Decision-making in the Church

Decision-making and decision-taking models in the Church (Serena Noceti, Italy).

This presentation consists of four parts.

  1. It looks at decision making in a synodal Church and explores how it is different from other models of decision making.
  2. It considers the concept of “All, Some and One”. 
  3. It offers a model for how decisions can be made in a synodal church.
  4. It outlines a concrete model for decision making in a synodal Church. 

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Upon reading this you are asked to reflect on it and the video that preceded it. Some questions to guide your reflection are as follows:

  • What has struck me about what I have heard/read?
  • What is resonating with me?
  • What am I having difficulty with?
  • If I had to name one important point that I am taking away, what would that be?

This is a personal reflection and should not be submitted to Formation Continua.


Decision-making and decision-taking in the first centuries of Christianity (Samuel Fernandez, Chile)

Synodality and joint decision-making (Alphonse Borras, Belgium)

Synodality, Democracy and Parliamentarism (Carlos García de Andoin, Spain)

— Msgr. Shane Anthony Mackinlay, Australia.
The experience of the Plenary Council of Australia.

Gloria Liliana Franco, odn, Colombia.
The Experience of the Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean.