthodox Churches assumes a right to throw its weight around amongst the smaller Orthodox Churches and even to tweek the nose of the Roman Catholics with impunity as did Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk during the Roman Synod on October 16 2014. 7 - Sep 2015 - Preview: Mercy and compassion: focus of Synod of Bishops, Peter Westmore The forthcoming Synod of Bishops to take place in Rome in October will discuss the Churchs response to the many challenges facing married couples and families in 2015. 8 - Jul 2015 - Family Synod: African bishops pledge to uphold Church teaching on marriage, AD2000 Report In mid-June the presidents of Africas episcopal conferences met in Accra capital of Ghana and unanimously endorsed a statement for the forthcoming Synod of Bishops which rejects the strategy of the Enemy of the human race on divorce and homosexual unions and upholds the Churchs constant teaching on marriage. 9 - May 2015 - Centenary: Armenian genocide must not be forgotten, Pope Francis The Holy Father had previously addressed the Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church in Rome condemning the genocide of Armenian Christians whom he called martyrs and calling for reconciliation. 10 - Mar 2015 - Letters: Synod of Bishops, John R. Barich Fr ONeill (February AD2000) is correct in surmising that there was a pro-divorce lobby at the Synod of Bishops last October. 11 - Mar 2015 - NACF: National Catholic Families Conference attracts 400 to Albury, Kathleen Horsfall and Marie-Louise Fowler The Sunday program included talks on issues affecting men suffering natural family planning starting a NACF group and a report on the Synod of Bishops by Chris Meney. 12 - Mar 2015 - News: The Church Around the World The 2012 Synod on the New Evangelisation inspired the Filipino bishops to hold PCNE I the following year focusing on rekindling the ardour of evangelisation and renewal of faith experience in the region. 13 - Mar 2015 - Synod: AFA calls for Synod to strengthen support for families, AD2000 Report In response to the request by the Synod on the Family for input from lay people around the world the Australian Family Association has responded by urging the Synod to more strongly emphasise the role of the family to the stability security and prosperity of society and to make promotion of a proper understanding of marriage and family central to the Churchs catechesis. 14 - Feb 2015 - The family and the Church in 2015, Archbishop Mark Coleridge This is why beyond all the social changes the family remains crucial and thats why the Synod of Bishops on marriage and the family really does matter. 15 - Feb 2015 - The survival of the Church, Fr John O'Neill PP It seems there was a pro-divorce lobby at the Synod of Bishops. 16 - Dec 2014 - Letters: Synod of Bishops, Arnold Jago As was obvious from the start to anyone really thinking about it the recent Vatican Synod on the Family was never going to move to approve of same-sex marriage. 17 - Dec 2014 - Cardinal Pell: Synod rebuts 'secular agenda', Catholic News Service Cardinal George Pell said working-group reports from the Synod of Bishops on the family finally give a true picture of the assemblys views counteracting what he characterised as a misleading midterm report. 18 - Dec 2014 - Economic justice: The Catholic Church explains sexual mores - with economics, Emma Green Even so the language of the synods report seems like a radical shift in the Churchs ideological approach to these issues even compared to the synods beginnings in early October. 19 - Dec 2014 - News: The Church Around the World Aid to the Church in Need Cardinal Dolan: reaffirm marriage teaching Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York a participant in the Synod of Bishops said in an interview that we want to be as clear and as compelling as possible in reaffirming the Churchs timeless teaching on marriage and family without scaring people off and without seeming to marginalise. 20 - Dec 2014 - Family Synod: Synod reaffirms Church teaching on marriage and family, AD2000 Report In its concluding Message the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome has reaffirmed the Churchs unbroken teaching on marriage and the family and urged bishops priests and the laity to protect and defend marriage while dealing compassionately with those whose marriages are in trouble or have failed. 21 - Nov 2014 - Episcopacy: Bishop Anthony Fisher OP appointed Archbishop of Sydney, AD2000 Report Asked what he hoped would emerge from the Synod of Bishops in Rome he said I think that in many parts of the West at the moment and certainly in Australia and in Sydney there is something of a crisis of confidence in marriage and family. 22 - Nov 2014 - Editorial: The Extraordinary Synod on the Family, Peter Westmore As this issue of AD2000 goes to press an Extraordinary Synod of Bishops convened by Pope Francis a year ago is meeting in Rome to discuss the pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelisation. 23 - Oct 2014 - News: The Church Around the World With the synods theme of Pastoral Challenges to the Family in the Context of Evangelisation there has been talk in the media about a possible change in Church teaching regarding the reception of Communion by those who are divorced and remarried. 24 - Sep 2014 - Transmission of the Catholic faith in crisis, Peter Finlayson Purporting to obtain that parish communitys views on the Catholic family in preparation for the forthcoming Synod of Bishops in Rome later this year the survey revealed a serious gap between Church teachings and their acceptance among the mostly adult respondents. 25 - Sep 2014 - Editorial: Don't pigeon-hole Pope Francis, Peter Westmore While adopting a very open style emphasising his role as a servant of the church to the delight of the international media he has exercised his authority to convene an international synod of bishops to sharpen the Churchs response to the crisis facing the modern family commenced the most fundamental reform of the Vatican curia seen for years and relaxed the rules on canonisations to declare Pope John XXIII a saint and is about to do the same for Pope Paul VI. 26 - Aug 2014 - Pope Francis discusses the Church's moral teachings, LifeSiteNews He also indicated that contraception is one of the topics that will be taken up at the upcoming synod on the families. 27 - Jul 2014 - News: The Church Around the World The apostolic nuncio to the Arab Republic of Egypt Archbishop Paul Gobel responded to the request by inviting the patriarch to send a representative of the Coptic Church to the next assembly of the Synod of Catholic bishops to be held in October and dedicated to the theme of the family. 28 - Jul 2014 - Middle East: Pope Francis cuts through divisions in the Holy Land, AD2000 Report Speaking exclusively with Asia-News the Patriarch said that he and Pope Francis agreed to leave as a legacy to ourselves and our successors a gathering in Nicaea in 2025 to celebrate together after 17 centuries the first truly ecumenical synod where the Creed was first promulgated. 