Little did Karol Wojtyla know on that moonlit night what lay ahead of him: the encyclicals, the meetings with statesmen and governmental leaders, the political and religious controversies.

If you want to know what it’s like to be a player at the Synod of Bishops and in the extracurricular socializing where much of the work is done, you have to read the blog of Australian Archbishop Mark Coleridge.

Synods are not anything new in the church. But is Francis changing how they work?

How the digital economy is making us commoners again

Pope Francis rsquo Address at Commemorative Ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the Synod of Bishops October 17 2015 Working translation prepared by Fr Thomas Rosica CSB English language media attach Holy See Press Office Your Beatitudes Eminences Excellencies Brothers and Sisters As t

Annabelle Moseley has authored nine books including several poetry chapbooks two full-length poetry collections and a young adult fantasy novel Her most recent book is a double volume of poetry A Ship to Hold the World and The Marionette rsquo s Ascent nbsp Wiseblood Books 2014 Among other d