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Letters from the Synod - Special Edition II

In this second special edition of LETTERS FROM THE SYNOD…
  • George Cardinal Pell and Michael A. Casey consider the principle of subsidiarity in light of a crucial point of conversation and debate over the next two weeks is coming into clearer focus: Should the Synod affirm the proposition that national or regional conferences of bishops have the authority to make pastoral provisions for local churches that differ dramatically from the pastoral practices previously in force throughout the universal Church?
  • Saint Vincent of Lerins on the “development of religion in the Church of Christ.”

Special Edition II | Xavier Rynne II, ed. | First Things

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