29 - Jun 2014 - Saints John XXIII and John Paul II canonised, AD2000 Report I am particularly happy to point this out as we are in the process of journeying with families towards the Synod on the family. 30 - Apr 2014 - Marriage: Don't trust media reporting of Synod on marriage, Philip F. Lawler Seven months before the Synod of Bishops meets to discuss pastoral care for the family one can easily foresee how the mass media will cover the prelates discussion. 31 - Mar 2014 - Pope Francis puts indelible mark on College of Cardinals, Peter Westmore Three of the new curial cardinals are Vatican diplomats: Pietro Parolin Beniamino Stella and Lorenzo Baldisseri the three diplomats whom Pope Francis has promoted respectively to the positions of Secretary of State (effectively Prime Minister) Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and Secretary-General of the Synod of Bishops. 32 - Feb 2014 - Evangelii Gaudium: The Joy of the Gospel: Pope Francis' challenge, Peter Westmore The papal letter was prepared as both a reflection and a summary of the 2012 Synod of Bishops which was convened by Pope Benedict XVI to discuss the theme: The New Evangelisation for the Transmission of the Christian Faith. 33 - Dec 2013 - Christifidelis Laici: vocation and mission of the lay faithful (2), Anne Lastman The Synod of Bishops from which emerged Christifidelis Laici proclaimed that the Church seeks to recognition and use of all the gifts experiences and talents of men and women to make her mission effective (CL 49). 34 - Sep 2013 - Oasis: Finding rapprochement and peace among the Abrahamic religions, Patrick Byrne Nostra Aetate went on: Since in the course of centuries not a few quarrels and hostilities have arisen between Christians and Muslims this sacred synod urges all to forget the past and to work sincerely for mutual understanding and to preserve as well as to promote together for the benefit of all mankind social justice and moral welfare as well as peace and freedom. 35 - Mar 2013 - Women priests and bishops: Anglicanism's crisis of identity, David Wetherell In late 2012 the General Synod of the Church of England narrowly defeated legislation which would have allowed the ordination of women bishops. 36 - Dec 2012 - Culture: Western crisis is spiritual: Russian Orthodox leader, Metropolitan Hilarion In an important address to the Synod of Bishops in Rome in mid-October Metropolitan Hilarion head of the Russian Orthodox Churchs Department for External Church Relations called for the Catholic and Orthodox Churches to work together to address the crisis of Western civilisation and the persecution of Christians in the Middle East. 37 - Nov 2012 - Pope's Lebanon visit sends a message of peace to Middle East, Michael Gilchrist On the first day of his visit to Lebanon on 14 September Pope Benedict XVI signed his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Church in the Middle East Ecclesia in Medio Oriente which comprises Benedicts reflections on the 2010 special Synod of Bishops which was dedicated to the regions Christians. 38 - Oct 2012 - Editorial: The Year of Faith and Catechism of the Catholic Church, Michael Gilchrist Moreover the theme of the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops that the Pope convened for October 2012 is The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith. 39 - Jul 2012 - Letters: The Year of Grace and the New Evangelisation, Fr Dennis Byrnes In October 2012 the worlds bishops will gather in Rome for a Synod which will have as its theme The New Evangelisation and the Transmission of the Faith. 40 - May 2012 - News: The Church Around the World The major challenge are the Christians especially those who were baptised but not sufficiently catechised said Archbishop Nicola Eterovic the Vaticans secretary general of the synod of bishops. 41 - Apr 2012 - Episcopacy: Perth's new Archbishop Timothy Costelloe ready for the challenges of leadership, Michael Gilchrist In 1998 he attended the Synod for Oceania in Rome as Archbishop Hickeys theological adviser. 42 - Dec 2011 - News: The Church Around the World October 2012 will also be the occasion of the Churchs next General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme of The New Evangelisation for the Transmission of the Christian Faith. 43 - Nov 2011 - News: The Church Around the World In 1999 Archbishop Giuseppe Bernardini an Italian Franciscan who heads the Izmir Archdiocese in Turkey recalled a conversation he had with a Muslim leader for the Synod of European Bishops which was gathered in Rome. 44 - Aug 2011 - Reflection: The new evangelisation: 'missionary spirit' needed, Fr Dennis W. Byrnes The 2012 Synod on New Evangelisation offers a real opportunity for local churches to positively re-establish their mission within their own situations and cultures. 45 - Jun 2011 - Cardinal Pell: 'liberalism has no young Catholic progeny', Cardinal George Pell Incidentally it is a matter of historical record that at the 1971 Synod of Bishops Pope Paul offered to the bishops the option of ordaining married men to the priesthood and the bishops declined to accept this. 46 - Dec 2010 - Euthanasia: Australia's Christian churches unite in opposition, MIchael Gilchrist A motion was put before its Synod by the Social Issues Executive and passed as a resolution of the Synod. 47 - Nov 2010 - Letters: Declarations, Frank Mobbs It reads: This Vatican Synod declares that the human person has a right to religious freedom. 48 - Oct 2010 - Books: THE PATH TO ROME: Modern Journeys to the Catholic Church, Bishop David Robarts He exposes Anglicanisms inbuilt weaknesses especially the absence of a unifying authority to resolve conflict and the use of General Synod and consensus politics to alter doctrinal matters most notably the ordination of women. 49 - Sep 2010 - Ecclesial movements in the life of the Church, Bishop Julian Porteous It was shortly after the international meeting with the ecclesial movements that John Paul II presided over the 1987 Synod of Bishops on the theme of the role of the lay person in the Church and in the world. 50 - Aug 2010 - News: The Church Around the World Diocese of Peoria Greek bishops defend crucifix In a communique on 11 June 2010 the holy synod of the Catholic hierarchy of Greece declared that banning the crucifix from public places is not an aid to peaceful coexistence in Europe. 51 - Jul 2010 - New apologetics for the new evangelisation Cardinal Francis George writes in The Difference God Makes During the Synod for America (1997) I suggested that an integral part of the new evangelisation must be a new apologetics a loving and non-defensive but nonetheless clear response to the arguments against the Catholic faith. 