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November 17, 2023
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After the Synod in Rome, What’s Next for Catholics?
Hopes and fears over the direction of the church
Stephen P. White
National Review

After three years of preparation, the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops met in the Vatican in October. Around 400 Catholic bishops, priests, laymen and laywomen, and vowed religious from around the world joined Pope Francis for three weeks of prayer, dialogue, and listening. Most know this gathering simply as the “Synod on Synodality.”

Now, if you are somewhat unclear about what the words “synod,” “synodal,” and “synodality” mean, you are not alone. As the synod itself observed in a concluding report published at the end of October, “‘synodality’ is a term unfamiliar to many members of the People of God, causing some people confusion and concern.” Indeed.
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And for The Catholic Thing, Steve shares three takeaways ([link removed]) from the American Bishops' yearly meeting in Baltimore.
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Steve joined the Lamplighters podcast to discuss a recent report ([link removed]) examining generational differences among the men who are ordained to the priesthood ([link removed]) .
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EPPC’s President Ryan T. Anderson joined a coalition led by Advancing American Freedom requesting that the Biden Administration present its plan to counter the rise of anti-Semitism across the U.S. Read the coalition’s letter here ([link removed]) .
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For The New Criterion, James Bowman writes about the Left's anti-Semitism problem ([link removed]) .
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In his column this week, George Weigel writes on the call from bishops around the world ([link removed]) for the release of Jimmy Lai.
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Critics of Trump should oppose progressives' nihilism as well ([link removed]) , writes Carl R. Trueman for WORLD Opinions.
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In this episode ([link removed]) of Searching for Medicine’s Soul, Dr. Aaron Rothstein is joined by the psychiatrist and novelist Samuel Shem to discuss Shem’s latest novel, Our Hospital, a reflection on medicine during COVID.


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George Weigel joined the Q&A podcast with Jay Nordlinger to discuss Ukraine, Israel, and the state of American politics ([link removed]) .
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Brad Littlejohn went on The World and Everything in It to discuss how institution-building is key to pushing back evil in today’s culture battles ([link removed]) .
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** Recentering Our Universities
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Yesterday, Stanley Kurtz and his co-authors introduced the General Education Act, groundbreaking model legislation that addresses decades of failure at American public universities while respecting academic freedom, in a webinar hosted by the National Association of Scholars.
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