Posted on 07/01/2021 9:53:35 PM PDT by ebb tide
From May 24 to 27, 2021, the Italian Episcopal Conference held their 74th General Assembly. Pope Francis opened it with a prayer and a dialogue with the bishops present.
The work of the Assembly, under the guidance of Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, focused on the theme: "Proclaiming the Gospel in a time of rebirth.
Starting a synodal journey." In his introduction Cardinal Bassetti defined this journey as "a necessary process that will allow our Churches in Italy to continue to adopt a better style of presence in history that is credible and reliable."
The pontiff urged the bishops to take up the challenge proposed at the Florence Ecclesial Convention, and to improve a path that starts from below and puts the people of God at the center.
He has always complained of a certain "amnesia" regarding the directions he gave during his speech to the bishops in the Tuscan capital on November 10, 2015.
Clearly, the overlap between the calling of the Synod of the Universal Church – about which we will speak later – and the start of the synodal path of the Italian Church will be a unique opportunity to harmonize these paths.
The General Assembly then voted on the following motion: "The Italian bishops should initiate, with this Assembly,...
(Excerpt) Read more at international.la-croix.com ...
Catholics, including popes, used start from above and put God at the center, not from below to put the people at the center. Bergoglio is big on humanism.
Do we not feel the need for a kick from the Spirit today, if only to wake us up from our torpor? asks Father Antonio Spadaro, SJ, Editor-in-Chief, La Civiltà Cattolica
What evil spirit are these Jesuits, (Spadaro, Bergoglio, James Martin, etc.) getting their "kicks" from? It's certainly not the Holy Ghost.
Ping
Dozens of FReepers rushing to google "synodal / definition of" and then saying, "Aw, f*ck it!"
I, personally, feel that it needs to "find itself" in a sidereal state.
Regards,
What is needed is personal decision to follow God
One is reminded of Elijah, who prayed in a cave about the non believers and heard God in a small voice tell him to go out and preach...
And God reminded him that there was a remnant of 7000 who had never bowed to idols.
Yes, we do need a kick from the spirit, kicking Bergoglio right out off the throne of the petrine ministry.
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