Synod final document contains many reasons for hope.
"In the end, this church will open to women’s full and equal participation. We are all doing our part to make that a reality."
"I love this church everyday, but some days I am in love…"
Deb Rose-Milavec recounts her one-on-one conversation with Bishop Everard Johannes de Jong of the Netherlands and lifts up a few hopeful voices
Cardinal Blase Cupich and others respond to questions regarding clergy sex abuse, LGBT Catholics
Auditors Yadira Vieyara and Sebastian Duhau cut through with messages of listening, love, and accompaniment
The whole Church should say, 'Amen!'
His radiant love filled the room — a love that can only come from knowing and deeply trusting God and the God within each person he meets.
We are the People of God and we aren’t finished yet.
Deborah Rose-Milavec reflects on the canonization of three new saints
When asked about women at the Synod, one panelist's "joke" sucks the air out of the room
Slowly filling in the "who's who" of the Synod
Deb Rose-Milavec continues to question Synod participants about women in the Church
Journalists eager to take advantage of the presence of Archbishop Scicluna, peppered him with so many questions about clergy sex abuse that Vatican conductor Greg Burke smilingly called for a new topic.
I left Caravita a little lighter and with a renewed sense that the Church can be a place of healing and wholeness
It is clear that if they seek a more vibrant church, they have no other real choices.
Even if the optics at the press briefings are superimposed to make the synod look more legitimate, what matters is who decides and what is decided.
Women must claim their full and equal place in this Church
Catholic Women Speak Network launches Visions and Vocations ahead of Synod.
FutureChurch brings its unique perspective to reporting on the Synod
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