52 - Jul 2010 - Two views: Vatican II, infallibility and the Church today, James Bogle and John Young In an explanation given by the Councils own Theological Commission and cited by the Secretary of the Council Archbishop Pericle Felici in a theological note appended to the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church it is stated that in view of conciliar practice and the pastoral purpose of the present Council this sacred Synod defines matters of faith and morals as binding on the Church only when the Synod itself openly declares so. 53 - Jun 2010 - Ecumenism: Christians and Muslims: peaceful co-existence?, Mohammad Al-Sammak What do the Muslims of the Middle East expect from the next Synod of Bishops? 54 - May 2010 - Anglican: Anglicans and Christian unity: progress report, Bishop David Robarts Forward in Faith was embraced as a possible lifeline and rallying point in North America (FiFNA) and Australia (FiFA) but in spite of pleas to bishops and Synodical bodies no provision has been made in these two countries to satisfy the consciences of traditionalists with appropriate episcopal oversight. 55 - Feb 2010 - News: The Church Around the World Greek Orthodox Church opposes crucifix ban The head of the Greek Orthodox Church has voiced his opposition to a court ban on crucifixes in classrooms in Italy and will hold an emergency synod to set out a plan of action to combat the ban. 56 - Dec 2009 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News Swedish Lutherans approve same-sex weddings The Catholic and Orthodox Churches of Sweden have responded with sadness to the Swedish Lutheran Church General Synods decision to hold homosexual weddings in churches saying the move departs from the Christian tradition and will widen the gap between the churches. 57 - Sep 2009 - Reflection: The centrality of the tabernacle, Bishop John M. D'Arcy This thinking was reflected in the Lineamenta before the 2005 Bishops Synod on the Eucharist: There is no conflict of signs between the tabernacle and the altar of Eucharistic celebration. 58 - Sep 2009 - USA: Anglicans fragmenting over homosexuality, Babette Francis Speaking to the General Synod of the Church of England he said I regret the fact that there is no will to observe the moratorium in such a significant part of the Church in North America. 59 - Jun 2009 - Reflection: Pentecost and the power of the Holy Spirit for today, Fr Dennis W Byrnes In the Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Oceania Pope John Paul II wrote: Through the power of the Holy Spirit the Church in Oceania is praying for a new Evangelisation of peoples who today hunger for Christ . 60 - Apr 2009 - Books: LIVING BIBLICALLY, by Archbishop Barry Hickey, Michael Gilchrist Recent years and events such as 2008s Synod on the Word of God held by Pope Benedict XVI and the worlds bishops in Rome have seen a renewed impulse within the Church towards helping average Catholics rediscover the biblical roots of their faith and their importance. 61 - Mar 2009 - The recession and Catholic social teaching, Mark and Louise Zwick Speaking at the recent synod Pope Benedict XVI reminded us that the word of God is the true reality that the disappearance of hope along with the money was the result of building our lives on sand. 62 - Dec 2008 - Bishops' Synod on Bible concludes: Pope working on Apostolic Exhortation, AD2000 Report At the conclusion of the three week World Synod of Bishops on the Word of God on 25 October Benedict XVI spoke to the crowd gathered in St Peters Square for the midday Angelus on the relationship between Gods Word and the Scripture that expresses it. 63 - Nov 2008 - Victorian abortion law threatens Catholic hospitals, AD2000 Report Dangerous precedent In a message sent from the Synod of Bishops Cardinal George Pell expressed his concern that the Bill has the potential to create a dangerous precedent for legislators across Australia. 64 - Oct 2008 - Letters: Sermons (letter), Chris Hilder I hope that the upcoming Synod on the Bible addresses this problem of critiquing the Bible vs. 65 - Aug 2008 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic Herald (London) Synod to focus on proper use of Scripture At a Vatican press conference on 12 June Archbishop Nikola Eterovic the secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops introduced the instrumentum laboris the working document for the October meeting of the Synod Bishops which is dedicated to a discussion of the Word of God. 66 - Mar 2008 - Vocations: The priesthood: a special relationship with Christ, Fr Pat Stratford At the last Synod of Bishops in Rome one of the Eastern Rite bishops presented a strong recommendation that the Latin Rite Church retain its law on priestly celibacy. 67 - Dec 2007 - Letters: Pope's Masses, Paul Martin On 22 February 2007 as your journal has noted Benedict XVI issued an Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis which proceeded from the discussions of the Synod of Bishops on the Mystery of the Eucharist of October 2005. 68 - Jul 2007 - News: The Church Around the World Benedict XVI addresses Italian Bishops On 24 May in the Vaticans Synod Hall Benedict XVI met with participants at the 57th general assembly of the Italian Episcopal Conference. 69 - May 2007 - Documents: Benedict XVI's new document on the Eucharist - Sacramentum Caritatis, Michael Gilchrist It embodies the 50 propositions of the 2005 Synod of Bishops Benedicts own concerns about Eucharistic faith and practice and draws upon themes raised in John Paul IIs final encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia and Benedicts first encyclical Deus Caritatis Est. 70 - Apr 2007 - Editorial: Benedict XVI's document on the Eucharist, Michael Gilchrist Titled Sacramentum Caritatis the new document summarises and concludes the deliberations of the Synod of Bishops which met in October 2005 to discuss the different facets of the Eucharist. 71 - Feb 2007 - News: The Church Around the World Even during the recent Synod on priests the most widespread opinion among the fathers was that a relaxation of the rule of celibacy would not be a solution even to the problem of the lack of vocations which is rather to be linked to other causes in the first place the modern culture of secularisation. 72 - Oct 2006 - Benedict XVI interviewed by German journalists We also have other instruments like the synod the consistory which I shall be holding regularly and which I would like to develop. 73 - Jul 2006 - News: The Church Around the World He made his remarks in the Synod Hall at the Vatican to participants in a conference marking the 10th anniversary of Vita Consecrata the apostolic exhortation by John Paul II that concluded the work of the bishops Synod on consecrated life. 74 - May 2006 - News: The Church Around the World Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist In June Pope Benedict XVI will receive the final proposal from the recent Synod of Bishops for the drafting of his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist. 75 - Mar 2006 - Letters: Guitars, John Daly While her contribution is really peripheral to the main argument (classical Spanish guitar on Christmas Eve in an ancient church hardly compares with strumming out Come as you are on a normal Sunday in a post-Vatican II church) it nevertheless provides an opportunity to tie the thread back to where it started namely the recent Synod of Bishops. 