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Seminar and Call for Papers — Conceptions of Authority in Roman Catholicism
The 2021-2024 Synod on Synodality revived an ecclesial focus on collaboration, co-responsibility, and leadership in a Roman Catholic Church shared by men, women, lay people, religious, and ordained ministers, together. Invigorated by such timeless questions in a timely moment, I’m… Continue reading
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Alive Catholicism
Preparing my keynote address for the third “Lived Catholicism” conference hosted by Durham University’s Centre for Catholic Studies, I found myself pondering the connections, overlaps, or distinctions between what we might call and observe empirically “lived Catholicism” and what writers… Continue reading
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“Synodality and Encounter” in Oxford, England
Continuing the work and dialogue of synodality, I was honored to contribute to an Oxford gathering of synod participants and observers invested in understanding the historical, cultural, and theological significance of the 2021-2024 Synod on Synodality. Thanks to support from… Continue reading
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Consulting at the 2024 Synod on Synodality
As a papal-appointed consultor to the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod, I spent much of October in Rome, participating in the concluding assembly of the Synod on Synodality. Nearly every day, I convened with Pope Francis and some 350… Continue reading
Tricia C. Bruce, PhD 