Second Assembly of the Synod of Bishops - Rome 2024

Follow Dr Trudy Dantis, who is the Director of the National Centre for Pastoral Research based in Canberra and one of the 14 Australian delegates to the Synod Assembly, as she talks to a number of participants - see videos below.

Also featured below are some events held during the Assembly and reports/thoughts from participants.


 

11 Oct 2024

Reverend Fr Federico Maria ROSSI, C.PP.S. of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood in Italy joins Trudy for a quick chat at the Synod Assembly. Federico is one of the Experts serving as a "jack-of-all-trades" facilitator providing essential work and support to the needs of the participants at the different Synod activities.

10 Oct 2024

Dr Nora Kofognotera NONTERAH is one of the Synod participants from the African delegation. She speaks about what Synodality means in her roles as a mother to her children, a youth apostolate worker in her parish, and as a university professor to her students. Nora teaches Religion and Human Development as a theologian specialising in ethics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. She is also involved in a women's organisation in Ghana called the Christian Mothers Association.

10 Oct 2024

Highlights - Ecumenical Prayer presided over by Pope Francis, October 11, 2024

Click here to read Pope Francis: Christian Unity is a journey of synodality and witness

09 Oct 2024

Trudy talks to Wyatt Olivias the youngest delegate of the Synod Assembly.

08 Oct 2024

Trudy Dantis interviews one of the Malaysian delegates Anna Theresa Amandus from the Diocese of Sandakan in Malaysia. Anna shares a glimpse about her life as an active leader of the Catholic community in Sabah.

04 Oct 2024

Dr Trudy Dantis talks to two Synod participants from Syria about their experience of being Catholics in a war-torn country.

04 Oct 2024

Dr Trudy Dantis from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference interviews Canadian participant Linda Staudt.

02 Oct 2024

Dr Trudy Dantis talks with the vibrant Sr Maria from Venezuela at the Synod in Rome. 

02 Oct 2024

Bishop Shane Mackinlay reflects on the Synod two-day retreat.

01 Oct 2024

Australian participant in the Synod, Kelly Paget, offers her thoughts and makes a prayer request, as the Synod retreat begins in Rome.