76 - Mar 2006 - News: The Church Around the World The Traditional Anglican Communions worldwide Primate Archbishop John Hepworth hoped the groups College of Bishops would approve the plan at a possible Synod in Rome. 77 - Feb 2006 - The Church of England: beyond satire?, Rev Peter Mullen I was at a synod for all the London clergy in All Souls Langham Place. 78 - Feb 2006 - Liturgical Music: The spiritual impact of Msgr. Richard Schuler's priestly leadership and example, Fr John T. Zuhlsdorf Last years Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist concerned itself with the shortage of priests and what needs to be done to reverse the trend. 79 - Feb 2006 - News: The Church Around the World Female Anglican bishops and threats of schism Although several Anglican communities have expressed their rejection of the proposal a number of Anglican bishops have said they plan to go ahead with a proposal at the next General Synod to allow women to be ordained bishops. 80 - Feb 2006 - Cardinal Arinze on the Liturgy: the Mass is not entertainment, Cardinal Francis Arinze During a recent interview the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments Cardinal Francis Arinze offered an assessment of the recent Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist and of developments in liturgical practice 40 years after the Second Vatican Council. 81 - Dec 2005 - News: The Church Around the World The October meeting of the Synod of Bishops endorsed the existing Church teaching which bars Catholics from Communion if they are involved in illicit marital situations. 82 - Dec 2005 - Synod on the Eucharist sets agenda for Benedict's pontificate, Michael Gilchrist The 50 final propositions summarising the viewpoints expressed during the three weeks of discussion among the 256 synod fathers and the Pope during the Synod on the Eucharist which concluded on Sunday 23 October have been released in Italian with only extracts in English available at the time of writing. 83 - Nov 2005 - Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist: areas for remedial action identified, Peter Westmore Among the many themes expressed at the recent Synod of Bishops in Rome - which was still underway at the time of writing - was the reintroduction of Eucharistic Adoration in parishes throughout the world as an essential element in addressing the Churchs contemporary challenges. 84 - Nov 2005 - Editorial: A remarkable Catholic parish Given the concerns expressed at the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist (see report on page 9) the situation in this parish illustrates what might have been had the authentic liturgical reforms of Vatican II been more widely implemented. 85 - Oct 2005 - Juventutem: Young Latin Mass Catholics attend World Youth Day, Fr Glen Tattersall The Synod on the Eucharist is almost upon us. 86 - Oct 2005 - Benedict XVI speaks out on the crisis of faith in Australia, Michael Gilchrist At the time John Paul II endorsed the Statement during his address to the Australian bishops in Rome for the Synod of Oceania and for their ad limina visits and called on them to implement it: I earnestly recommend to your prayer and reflection to your responsibility and action the document which summarises your meetings with the various Dicasteries of the Holy See. 87 - Aug 2005 - Letters: Lay-led liturgies (letters), M.T. Kennedy Evidence suggests that this may be the thrust in the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese where priests have been directed on two occasions to attend a Synod meeting in Canberra on a Sunday while leaving their parishes to have lay-led liturgies. 88 - Aug 2005 - Anglican update: an orthodox fight-back, Fr Christopher Seton When the General Synod set up a Commission to look into the consecration of women to the episcopate it occurred to no one that natural justice might dictate that a token member of our constituency really ought to be a member. 89 - Aug 2005 - News: The Church Around the World The catechesis for children would take place during the meeting of the Synod of Bishops which will be dedicated to the discussion of the Eucharist; and shortly before the close of the Year of the Eucharist. 90 - Aug 2005 - Editorial: Liturgy: opportunity for bishops to take control, Michael Gilchrsit An opportunity for him to assert his authority in this regard will occur at the forthcoming Synod of Bishops due to meet in Rome from 2- 23 October 2005 on the theme of the Eucharist. 91 - Jul 2005 - Letters: Silent apostasy, Fr. G.H. Duggan SM The results were disappointing and in 1985 the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome by an almost unanimous vote asked for the Holy See to produce an authoritative catechism using the traditional threefold structure. 92 - Jun 2005 - Benedict XVI and liturgical reform, Dom Alcuin Reid OSB No doubt much will be discussed in October at the Synod of Bishops on the Holy Eucharist. 93 - Jun 2005 - Habemus Papam: Benedict XVI charts course as successor to John Paul II, Michael Gilchrist The Eucharist he said would be at the centre in August of World Youth Day in Cologne and in October of the ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which would take place on the theme The Eucharist Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church. 94 - Apr 2005 - 'Flying bishops' consecrated for orthodox Anglicans, Fr Nigel Zimmerman In 1992 when women priests were introduced in the Church of England an Act of Synod was passed as well as Church canons which protected orthodox Anglicans. 95 - Dec 2004 - New Evangelisation: Rebuilding a lost Faith, Fr John Walter My host then referred to the local archdiocesan synod meeting where one of the younger clergy dropped the following clanger: that when the bishop came to confirm the children he was effectively confirming them out of the Church as the majority never turned up at Sunday Mass again. 96 - Nov 2004 - Orthodoxy: Anglican Synod 2004: Are liberal Anglicanism's days numbered?, Rev Nigel Zimmerman New evangelisation Nobody at the Synod said it out loud but the target of this canon was clear. 97 - Nov 2004 - Ad limina: The Pope calls for strong leadership from New Zealand's Bishops, Michael Gilchrist His words echoed those he used when addressing Australias bishops at the time of the Synod of Oceania and the release of the Statement of Conclusions. 98 - Oct 2004 - Books: The Organic Development of the Liturgy, by Alcuin Reid OSB, Msgr Peter J. Elliott In describing organic development and deviations from it he takes us back before the Liturgical Movement to some surprising attempts at reforming Catholic worship such as the Synod of Pistoia (1786). 99 - Oct 2004 - Letters: Year of the Eucharist (letter), Fr Glen Tattersall FSSP The Holy Father has declared a Eucharistic Year commencing in October with the Eucharistic Congress in Mexico and concluding with the Synod of Bishops to be held in Rome in October 2005. 