Ep. 76 - Will Catholic Colleges Embrace Synodality?

Why haven’t Catholic colleges and universities in the United States more urgently engaged Pope Francis’s repeated calls to practice “synodality”? After all, these centers of intellectual development and social change are crucial in getting younger Catholics to care about the future of the Church. On this episode, we’re featuring a series of conversations with three experts on the current state of the synod and American Catholic higher education: Massimo Faggioli of Villanova University, Micah Kiel of St. Ambrose University, and Amirah Orozco of Dominican University. For further reading ‘Unexcused Absence,’ Massimo Faggioli ‘Catholic Colleges & the Synod,’ Micah Kiel ‘Learning from Las Hermanas,’ Amirah Orozco ‘Speak Boldly, Listen Carefully,’ Austen Ivereigh