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Synodality and the Messy Separation of the North American Bishops from the Catholic Church“A word that frequently surfaced during the team’s discernment at the retreat was ‘messiness.’ Synodality is not always easy to comprehend; it can also be seen to be a complicated process.” (Final North American Synodal Document)On April 12, 2023, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops jointly issued their Synodal Document: On North American Final Document for the Continental Stage of the 2021-2024 Synod: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission. Like the other Synodal documents we have seen, the North...

[Catholic Caucus] Our Lord is Truly Risen, But His Church Remains Fettered by Vatican II“And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.” (1 Corinthians 15:14) In his commentary on St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, Cornelius a Lapide elaborated on the logic of St. Paul’s words about the necessary link between the Resurrection and our Faith:“It rightly follows that, if Christ has not risen, we are still in our sins; for . . . if Christ has not risen, therefore faith in risen Christ, which is the basis for...