co-responsibility

French laypeople claim 'rightful place' in Church leadership

French laypeople overcoming own reluctance, resistance of priests to claim “rightful place” in Church leadership

Vatican anti-abuse expert hits out at clericalism, 'paternalism'

Vatican anti-abuse expert hits out at clericalism, Catholic “paternalism”: “Every baptised person is co-responsible in the Church”

Participants at the Spanish National Lay Congress

“Lay” congress in Spain leaves bittersweet clerical taste: “Priests should give us oxygen to breathe”

Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, Father Alexandre Awi Mello

Vatican secretary: “Laity are not to be seen as ‘auxiliaries of the hierarchy’, but as equally responsible for the faith”

Catholic women greet Pope Francis during last year's Amazon Synod

Let us vote in Synods! Catholic women already fighting back in wake of Amazon exhortation disappointment

Pope Francis caresses the belly of a pregnant woman February 10 in an audience with the Knights of Colombus

Francis encourages Catholics to “make ourselves one with all, starting with the last, the excluded, the discarded”

The presidents of the German Church's 'synodal path'

“Synodal path” begins in Germany: youth, laity dream of Church “democratisation”