When bishops hesitate: the English Church and the synod journey
Participants at Ignite the Way in Salamanca, a 10-day meeting on implementing synodality
Curia Generalizia della Compagnia di Gesù
Catholic feature in The Tablet: Church at a crossroads
The purpose of the Salamanca gathering of more than 100 experts and practitioners from across the Church was to share and learn from the experience and expertise of those already doing this, many of them in dioceses across the world. Joining them for two days, while dwelling on the responses of the English and Welsh bishops, I was especially interested in how they dealt with resistance. For, as everyone agreed, synodality can initially threaten bishops and clergy, some of whom fear a loss of power.
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