100 - Oct 2004 - Books: Be Not Afraid: Cardinal George Pell's new book to be launched in November The devotion to the Mother of God of the Catholics of the Australian colonies was reaffirmed by the First Provincial Synod of Sydney in 1844 which elected as Patroness of Australia the Blessed Virgin Mary under the Title of Help of Christians. 101 - Aug 2004 - Reflection: Why teaching in a Catholic school is far more than a profession, Fr Dennis Byrnes The document elaborates further: The Synod Fathers wish to acknowledge the work of the religious men and women who have laboured generously in the field of Catholic education. 102 - Jul 2004 - Letters: Synod (letter), Lance Eccles After reading through the points in the very fashionable agenda of the Canberra-Goulburn Synod 2004 (Weekend Masses off for Canberra Synod June AD2000) I came to the final point: the establishment of Ephesus House as the Archdiocesan House of formation for our seminarians. 103 - Jul 2004 - Pastoral Letter: The secular challenges to our faith: how to respond, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett This will also fit the context of the celebration of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress to take place in October in Guadalajara Mexico and then lead on through the preparations for the next world Synod of Bishops in Rome in October 2005. 104 - Jun 2004 - News: The Church Around the World Weekend Masses off for Canberra Synod Important Synod 2004 said to justify lay-led services on 15-16 May Attendance of the Canberra-Goulburn Archdioceses priests at Synod 2004 was so important for the good of the local Church that it justified parishes arranging the conduct of lay-led Liturgies of the Word and Communion Services for the weekend of 15-16 May Archbishop Francis Carroll said. 105 - Jun 2004 - Abortion: 'Pro-choice' issue emerges in US presidential campaign, Michael Gilchrist The next Synod of Bishops in Rome scheduled for October 2005 will focus on issues surrounding the reception of the Eucharist. 106 - May 2004 - Australian Bishops' ad limina: strong leadership needed to confront secularism This seemed in contrast to the drama at the time of the previous ad limina and the Synod of Oceania when the Statement of Conclusions was released with its call for bishops to address the crisis of faith in specific areas. 107 - Mar 2004 - Ad limina 2004: The 'Statement of Conclusions' five years on, Michael Gilchrist Five years ago the bishops ad limina visit was combined with the Synod of Oceania and special consultations also took place between a number of the bishops and heads of the leading Vatican congregations. 108 - Dec 2003 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News John Paul IIs new Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Gregis sets out the nature and functions of the episcopal office Pope John Paul II signed the Postsynodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Gregis on 16 October. 109 - Oct 2003 - Liturgical Time Bombs In Vatican II, by Michael Davies, Michael Gilchrist Thirty years later a working paper for the 1999 Synod of European Bishops in Rome commented on responses received from bishops in the pre-synodal survey: In most countries of the West liturgical celebrations are frequented almost exclusively by children and older people especially women. 110 - Aug 2003 - Documents: Ecclesia in Europa - Pope challenges Christians to re-evangelise Europe, Michael Gilchrist During Vespers on 28 June in St Peters Basilica the Holy Father signed and promulgated the Post-Synodal document Ecclesia in Europa noting that it was the result of what had emerged during the October 1999 Synod for Europe with its theme Jesus Christ Living in His Church Source of Hope for Europe. 111 - Jul 2003 - Brisbane Synod ends: Archbishop Bathersby to announce pastoral programs, AD2000 REPORT In response to these and other challenges over the past two years the Brisbane Archdiocese has been pooling recommended courses of action via a Synod. 112 - Jun 2003 - Books: Culture and the Thomist Tradition : After Vatican II, by Tracey Rowland, Fr Peter Joseph STD This second interpretation has only come to the fore in the latter half of the papacy of John Paul II following the 1985 Extraordinary Synod which sought to reflect upon interpretations of the Second Vatican Council. 113 - Jun 2003 - Letters: Brisbane Synod (letter), Alistair Barros Whatever can be said of Synod 2003 (1-4 May) at this point one thing is for certain - its been exhausting! 114 - May 2003 - Brisbane archdiocesan synod: challenges needing to be addressed, Peter Howard The theme set for the second preparatory day of the Brisbane Synod 22 March 2003 was based on three vital signs of faith - Jesus Communion and Mission. 115 - May 2003 - News: The Church Around the World He added that the Archbishop was not the only one who is open to dialogue; he is not alone: Many faithful also of the monastic world are by his side as well as many members of the Holy Synod. 116 - Apr 2003 - News: The Church Around the World Possibility of Synod on the Eucharist in 2004 John Paul II wants to purify worship of deformations At his regular weekly public audience on 26 February Pope John Paul II focused on the need for reverence and beauty in the liturgy. 117 - Mar 2003 - Letters: Last things (letter), Kevin McManus At the last Synod in Rome Archbishop Pell made a strong plea for the restoration of preaching on the Last Things. 118 - Mar 2003 - Letters: Brisbane Synod (letter), John F. Nolan Without wishing to unnecessarily prolong correspondence on a particular topic I feel additional clarification regarding the forthcoming Brisbane Archdiocesan Synod is desirable if readers are to have a proper appreciation of the matters raised in my letter in the November AD2000 and referred to by Neville Davis in February. 119 - Feb 2003 - Letters: Brisbane Synod (letter), Neville Davis Nolans letter (November AD2000) concerning the Brisbane Synod. 120 - Dec 2002 - Letters: Women's Commission (2) (letter), Dr Myles M. Kehoe It was of interest to note in at least one parish the activity of the holy nuns when the Archbishop invited submissions of subjects for discussion at a forthcoming synod. 121 - Dec 2002 - Brisbane Synod 2003: a leadership challenge, Peter D. Howard With the Brisbane Archdiocesan Synod due in May 2003 the challenge for Archbishop John Bathersby is to unite his divided local Church in total fidelity to the Magisterium. 122 - Dec 2002 - Editorial: Christmas 2002: the state of the Church, Peter Westmore McCall recently reported to his diocesan Synod The Church in this Diocese has not been insulated from the trend toward secularism. 123 - Nov 2002 - Letters: Brisbane Synod (letter), J.F. Nolan Readers of AD2000 are probably aware that a Synod of the Brisbane Archdiocese has been called by Archbishop John Bathersby to consult and dialogue with the people of the diocese on matters that he considers vital to the exercise of the Churchs mission. 