Jeanie Hannaman

By Bishop James D. Conley, National Catholic Register - If there was ever a modern leader in the Church who encouraged all the faithful to be led by the Holy Spirit, it was Archbishop Chaput. As I heard him say many times, “My job is to get out of the way of the Holy Spirit.” And so he did, big time. He welcomed priests, religious and the laity to try new things, thinking outside the box, with the expectation that the Holy Spirit desires to bring new life to the Church and to make all things new through the creative work of all the faithful, lay and clerical alike. ...

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - It defies the imagination how dense so many Church leaders can be about what constitutes authentic Catholic renewal. People always seem to want to tinker with structures, rules, sacraments, liturgy or patterns of consultation when the fundamental call to renewal has always been exactly the same as when Our Lord proclaimed it at the beginning of his public ministry: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe the gospel” (Mk 1:15).

By Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent, LifeSiteNews - Pope Francis and leading cardinals of the Roman Curia have led a penitential ceremony on the eve of the Synod, asking forgiveness for failings towards creation, towards women, in the area of abuse, for using doctrine as “stones,” for “adorning the altar” instead of feeding the poor and for not being synodal enough... Pope Francis led the assembled participants of the Synod on Synodality in a mass confession-style event. The para-liturgy – situated midway down the central nave of the basilica rather than around the altar – comprised a series of testimonies and confessions. ....