C&SI - 2024 Ecclesial Year in Review - 12 Jan 2025 (S05 E07b) (podcast excerpt)

So on this weeks podcast excerpt John and Shane take a look back at the events church-related in 2024. We have been trying to do this annual review for the last few years so hopefully it works (LOL) and we then see what the pundits have predicted for 2025 as areas to watch and things to unfold.Things looked at during 2024:Reopening of Notre Dame in ParisDecember Consistory in RomePreparations for the Jubilee Joint Lectionary project – Ireland/Oz/NZChanges to the papal funeralsAnnouncement of canonisation of Carlo AcutisSynod on Synodality and the Pope's confirmation of the final documentVisit of St Bernadette’s Relics to IrelandNew encyclical on the 350th anniversary of Sacred Heart visionsDeath of + Donal Murray, bishop emeritus of LimerickBishops of Ireland published a new pastoral letter on welcoming immigrants, entitled: A Hundred Thousand Welcomes?Various papal trips in 2024thodox Church in union with MoscowPapal letter on role of literature in formationUS Eucharistic Revival and Congress in IndianapolisNew norms published by DDF on Marian apparitionsNew church document on human dignity - Dignitas Infinita: a document that says abortion, sex change and surrogacy are grave violations of human dignity.Announcement of the closure of Veritas Books by the Irish Bishops conference.Credit for information to:Vatican NewsRome ReportsThe PillarCruxCatholic News AgencyNational Catholic ReporterNational Catholic RegisterThe Irish CatholicIrishcatholicnews.ie Text us at +353 874668950 or email at [email protected]