124 - Sep 2002 - Is the self-destruction of Anglicanism to continue?, Nigel Zimmerman It is true that unlike many other theological liberals Archbishop Williams would not support legislation to allow for women priests in his diocese in the Church of Wales until its General Synod provided alternative episcopal oversight for orthodox parishes; that is orthodox bishops for orthodox Anglicans. 125 - Jul 2002 - Interview: George Weigel: the impact of John Paul II's pontificate, Zenit News Service It has been left to the pontificate of John Paul II to provide an authoritative interpretation of the Council which the Pope has done in his own magisterium and in those magisterial documents that reflect the deliberations of the Synod of Bishops. 126 - May 2002 - General absolutions continue in the Toowoomba Diocese, Michael Gilchrist Prior to the Synod of Oceania in December 1998 such illegitimate use of the Third Rite had been quite widespread around Australia. 127 - Apr 2002 - Documents: John Paul II on the Catholic Faith in our region, Pope John Paul II (24) I make my own the Synods insistence that greater efforts be made to awaken vocations to the priestly life. 128 - Mar 2002 - Letters: Forgotten teachings, Mrs Hiske Deschepper My response to the forgotten teachings from Archbishop Pell who spoke at the Synod of Bishops in Rome and the reaction of Father John Speekman (November AD2000) is full agreement. 129 - Mar 2002 - Former Anglican Bishop of London explains why he became a Catholic, Monsignor Graham Leonard In recent years it has depended on the General Synod. 130 - Feb 2002 - Homily: Most Rev Geoffrey Jarrett installed as new Bishop of Lismore, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett As the Holy Father exhorted the bishops to do at the closing of the recent synod: Have the courage to teach and defend the true doctrine of the Church. 131 - Dec 2001 - Letters: 'Familiaris Consortio' 20th anniversary, John Barich I feel sure your readers would not wish the year to pass without some mention of 2001 being the 20th anniversary of Familiaris Consortio - The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World - the post-synodal document of the 1980 Synod of Bishops. 132 - Dec 2001 - Tenth Synod of Bishops' statement, Michael Gilchrist Strengthen the faith of some reawaken the faith of others and preach confidently After considering nearly 300 suggested amendments the Synod of Bishops approved a seven-page final statement which was released on 26 October and reflected the major themes explored on the role of the diocesan bishop. 133 - Nov 2001 - Letters: Forgotten teachings, Fr John Speekman I read with some interest this morning a report that Archbishop Pell has spoken at the Synod of Bishops in Rome on the forgotten teachings of Hell and Purgatory. 134 - Nov 2001 - Pastoral letter: Taking up John Paul II's concerns about the Sacrament of Penance, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey In his Apostolic Exhortation following the 1984 Synod Reconciliatio et Paenitentia Pope John Paul II spoke of the Sacrament of Penance being in crisis and entering into . 135 - Nov 2001 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News Synod of Oceania final document John Paul II to promulgate his apostolic exhortation from Vatican Pope John Paul II will promulgate his apostolic exhortation on Oceania from the Vatican on 22 November rather than flying to the Pacific region according to a Catholic World News report. 136 - Nov 2001 - Tenth Synod of Bishops: Bishops called to courageous witness to the Faith, AD2000 As this report goes to press the tenth Synod of Bishops was still in progress in Rome. 137 - Nov 2001 - Editorial: Synod of Oceania document imminent - 'Ecclesia in Oceania', Peter Westmore The release in late November 2001 of the Holy Sees response to the 1998 Synod of Oceania entitled Ecclesia in Oceania (in English The Church in Oceania) will be read with great interest worldwide. 138 - Oct 2001 - Anglican General Synod 2001 - moves towards women bishops delayed, Nigel Zimmermann Those parts of the Anglican Church of Australia who struggle to remain faithful to orthodox Christianity in a Church rocked by impaired communion let out a huge sigh of relief at the 12th General Synod in Brisbane (21-27 July 2001) when moves towards women bishops were delayed until the next General Synod in three years time. 139 - Jul 2001 - Basic Ecclesial Communities, Archbishop Leonard Faulkner Quoting the Synod of Bishops Redemptoris Missio states that because the Church is communion the new basic communities if they truly live in unity with the Church are a true expression of communion and a means for the construction of a more profound communion. 140 - Jul 2001 - Archbishop Carnley: controversial Primate, Dr Ian Spry QC Regrettably however its structure - involving governance by synods which have often adopted unsound doctrine and almost invariably selected inferior bishops and archbishops - has led to its recent penetration by liberals whose vision is less religious than secular. 141 - Jun 2001 - Anglican defence of Catholic inter-Communion ban, Fr Geoffrey Kirk The Church of Englands General Synod in 1993 voted by overwhelming majorities to uphold this new sacramental principle in an Act of Synod which endorsed the existence within the Church of two integrities in the matter. 142 - May 2001 - Vatican signals continuation of reform process, AD2000 Report For it signalled in no uncertain terms the Holy Sees determination to keep the reform processes - set in motion during the Synod of Oceania at the end of 1998 - firmly on track. 143 - Apr 2001 - Letters: Inaccuracy (letter), Fr Michael Kalka PP During the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishops held on 24-27 January 2001 in Lviv Ukraine His Beatitude Lubomyr Cardinal Husar was elected as head of this Catholic Church. 144 - Mar 2001 - Reflection: Liturgy in the true spirit of Vatican II, Ralph McInerny His frank admission of outrages in the post- conciliar Church paved the way for a similar admission on the part of the Second Extraordinary Synod at the end of 1985. 145 - Mar 2001 - News: The Church Around the World Zenit News Service Church in China: Taiwans role A bridge to evangelising mainland China says Cardinal Schotte The Catholic Church in Taiwan is committing herself to be a bridge for the evangelisation of mainland China according to Cardinal Jan Pieter Schotte Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops. 146 - Mar 2001 - New cardinals to continue John Paul II's agenda, AD2000 Report The Pope could not name Archbishop Lubomyr Husar as a new cardinal because the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholics had not yet named him a bishop. 147 - Mar 2001 - Editorial: ACU theology: prompt action needed, Peter Westmore As nothing had been done up to the time of the Australian bishops ad limina visits late in 1998 coinciding with the Synod of Oceania the agreed statement of the heads of various Vatican congregations and Australian bishops representatives affirmed that this issue would be addressed. 