[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: YOUR VOICE TO THE VATICAN!

Thu Mar 17 06:59:20 PDT 2022

Thank you, Catherine, great stuff!

Greg

On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 9:49 AM Catherine Walther <
catherine.walther at gmail.com> wrote:

> You may want to take this short survey if you are interested in making
> changes in the Catholic Church.
> ☘️Blessings, Catherine
>
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> From: Root & Branch Synod <events at rootandbranchsynod.org>
> Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 3:59 AM
> Subject: YOUR VOICE TO THE VATICAN!
> To: Catherine Walther <catherine.walther at gmail.com>
>
>
> Please Respond
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> *RESPOND!*
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> HAS THE GLOBAL SYNOD PASSED YOU BY?
> You're not alone. Perhaps you've just thought of lots more that
> needs saying. Or perhaps you wonder if our true voices are just going to
> be edited out anyway?
>
> So here now are *four swift things *that we can all do to
> *MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD!*
>
> All these collated answers will go direct to the Vatican, and aren't
> subject to the March cut-off date. So please - get answering now, and
> *pass this on.*
>
>
> *1. SURVEY *
>
> *Agenda Development for Synodality*
>
>
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> This survey takes about 8 minutes. It's been devised by Dr John O'Loughlin
> Kennedy, economist, social entrepreneur, and author of *The Curia is the
> Pope - and Why it Cannot Listen.*
>
> "The Curia is the effective government of the Church. It approved the working
> document
>
> and this set the boundaries for what could go on to the agenda.
>
> Pope Francis' call for a Church that is synodal at every level should mean
> that discussion can no longer be suppressed on issues that are
> embarrassing, or inconvenient to the authorities or on regulations that
> obstruct the mission of the Church as defined by Jesus.
>
> Regrettably, the same (Curial) structure is being used in preparation for
> the October 2023 Synod of Bishops and the Curia will exercise the same
> tight control, or probably even greater than usual.
> Please read this survey. It offers you a practical way to support Pope
> Francis and help the Church at a difficult time. It does not attempt to
> pre-empt decisions but to make sure the issues are adequately discussed. It
> takes about 8 minutes to complete, submit, and forward to others. We will
> publish interim results during March or when we have a meaningful sample,
> and will keep the link open as long as people keep participating.
>
> I am asking everyone who reads it to* pass it on to their friends
> or organisations of Catholics, ex-Catholics and other Christians".*
>
> Dr John O'Loughlin Kennedy
>
>
>
> Access the Agenda Development for Synodality survey here:
> AGENDA SYNODALITY
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>
>
> *2.  SIGN UP!*
>
>
> *Petition to Pope Francis: 10 Commandments for Church Reform*
>
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> Please head over to the Wijngaards Institute, and read the *Ten
> Commandments  for Church Reform*. Short, succinct and powerful.
>
> Wijngaards is the leading international body for Catholic Church Reform -
> if you've never explored their enormous range of research, you must.
>
> Wijngaards laments the Church’s *repression of a healthy appreciation of
> sex*. It makes a strong appeal for the Church “to abandon the misguided
> repression of human sexuality advocated by St. Augustine in the fifth
> century.”
>
> Another major issue is the fact that *church leaders still treat the
> laity as children**. *But in today’s world, people have become
> autonomous. They are used to thinking for themselves” “It is easy to be
> authoritarian, to tend a herd of submissive and passive sheep. It is far
> more demanding to guide people towards true spiritual self-reliance and
> allow them full co-responsibility in the way parishes and dioceses are run.”
>
> Then there is the *the attempt to stifle all critical voices*. Only
> arch-conservative yes-men are chosen to be bishops. Theologians who express
> doubts about the official line proclaimed by the Vatican are threatened
> with dismissal from their teaching posts at Catholic seminaries and
> colleges. Disagreement with the ‘teaching authority’ is labelled as dissent
> or even heresy.
> Click on the button below to read the *Ten Commandments for Reform, *to
> explore the Wijngaards website and book, and *to sign for yourself, and
> your organisation.* We want to flood the Vatican with our support for
> change.
>
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> Ten Commandments for Church Reform
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> *3.  SURVEY OF CATHOLIC WOMEN*
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> Are you now or have you ever self-identified as a Catholic woman? It is
> vital that feedback to the Synod includes the widest possible range of
> women’s voices from different cultures and contexts.
>
> In collaboration with the University of Newcastle in Australia and the
> Catholic Women’s Council, Catholic Women Speak is conducting an online
> survey—available in six languages—to gather feedback from women around the
> world.
>
> This swift survey will take you about 5 or 6 minutes to complete. It will be
> submitted in 2022 for the Worldwide Synodal Process in the Synod of
> Bishops, 2023.
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> Click the button to take the survey.
> Survey of Catholic Women
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> *4. FRANKFURT DECLARATION for a SYNODAL CHURCH*
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> The Catholic Church in Germany, rocked by the abuse scandals,
> has been leading the way since 2019:
>
> "As members of the Catholic Church, we recognise the Synodal Way in
> Germany and far beyond its borders as a kairos: a moment of decision for
> our Church before which God places us.
>
> Please take a moment to read our declaration, *to sign, and to share.*
>
> Thank you!"
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> FRANKFURT DECLARATION
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> *HEAR OUR VOICES Catholic Women's Council*
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> Thank you!
> Here's a lovely way to close.
> Listen to women in India demanding change.
> Nuns are raped, bishops and clergy walk free. Let this
> beautiful compilation of song and gentleness from CWC,
> the *Catholic Women's Council*, give us hope.
> Pass it on!
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