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Synod on the Family
by Deb Rose-Milavec
The Holy See Press office released the Circuli Minores membership list on paper just before I left for Greece on October 9th, but it did not seem to be published online. So below is the list are all the participants in the English speaking and German speaking groups. The French, Italian and Spanish groups will be listed in the next post.
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English Group "A" Cardinal George Pell - Moderator Experts Fr. Philippe Bordeyne Auditors Ishwarlal Bajaj Fraternal Delegates Eminence Hilarion |
English Group "B" Cardinal Vincent Nichols - Moderator Experts Dr. John Kleinsman Auditors Brenda Kim Nayoung Fraternal Delegates Eminence Anba Bishoy
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English Group "C" Archbishop Eamon Martin - Moderator Experts Prof. Pia Matthews Auditors Jacob Mundaplakal Abraham Fraternal Delegates Rev. Tim Macquiban |
English Group "D" Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins - Moderator Experts Fr. peter Paul Saldanha Auditors Ketty Abaroa De Reende Fraternal Delegates Fr. Robert K Welsh |
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German Group Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, OP - Moderator Experts Rev. Michael Sievernich, SI Auditors Prof. Aloys Johan Buch Fraternal Delegates Eminence Andrej |
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“Follow Pope Francis’ way of dialogue and reform!”
To date more than 50 international Catholic organisations have signed an ‘Appeal to the Synodal Bishops’ due to meet in Rome in October 2015 to address major issues related to Catholic family life.
In a spirit of dialogue as urged by Pope Francis and motivated by the Spirit of God all of these organisations are calling on the bishops to listen attentively to what they are saying so as to make our Church a more compassionate family.
The outcomes from this Synod will have a critical bearing of the relevance of Catholicism to the needs of our time.
The Appeal outlines the fundamental problems experienced by Catholic families throughout the world:
The social and economic problems of the family should be widely discussed by the Synod, particularly those affecting the most vulnerable, children and women.
Regarding the divorced and remarried and their admission to the Eucharist, the practice of the early Church should be adopted, as it is done in the Orthodox Church.
Concerning the Motu Proprio (Apostolic letter) of Pope Francis on the canonical process of nullity of marriage we agree with and welcome the simplification of the procedure, but question the concept of annulment as such.
“Follow Pope Francis’ way of dialogue and reform!”
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All matters concerning the family and sexual ethics have been an important part of the reflections of our organizations and movements for many years. We were inspired by the renewal brought into the Church by the Second Vatican Council, which we believe has now been taken up very clearly by Pope Francis.
Over the years we have been deeply concerned about the constantly growing gap between the convictions and conscience of a vast majority of the People of God and the doctrinal teaching and pastoral practice of the Magisterium of the Church.
The two synods called by Pope Francis give hope that the time has come for a new fidelity to the Gospel, so that doctrinal teachings are no longer an obstacle to the faithful who want to practice the Christian virtues in family life.
We participated in the dialogue promoted by the two questionnaires of the Office of the Synod in many ways. As a result, in what follows we present our thoughts and proposals to you as the participants in the Synod on the main issues that we believe should be addressed.