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The Church That Has to Come

Dispatches from the Synod on Young People

By Griffin Oleynick

October 16, 2018

Vatican II

Pope Francis

Bishops

Secularism and Modernity

Laity

Article

A Listening Church

Despite the lack of attention from many Catholics, the stakes at the synod on young people really couldn’t be higher

October 1, 2018

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

October 6, 2018

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

October 18, 2018

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

November 15, 2018