Archbishop Gergely Kovács on the synod: in a symphony orchestra, everyone plays his own instrument

Gergely Kovács, Archbishop of Gyulafehérvár, gave an interview to the Hungarian editorial staff of Vatican Radio on 22 October about the Synod: “For me it is a great opportunity, I feel enriched by the many dialogues, the listening and the listening. I see the challenge of synodality in this: under Peter’s leadership, in the unity of the faith, my specificity, my specificity must be preserved and not diminished! The basis of synodal listening is that there is the Eucharistic community, there is the Word to which we listen…

Forum for the Synodal Church: the whole people of God is the object of mission

The Synodal Forum on the People of God as the Object of Mission, moderated by Klára Antónia Csiszár, Pastoral Theologian, Vice-Rector and Dean of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Linz, and professor at the Doctoral School of the Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, was held on 9 October at the Mansion of the Society of Jesus in Rome.

IX International Conference on Theology of Science (ICST) – III International Conference of Doctoral Theology 2024

Our IX International Conference on Scientific Theology (NTTK) is entitled “Serenity fuelled by doubts … [Ecclesia] in eksön” (Péter Esterházy). The search for the way of our Church in the midst of the challenges of our times, and the III International Doctoral Conference is also linked to it. The conference aims to address in a frank and unbiased way current and sensitive issues concerning the present situation of our Church, which are of importance and perhaps even crucial for all of us.

Diverse open spaces of community life – a visit to two Catholic universities in Latin America

In the framework of a development project, a delegation from our Doctoral School visited the Catholic University of East Africa and Tangaza College in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, in January 2023, and four Catholic higher education institutions in Manila and Tagaytay in the Philippines in South East Asia in the spring of 2023. In the spring of this year, networking in Latin America continued with visits to the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires and the Silva Henríquez Catholic University in Santiago de Chile.