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Repentance and the Synod
Has the Church, in its 'welcome wagon' approach, lost a sense of sin?
By John M. Grondelski | September 7th 2023 12:35 PMI’ve been writing a lot about the upcoming Synod on Synodality and the obsession of some prelates with the Church’s “welcoming” attitude. The gist of my argument is that these folks are pushing a notion of “welcome” that is alien to Scripture and the Church’s Tradition, though it may resonate…
READ FULL BLOG POSTA New Kind of Synod?
Manipulating the membership roster sets the agenda and determines the recommendations
By John M. Grondelski | May 2nd 2023 11:58 AMIn announcing that non-bishops would be able to vote in this fall’s Synod on Synodality, Rome tried simultaneously to hype and downplay the news. Channeling its inner Leslie Neilsen, the synodal website blandly headlined the change as “Some News for the October 2023 Assembly.” General Relator Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich gave…
READ FULL BLOG POSTHow the Church Used to Welcome People
The early Church confidently proclaimed its teaching and offered it to inquirers to take or leave
By John M. Grondelski | April 19th 2023 12:18 PMThe Octave Day of Easter—the Sunday following Easter—has gone by several names, including Divine Mercy Sunday and the Second Sunday of Easter. One of its oldest names is Dominica in albis, “Sunday in white,” because this was the day that those newly baptized at the Easter Vigil historically took off…
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