In new interview, Pope explains synodality, condemns media disinformation [CC]
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edwest2
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Pope Francis is right. The media has become less trustworthy. I certainly trust it less. I hope others spend the time to research news that matters to us as people, and to promote the truth wherever we can.
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Peter_J
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Johann_du_Toit
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With due respect to the Holy Father, this Synodal Church he proposes will lead to a lot of confusion and divisions regarding interpretation of doctrine (Amoris Laetitia being one example) and the Pope would have to step in to sort out any ambiguities anyway to prevent a Schism.
He is right on the media being untrustworthy and guilty of misinformation though.
He is right on the media being untrustworthy and guilty of misinformation though.
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J_Peterson
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The best way to avoid schism is to stick with the Pope. Even if I disagree with him, I’m staying with the Church. Mainly because there’s not really any other option (I feel the Orthodox are more tied to specific cultures than the Catholic Church). There’s nothing more prideful than a schismatic.
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gilliam
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Everything in “Amoris Laetitia,” Pope Francis’ exhortation on the family, sprang from consultations with Catholics around the world and was thoroughly discussed by the bishops at the 2014 and 2015 synods on the family, Pope Francis said.
“Either you have a pyramidal church where everything Peter says is done or you have a synodal church where Peter is Peter, but he accompanies the church, lets it grow, listens. What is more, he learns from this reality and sees how to harmonize it,” the pope told the Belgian Catholic weekly newspaper Tertio.
Pope Francis said the “richest experience” of the church operating in a way that is not strictly “top down” came from the two meetings of the Synod of Bishops on the family. In preparation for the meetings, every bishop in the world, every diocese and Catholic organizations were asked for their (name removed by moderator)ut.
The process highlighted the richness of the variety found in the church and was a sign of its “unity in diversity,” the pope said. “This is synodality. It’s not descending from on high to the base, but listening to the churches, discerning.”
americamagazine.org/issue/pope-francis-listening-and-discernment-led-amoris-laetitia
“Either you have a pyramidal church where everything Peter says is done or you have a synodal church where Peter is Peter, but he accompanies the church, lets it grow, listens. What is more, he learns from this reality and sees how to harmonize it,” the pope told the Belgian Catholic weekly newspaper Tertio.
Pope Francis said the “richest experience” of the church operating in a way that is not strictly “top down” came from the two meetings of the Synod of Bishops on the family. In preparation for the meetings, every bishop in the world, every diocese and Catholic organizations were asked for their (name removed by moderator)ut.
The process highlighted the richness of the variety found in the church and was a sign of its “unity in diversity,” the pope said. “This is synodality. It’s not descending from on high to the base, but listening to the churches, discerning.”
americamagazine.org/issue/pope-francis-listening-and-discernment-led-amoris-laetitia
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The problems with the synod process is the media. The media less and less reports “what is important”. Instead, whatever the media chooses to report on **becomes **“important” to most people. If the media wants to emphasize “X” this year, they will find Catholics who feel urgently about X, and those views will get presented as “the voice of the pews”, needing a “pastoral” response. If the media wants to stifle anything about “Y”, they will ignore Catholics who speak up about Y, and label any bishops who mention Y as “rigid”, and unresponsive to “the pews”.
This secular media process tends to filter which issues come up for synod, tends to bias the news coverage prior to the synod, and interpretation of its results. Some synods called by St. JP II were ignored and now mostly forgotten. Other synods are treated differently. What really influences people is not what happens at the synod, but how the media spins it.
The pope rightly condemns extreme abuses by the media, but there are also problems in 2016 with the normal uses of the media, given their increased secular bias.
This secular media process tends to filter which issues come up for synod, tends to bias the news coverage prior to the synod, and interpretation of its results. Some synods called by St. JP II were ignored and now mostly forgotten. Other synods are treated differently. What really influences people is not what happens at the synod, but how the media spins it.
The pope rightly condemns extreme abuses by the media, but there are also problems in 2016 with the normal uses of the media, given their increased secular bias.
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JimG
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Not complaining here, but I don’t recall being asked for (name removed by moderator)ut into either of the synods, nor do I know of any parishioners who were. Perhaps the (name removed by moderator)ut was sort of self-selecting.
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tseleehw
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I recall before the first synod dioceses were supposed to survey their territory about family issues leading up to the synod. Some bishops restricted the survey to clergy, but I know for a fact some were given to all parishoners in the diocese. It varied from area to area, so you may not have had any direct (name removed by moderator)ut, while others did. I’m a bit hazy on the details, but something like this was done a couple of years ago.
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