148 - Feb 2001 - News: The Church Around the World While in Australia the Holy Father will hand deliver the final document of the Synod of Oceania held in Rome in 1998. 149 - Aug 2000 - Reflection: Re-discovering holiness will lead to more priestly vocations: Cardinal Daly, Cardinal Cahal Daly This position was reiterated by the Synod of Bishops in 1990: The Synod does not wish to leave any doubts in the mind of anyone regarding the Churchs firm will to maintain the law that demands perpetual and freely chosen celibacy for present and future candidates for priestly ordination in the Latin Rite. 150 - Aug 2000 - Church of England to consider women bishops, Zenit News Service Six years ago the Church of England made the decision to permit women priests; now the General Synod currently meeting in York is considering expanding that decision to include bishops. 151 - Jun 2000 - New Primate: Anglican divisions intensify, Rev David Robarts His views over subjects ranging from artificial birth technology and human sexuality to women bishops and other faiths have disquieted many as have his use of the Bible and his actions in ordaining women without the approval of General Synod in 1992. 152 - Jun 2000 - News: The Church Around the World The document which will cover the social doctrine of the Church was first announced by the Vietnamese Archbishop during the Synod of Bishops for Europe which took place in Rome last October. 153 - Jun 2000 - Editorial: The Church needs strong leaders, Michael Gilchrist 18): This sacred synod following in the steps of the First Vatican Council teaches and declares with it that Jesus Christ the eternal pastor set up the holy Church by entrusting the apostles with their mission as he himself had been sent by the Father (cf Jn 20:21). 154 - Dec 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News Synod of Europe concludes Popes men dominate elections for post- synodal council Hopes among media commentators and the Churchs liberals that Cardinal Carlo Martini of Milan might succeed John Paul II as Pope were dampened following the close of the Synod of Europe late in October. 155 - Dec 1999 - Stress Christianity's uniqueness says Pope, Father Bernardo Cerveller This document follows on from the Synod of Asia which was held in Rome late in 1998. 156 - Dec 1999 - Editorial: Christianity: a new millennium's challenges, Michael Gilchrist Recent Synods of bishops - of Asia Oceania and Europe - all highlight a variety of fundamental problems facing the Church around the world. 157 - Nov 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic News Service Europes spiritual crisis Pope calls Continental Episcopal Synod Newsweek magazine has recently published the results of a survey revealing the extent of the crisis of Christian faith in Europe. 158 - Oct 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News Pope to visit New Delhi in November Solemn closing of the Synod of Bishops for Asia Pope John Paul II is scheduled to visit India between 5-9 November according to Archbishop Alan Basil De Lastic of New Delhi in a letter sent to Indias 141 Bishops. 159 - Jul 1999 - Ecumenism: New ARCIC document on Papal authority, Peter Westmore In Anglicanism authority was exercised by Diocesan Synods but still bishops bear a unique responsibility of oversight. 160 - Jun 1999 - Sydney public forum on 'Statement of Conclusions' a non-event, Frank Mobbs One bishop who attended the Synod of Oceania said to me Those Australian bishops must be in cloud-cuckoo land. 161 - May 1999 - US Dominican nun brings the 'New Cosmology' to New Zealand, Bernard Moran Likewise intriguing was the sanguine attitude of the New Zealand bishops fresh from the Synod of Oceania in Rome and their ad limina visits to Pope John Paul II. 162 - Apr 1999 - What the census statistics on religious affiliations reveal, Michael Gilchrist The recent Synod of Oceania and the document Statement of Conclusions released just after it both pointed to secularism as the major challenge facing the Catholic Church in Australia. 163 - Apr 1999 - Adelaide Archdiocese on the brink over general absolutions, AD2000 Report This claim was already undercut by Archbishop Carroll of Canberra and Goulburn one of the bishops involved in the pre-Synod of Oceania meetings. 164 - Mar 1999 - News: The Church Around the World In speaking about priests the Pontiff combines the proposals of 49 of the Synod Fathers to remind them that their vocation demands they be a sign of unity. 165 - Mar 1999 - John Paul II's successful fourth visit to Mexico, AD2000 Report Reflecting these sentiments was the release during the papal visit of Ecclesia in America (The Church in America) a 140-page wide-ranging document by John Paul II containing proposals made at the end of the Synod of Bishops for America held in November and December 1997. 166 - Feb 1999 - John Paul II throws down the gauntlet to Australia's bishops, AD2000 Report The Pope met the Australian bishops at the end of their visit which also included attendance at a Synod of the Bishops of Oceania and consultations between representatives of the Australian Episcopal Conference and the heads of key Vatican congregations - including the Congregation for Bishops and for the Doctrine of the Faith - on the state of the Catholic Church in Australia. 167 - Feb 1999 - Editorial: Tackling the Church's problem areas, Michael Gilchrist Now a document titled Summary of Conclusions has emerged in the aftermath of the Synod of Oceania in Rome late last year. 168 - Sep 1998 - Pope John Paul II's new Apostolic Letter on Bishops' Conferences, Apostolos Suos, Michael Gilchrist Archbishop Francesco Monterisi secretary of the Congregation for Bishops referring to the steps taken up to the publication of this apostolic letter explained that following the 1985 extraordinary Synod Of Bishops an interdicasterial study group prepared a document of an orientation character in 1987 on the theological and juridical nature of episcopal conferences. 169 - Oct 1996 - Reflection: Mediator Dei: Recovering the 'vital impulse' of the liturgical movement, Bishop Basil Meeking (Christchurch, New Zealand) Perhaps a Synod of Bishops could be devoted to the question of the Churchs worship. 170 - Apr 1995 - Church of England General Synod member joins the Catholic Church, Fr Peter Geldard Father Peter Geldard has been a member of the Church of Englands General Synod for over 18 years representing the Diocese of Canterbury and a regular contributor to AD2000. 171 - Apr 1995 - Catholicism: 'revealed by God, not devised by man', Fr Graham Leonard (former Anglican Bishop of London) Following the decision of the General Synod to authorise the ordination of women to the priesthood the Church Society sought a Judicial Review as to whether the Synod had exceeded its powers. 172 - Mar 1994 - The new Catechism and Cardinal Newman, Archbishop Eric D'Arcy Its publication completes Stage One of the process envisaged by the 1985 Extraordinary Synod. 