by | Feb 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Catholics seeking reform of their Church throughout the world have signed an Open Letter to Pope Leo. The letter wants an end to male autocracy in the Catholic Church. The letter seeks true Christian leadership that listens to all the People of God and rejects the...
by | Jan 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Speaking out January 22, 2026 Join Root & Branch for a Speaking Out session Jesus listened, and he spoke out. At the Temple, to the crowds, to the scribes and Pharisees who publicly questioned him. In October, we heard Jon Rosebank and Penelope Middelboe...
by | Dec 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
We began the year with the loss of one of our dearest members: John Wijngaards. His Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research will live on under the capable guidance of Luca Badini and Miriam Duignan. They will carry on his work to establish a Constitution for the...
by | Dec 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Some aspects of the person and ministry of the bishop The following letter has been sent today to Msgr. Felix Glenn and members of Study Group 7 in response to their interim report. We offer our thanks to the Wijngaards Institute who invested extensive time to...
by | Nov 26, 2025 | front page young adult, Uncategorized
A group of university students, under the supervision of Human Rights activist Ashiknaz Khokhar, recently visited one of the most overlooked and marginalized Christian settlements in Lahore—an informal slum community built along a sewage and rainwater canal. The...
by | Nov 17, 2025 | CCRI News, Get Involved, Newsletters, Staying Involved in Synodal Process
Australian Catholic Coalition for Church Reform (ACCCR) and Garrett Publishing presented on November 6, 2006 PRIESTS AND SYNODALITY IN AUSTRALASIA Here is the link for the recording of the ACCCR webinar on Priests and Synodality in Australasia, 6 November 2025:...
by | Oct 18, 2025 | CCRI News, Get Involved, Newsletters, Uncategorized
Overcoming the Obstacles to Becoming a Synodal Parish. The Key Is Deep Listening Without Rebuttal Here is the link to the recording of this training session: https://youtu.be/LaOxYNS0U9g. The summary below gives you a sense of the training, but you are highly...
by | Oct 6, 2025 | CCRI News, Get Involved, Newsletters, Young Adult Featured
Part 1 Training on overcoming the obstacles to becoming a synodal parish . . . especially positional thinking Wednesday October 15, 2025 One of the biggest challenges to creating a synodal parish is positional thinking, i.e. sides each holding on to their position so...
by | Jul 9, 2025 | CCRI News, Get Involved, Newsletters, Staying Involved in Synodal Process, Young Adult Seekers
Join the CCRI Young Seekers for a special two-hour Zoom gathering. This session will offer a valuable opportunity for young people to share the challenges they face in the Church and wider society, as well as their ongoing work in social and climate justice. Their...
by | May 25, 2025 | CCRI News, Get Involved, Newsletters, Staying Involved in Synodal Process
June 9, 2025 Join our global seminar on Non-Positional Thinking led by Dr. Ariane David. We live in a time when political and cultural divisions feel unbridgeable. Facts don’t change minds. Debates go in circles. People aren’t just disagreeing—they’re digging in. The...
