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The Church That Has to Come

Dispatches from the Synod on Young People
Griffin Oleynick
October 16, 2018
Vatican II
Pope Francis
Bishops
Secularism and Modernity
Laity

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A Listening Church

Despite the lack of attention from many Catholics, the stakes at the synod on young people really couldn’t be higher
By Griffin Oleynick
October 1, 2018
Pope Francis
Sexual-abuse Crisis
Laity
Article

Greater Than The Sum of Its Parts

Walks through Rome on the eve of the Synod reveal that the church’s unruly irregularity is not a liability, but instead its greatest, most precious asset
By Griffin Oleynick
October 6, 2018
Bishops
Pope Francis
Laity
Secularism and Modernity
Article

Servant Leadership

Even as more distressing news about the church emerges, the Synod on Young People continues its work in an atmosphere of joy
By Griffin Oleynick
October 12, 2018
Bishops
Secularism and Modernity
U.S. Catholicism
Article

A Visit to a Roman ‘Field Hospital’

Synod delegates have become increasingly outspoken about young people on the margins, calling particular attention to the suffering of migrants and refugees
By Griffin Oleynick
October 18, 2018
Pope Francis
Foreign Affairs
Immigration
Social Justice
Article

Can the Word Become a Hashtag?

As the Synod concludes, how can the church be sure that its message is heard online?
By Griffin Oleynick
October 27, 2018
Media
Secularism and Modernity
Bishops
Sexual-abuse Crisis
Article

‘Go and Do Likewise’

The U.S. church may be a long way from practicing synodality, but the Synod on Young People has something to teach us, if only we're willing to listen
By Griffin Oleynick
November 15, 2018
Bishops
Laity
U.S. Catholicism

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