173 - Mar 1994 - Books: 'Commentary on the Catechism of the Catholic Church', Michael Gilchrist Such talk of critical dialogue seems presumptuous given that the Catechism of the Catholic Church was Requested by the 1985 World Synod of Bishops; Commissioned by the Pope; Overseen at every stage by a special Commission of twelve cardinals and bishops headed by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Carried through ten separate drafts by a drafting Committee composed primarily of seven diocesan bishops who enjoy expert theological advice and assistance at every stage; Submitted for review to all the Catholic bishops of the world to all the bishops conferences and to major Catholic universities with the result that nearly 25000 separate proposed amendments (modi) were sent back and carefully considered (and many incorporated) by the drafting committee; The final draft was personally reviewed by the Pope who called for certain modifications; Then promulgated to the world. 174 - Feb 1994 - Can liturgical 'reform' be reformed?, Simon Matthews The detailed and often astounding workings of this machinery make fascinating reading: the novelty of having extra Eucharistic Prayers was the bright idea of one consultant (and certainly nothing to do with Vatican II); it was felt necessary to give the Councils recommendation for a limited use of the vernacular a broad interpretation; the Consilium paid scant regard to the overwhelming rejection by the 1967 Synod of Bishops of the proposed new order of Mass etc. 175 - Jul 1993 - Why 'inclusive' language adds up to bad English, David Frost At its next meeting in 1995 the Anglican Churchs General Synod will discuss whether to replace its existing prayer book with a new nonsexist version. 176 - May 1993 - 'The Catechism of the Catholic Church': Confronting the post-Christian world, B.A. Santamaria It arose as a result of the request of the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops which met in 1985 carried by a majority of 146 to 6 with 2 abstentions. 177 - Aug 1992 - Surveys highlight decline of mainline Christianity, Michael Gilchrist The Anglican Church faces the same problems of a decline in belief and practice as Catholicism as a recent piece of research the 1992 publication of the Anglican General Synod Office: Report to the Bishops Conference by Margaret Rodgers confirms. 178 - May 1992 - Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy: has ecumenism lost its way?, Fr Peter Knowles OP Last year Patriarch Alexei II himself not long elected as Patriarch of Moscow refused to send a representative of his Patriarchate to the Synod of Europe held in Rome and while Bartholomew I of Constantinople did send Metropolitan Spyridon that representative startled the Synod and caused no little embarrassment by speaking bitterly of Roman intransigence and inveighing against the phenomenon of Uniatism - a derisive word used to describe oriental rite Catholics who themselves reject the term. 179 - Oct 1991 - The priesthood: one layman's view, B.A. Santamaria Visible demoralisation Some years ago the Pontifical Commission for the Laity selected a group of priests and laymen who met in Rome to discuss the Document on the Laity which was to be considered by the International Synod of Bishops in 1987. 180 - Nov 1990 - Can Australia's seminaries turn the tide?, Michael Gilchrist The eighth general ordinary assembly of the Synod of Bishops was held in Rome from September 30 to October 28 1990 with the theme of the formation of priests in contemporary circumstances. 181 - Apr 1990 - Architects of failure on the offensive: US theologians 'pan' new Catechism, Michael Gilchrist It was for this reason that the 1985 Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome recommended the production of a universal Catechism. 182 - Mar 1990 - New Zealand: tensions between Rome and the Bishops, John Kennedy OBE This is clearly going to be necessary in the wake of the synods which have been held. 183 - Feb 1990 - 'Holland of the Pacific'?: Catholicism in New Zealand, John Kennedy OBE For all the synods that have been held the contact between the bishops and the real thinking of the mass of their laity is tenuous. 184 - Nov 1989 - Teaching Christian doctrine in Catholic primary schools, Gerard Gaskin This work was the outcome of the Fourth General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops convened by Pope Paul VI in October 1977. 185 - Oct 1989 - Catholicism at the crossroads, Michael Gilchrist This is the message which emerges inevitably from much of the material prepared for diocesan assemblies and synods held recently in a number of Australian dioceses. 186 - Sep 1989 - Three problems for Catholic schools, Michael Gilchrist The Final Report of the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in Rome held in 1985 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the conclusion of Vatican II treated the crisis in catechesis the transmission of the faith in Catholic schools in particular as worldwide: Everywhere on earth today the transmission to the young of the faith and the moral values deriving from the Gospel is endangered . 187 - May 1989 - Catholic educational bureaucracies - what now?, B.A. Santamaria The Final Report of the Extraordinary Synod (1985) stated: Everywhere on earth today the transmission to the young of the faith and the moral values deriving from the Gospel is endangered . 188 - Feb 1989 - Editorial: Who are the educational 'experts'?, B.A. Santamaria The 1985 Extraordinary Synod requested the production of a Universal Catechism or Compendium of Church doctrines both in Faith and Morals. 189 - Sep 1988 - 'Putting the essence of the Faith in doubt' (Jean Guitton), B.A. Santamaria In his address he drew attention to the deep concern expressed by the worlds bishops at the 1983 Synod that the Sacrament of Confession was being undermined (The Advocate 23. 190 - Jul 1988 - Home education: a viable alternative, Robert Denahy It is this proposition which comes into increasing doubt from the publication of Catechesi Tradendae down to the decision of the International Synod to produce a new general Catechism. 191 - Jul 1988 - Growth of a 'new church': the Dutch experiment, Michael Gilchrist The seven Dutch Bishops were called to Rome for an exceptional Synod presided over by the Pope in order to be reminded of their pastoral obligations in a run-away Church. 192 - Jul 1988 - 'Humanae Vitae' twenty years after, B.A. Santamaria Last year the Church of England in Britain was disturbed by widespread and persistent discussion which came to a head at the General Synod of the phenomenon of homosexuality among a significant proportion of its own clergy; and the consequent controversy as to whether to be a practising homosexual was inconsistent with the active ministry. 193 - May 1988 - Cardinal Ratzinger: defender of the Faith, Andrew Greenwich This came to a head at the Extraordinary Synod of 1985 which approved the production of a universal Catechism.
