The synod 'with' young people (2018) paves the way for the synod on synodality (2023)
Pope Francis is very concerned to transform the Church through synodality. He has chosen the synod of bishops as the main tool for this reform. This paper shows how the functioning of the Synod of Bishops, which the pope has profoundly transformed, puts
François Moog
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Utilisation of data and factors affecting the performance of the Health Management Information System (HMIS). The case of six Synods of Livingstonia health facilities in Malawi [PDF]
Background A collection of data routinely gathered at healthcare facilities to satisfy the requirements of health service statistics is called a Health Management Information System (HMIS).
Chisomo Salangwa +3 more
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Public-Private partnership (PPP) and health service delivery in Malawi: The case of Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) facilities in Mzimba district [PDF]
Background: PPPs are crucial in addressing healthcare challenges in Malawi, a low-income country. These partnerships, including those with CHAM, help improve access to health services by complementing the public sector, especially in areas with ...
Chisomo Salangwa +3 more
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Pathogenic microbes contaminating mobile phones in hospital environment in Northeast India: incidence and antibiotic resistance [PDF]
Background The present study attempts to identify and determine the pattern of drug susceptibility of the microorganisms present in mobile phones of health care workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs in a hospital environment.
Christine Vanlalbiakdiki Sailo +6 more
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Truth and falsehood in Judith: A Greimassian contribution [PDF]
Narratives are never meant to be neutral in their rhetorical intent. They have power not onlyto reveal realities and prevail worldviews but also to create new realities and new worldviewsby refuting illusions and falsehood, and affirming the truth.
Risimati Synod Hobyane
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Analysis of Youth Pastoral Care in Croatia Through the Lens of the Synod on Youth
Youth pastoral care is a part of the Church’s pastoral mission directed towards men and women who can be categorised as young people. Young people were the central theme of the 15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, held in Rome from 3 ...
Blaženka Valentina Mandarić
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Redefining a relevant Church Government Model for the Contemporary Church: An Analysis of Church Polity Principles in the New Testament Church [PDF]
The church government in the New Testament deals with how ecclesiastical authority, operations and order were exercised in the church. The historical and Scriptural principles for church government suggest flexibility in orientation.
Rev. Dr. Humphreys Frackson Zgambo (Research Fellow NWU)
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Luther on infant Baptism: «On Rebaptism» (1528) and «Large Catechism» (1529) [PDF]
Martin Luther’s two primary writings concerning the baptism of infants — «On Rebaptism» (1528) and the Excursus on Infant Baptism contained in «Large Catechism» (1529) — are presented and reviewed in this article. In the 1528 tractate written in response
Charles Lloyd Cortright
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The Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika (Reformed Churches in South Africa [RCSA]) held its first annual historic general synod on 04 January 2009 in Potchefstroom. This was the synod that would last for 10 days.
Chaka C. Mathundela
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Synodality and Decision-Making Processes: Towards New Bodies of Participation in the Church
The church’s synodal conversion requires a reform of its decision-making processes. Facing the challenge of keeping in balance the common dignity of all the baptized and the value of the hierarchical structure of the church, the participation of all the ...
Francesco Zaccaria
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