Synod Study Group Proposes Commission to Assess ‘ad Limina’ Visits
The report calls for smaller bishop groups, longer visits and online follow-up meetings, and says reforms may not be feasible because the Roman Curia is stretched.
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Synod study group proposes commission to assess ‘ad limina’ visits
The Catholic Church needs an “independent ecclesiastical commission” to evaluate bishops’ ad limina visits.English and Welsh bishops pictured during their 2010 ad limina visit. Credit: Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk.That is one of the conclusions of a nine-page document released Sept. 8 by the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod on the visits that regional groupings of bishops are required to make to Rome roughly every five years.ShareThe te…
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catholicsabah.comSynod: Reports published on relations between bishops, consecrated life, and ad limina visits
The General Secretariat of the Synod on Tuesday released the Final Report of Study Group No. 6 on the review, from a synodal and missionary perspective, of the documents on relations between bishops, consecrated life, and ecclesial associations. It also released the second part – concerning ad limina visits – of the Final Report of Study Group No. 7 on certain aspects of the figure and ministry of the bishop from a synodal and missionary perspec…
The General Secretariat of the Synod has published the final reports on the relations between bishops, consecrated life and ecclesial groups, as well as on the reform of ad limina visits, that is, the official journey that the bishops make to Rome every five years to meet with the Pope and present a report on the state of their dioceses. These new documents reflect a set of proposals aimed at fostering a more participative and missionary Church.…
Shared criteria for discerning new institutions, a delegate for consecrated life in every diocese, and contracts or memorandum of understanding covering formation, gender equality, remuneration and the administration of assets. And an ad limina Visit prepared with the enter local Church, experienced as an “exchange of gifts” in a dialogue that is not “one-directional”, and subject to independent evaluation. The post Vatican Unveils New “Synodal …
The news The Synod proposes binding agreements between bishops and congregations was first published in Last Minute Religious News New Life The relationship between dioceses and religious congregations could no longer depend on informal agreements or the goodwill of their leaders. The Synod proposes that bishops and religious institutes sign “compulsory agreements” that regulate in writing such sensitive issues as pastoral mission, formation, r…
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