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Robert Emmet Barron (born November 19, 1959) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester since 2022. [11] He is the founder of the Catholic ministerial organization Word on Fire, and was the host of Catholicism, a documentary TV series about Catholicism that aired on PBS.
Official logo of the synod, English-speaking version . The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, commonly referred to as the Synod on Synodality, [1] was a Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church which concluded 27 October 2024 [2] [3] and has as its theme "For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission". [4]
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St. John’s account of Christmas is austere in the extreme. It comes down to one line: "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." Not one mention of creche, Mary and Joseph, shepherds, or ...
Word on Fire is a Catholic media organization founded by Bishop Robert Barron that uses digital and traditional media to introduce Catholicism to the broader world. [1] It rose to prominence through Barron's work as a priest engaging with new media, and has been noted as an effective model for sharing information about Catholicism to the public.
A meeting of a whole synod of bishops is called when a decision is required on a question that only the synod of bishops is authorized to decide, or when the patriarch or major archbishop, with the agreement of the standing synod, judges it to be necessary, or when at least one third of the bishops request that it be held to consider some ...
A preparatory session of the synod was held in 2014 to set the stage for the larger 2015 assembly. Called by Pope Francis, it was meant to "continue the reflection and journey of the whole Church, with the participation of leaders of the Episcopate from every corner of the world," [5] and to be the first of "two stages, forming a single organic unity" with the 2015 assembly.
The Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region, commonly referred to as the Amazon synod, met in Rome from 6 to 27 October 2019. Pope Francis announced on 15 October 2017 that a special assembly of the Synod of Bishops would work "to identify new paths for the evangelization of God's people in that region", specifically the indigenous peoples who are "often forgotten and without the prospect ...