Rafael Luciani

Rafael Luciani is Venezuelan theologian with an academic global experience of over 25 years. He is a full professor at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (JST-SCU), as well as at other universities in Latin America and Europe. He serves as an expert for the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), where he is senior member of the board of Directors. He is also a member of the Theological Team of the Latin American Religious Confederation (CLAR), and an expert for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality.

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Why Vatican II and synodality are the twin tasks of Leo's papacy

"Leo's challenge will be to demonstrate that a synodal church can also be a governable church," theologian Rafael Luciani writes.

Pope Paul VI makes his way past bishops during a session of the Second Vatican Council in 1964.

Pope Francis seeks a synodal church that is always reforming

This pontificate has initiated a process of ecclesial renewal that implies a change in the understanding of the collective conscience of what it means to be church as People of God.

Pilgrims travel in boats as they accompany the statue of Our Lady of Nazareth during an annual river procession and pilgrimage along the Apeu River to a chapel in Macapazinho, Brazil, Aug. 3, 2014. (CNS/Reuters/Ney Marcondes)

Synod theologian: Francis' Amazon exhortation creates a new moment for Latin America

Commentary: The entire synodal process has to be read as a move toward a recovery of a localized ecclesiology.

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