Hollerich: "The Synod has not raised the issue of women's ordination, because not everyone has raised it"
Among the testimonies at the press conference for the presentation of the Instrumentum laboris of the second session of the Synod on synodality, there could not be missing that of the Jesuit Cardinal …More
Among the testimonies at the press conference for the presentation of the Instrumentum laboris of the second session of the Synod on synodality, there could not be missing that of the Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, rapporteur general of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
We asked the Luxembourg cardinal to elaborate on some of the document's themes, from ecclesiology to the co-responsibility of lay people, including the Church's evangelising mission and the common path, based on baptism, with other Churches and Christian communities.
Your Eminence, where do we start? How has the Instrumentum laboris, which has been presented today, been constructed in comparison with previous documents, such as the Synthesis Report and the Instrumentum laboris of the first session?
The working instrument is not made from scratch. We have the Synthesis Report of the first session, then we have again the reactions of all the Churches. It is a theological reflection on what …More
We asked the Luxembourg cardinal to elaborate on some of the document's themes, from ecclesiology to the co-responsibility of lay people, including the Church's evangelising mission and the common path, based on baptism, with other Churches and Christian communities.
Your Eminence, where do we start? How has the Instrumentum laboris, which has been presented today, been constructed in comparison with previous documents, such as the Synthesis Report and the Instrumentum laboris of the first session?
The working instrument is not made from scratch. We have the Synthesis Report of the first session, then we have again the reactions of all the Churches. It is a theological reflection on what …More
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...whether this ordained ministry can be open to women. But this is part of a process and we must not think that all the processes have ended with this session of the Synod. The Church will advance in a synodal manner, the People of God will go through history in a synodal manner. And there will be questions to be answered.
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