When we listen to God, we grow in wisdom and purpose. By making listening a guiding principle, the Church becomes a place where people feel heard, valued and led by the Spirit.
All Things New Planning Update: Listening as a way of being Church
Our Faith Explained: What does the Church teach about listening?
For the Church, the concept of listening captures the foundation for our inner response of faith to God, as well as the outward movement to others by way of a godly life.
On canon law with Father Crane: Listening is one thing; agreeing, following, obeying are other things
In accord with law, Church authorities do listen, but only agree with, follow and obey what is true and right.
5 U.S. priests tapped to share pastoral insights for the Synod on Synodality
Five U.S. priests will travel to Rome in April to share their experiences of parish life with the ongoing Synod of Bishops on synodality. The group — selected by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as part of a 300-member worldwide delegation — also will speak with Pope Francis.
Greg Erlandson: Catholics weigh in with their concerns
According to the recently released “national synthesis,” which brought together feedback from 178 dioceses and 112 organizations for a total of 22,000 individual reports, Catholics were motivated to sound off: the good, the bad, the concerning.