This comprehensive study, commissioned by the CBCP, seeks to assess the current landscape of Catholic Christianity in the country and serve as a foundation for fostering a more synodal Church. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the CBCP and the 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics (CTRSE). Following the presentation, the bishops instructed the research team to coordinate with the CBCP Committee for the National Synodal Transformation to facilitate the implementation of the final document of the Synod on Synodality at the national level.

Although the Synod on Synodality officially concluded in October 2024, its application remains ongoing. In an Accompanying Note to the Synod鈥檚 Final Document, Pope Francis urged local churches and ecclesiastical groups to adapt and execute the document鈥檚 recommendations within their respective contexts, utilizing the processes of discernment and decision-making outlined by Church law and the Synodal Document itself.

The preliminary findings of the research are set to be unveiled at the National Synodal Discernment Conference in June 2025. This conference will play a critical role in shaping the national synodal implementation framework.

The CBCP-国产吃瓜黑料一区二区research team includes Assoc. Prof. Allan Basas, SThD, Assistant Director of the 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区Institute of Religion; Prof. Pablito Baybado, Jr., Theology Program Lead at the 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区Graduate School; Dr. Marites Redo帽a, PhD; and Assoc. Prof. Philip Fuentes. All are faculty members of the 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区Institute of Religion and researchers at CTRSE. Serving as consultants for the project are Rev. Fr. Louie Coronel, OP, EHL, 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区Secretary General, and Dr. Joel Sagut, CTRSE Director. Additionally, Fr. Echalas and Dr. Baybado are part of both the UST-CBCP Research Team and the Committee for the National Synodal Transformation.

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The research team presented their project to Most Rev. Pablo Virgilio S. David, President of the Catholic Bishops鈥� Conference of the Philippines, and Mr. Charles Bertille, the representative of the funding organization, during a meeting at the Frassati Building on February 14, 2024.

Leading the project are Prof. Pablito A. Baybado, PhD (CTRSE) and Prof. Florence C. Navidad, EdD (RCSSED), with Assoc. Prof. Allan A. Basas, SThD, Asst. Prof. Philip L. Fuentes, PhD, SThL, and Assoc. Prof. Marites R. Redo帽a, Ph.D. of CTRSE, along with Fr. Vladimir Echalas, SOLT, SThD, Head of the CBCP Research Office, serving as Research Associates. Fr. Louie R. Coronel, OP, EHL, 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区Secretary General, and Prof. Joel C. Sagut, PhD, CTRSE Director, serve as consultants for the project.

Dr. Emmanuel M. Batulan from the 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区Office of the Secretary-General, along with project assistants Ms. Daphne C. Santos and Ms. Rechelle M. Basco, were also present during the meeting held on February 13, 2024.

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Sison served as a Speaker on 鈥淏est Practices in Empowering Women.鈥� In her speech during the Opening Session, Sison emphasized the importance of empowering women and youth. She noted that 鈥渨e recognize that women and young people have the potential for positive action and advocacy work, impelled by a strong desire to participate in political and civic system that charts their common future. What we, the members of the Religions for Peace community, need to do is to help unleash that potential and provide the environment for creative participation.鈥�

Baybado served as moderator of the session on Best Practices in Multi-religious Action. He highlighted how sharing of best practices can help enable common actions towards caring for our common future through protecting the Earth, empowering women, and advancing positive peace. He said that 鈥淚nter-religious dialogue allows individuals and communities of different faiths to come together to address the challenges that we face. By working together and building bridges, we foster a world that recognizes and respects our differences, creating a harmonious society for the good of our shared humanity.鈥�

Argao conducted a workshop on the Role of Religious Communities on Protecting the Earth. He reminded the delegates that 鈥減rotecting the Earth is a religious obligation. We are called as people of faith to act on our moral and ethical responsibility to protect the environment and all creation.鈥� He also tackled other issues connected to climate change such as intergenerational rights, just transition and climate justice, indigenous peoples鈥� knowledge, and human rights issues.

Sison, Baybado, and Argao hold key positions in聽Religions for Peace聽Asia. Sison, Director of International Relations and Programs of UST, is the Secretary-General of RfP Philippines, Chair of the Asia Women of Faith Network, and Co-President of RfP Asia. Baybado, an associate professor in the聽, is the Deputy Secretary General of RfP Philippines and Associate Secretary General of RfP Asia. Meanwhile Argao, an instructor of the聽鈥荣听, is the Youth Coordinator of RfP Philippines and Core Member of the Asia and the Pacific Interfaith Youth Network.

Religions for Peace, the world鈥檚 largest and most diverse multi-faith coalition, advances common action among religious communities for peace. RfP鈥檚 10^th聽World Assembly will be held in Lindau, Germany in August 2019 under the theme 鈥淐aring for our Common Future: Advancing Shared Well-being.鈥�

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The two-day Symposium on Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason), brought together philosophers, theologians, canon lawyers, and religious educators from various institutions and was held in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Saint John Paul II’s encyclical with the same title.

Fides et Ratio addressed the relationship between faith and reason. The encyclical posits that the two are not only compatible, but essential together. Reason may create a 鈥榮ystematic body of knowledge,鈥� but its completeness is 鈥榠llusory鈥� as without grounding in spiritual truth, reason can give rise to skepticism and other doctrines which can devalue.

Eight plenary speakers approached the topic from the perspective of philosophy, theology and canon law. Among them were: The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., School of Theology and Religious Studies Area Director for Historical and Systematic Theology Fr. Nicholas E. Lombardo, O.P., Ph.D., who delivered a lecture on 鈥淔aith and Reason and the Inspiration of Scripture,鈥� and Professor Emeritus of Charles Sturt University in Australia John F. Weckert, Ph.D., who discussed 鈥淭rust and Commitment in Science and Technology.鈥�

From the 国产吃瓜黑料一区二区, speakers included distinguished philosopher Professor Emeritus Alfredo P. Co, Ph.D., who discussed 鈥淎 Preliminary Reflection on the Place of Fides et Ratio in the Evangelization of the East in the 21st Century;鈥� Assoc. Prof. Pablito A. Baybado, Ph.D., who tackled 鈥淔rom Phenomenon to Foundation: Fides et Ratio鈥檚 Prospects for Dialogue and Peace Building;鈥� , who talked on 鈥淐ritical Theory and Theology of the Signs of the Times: Towards and Emancipated Humanity;鈥� , who expounded on 鈥淔ides et Ratio: Friends or Enemies?鈥� Visiting Professor Rev. Fr. Danilo U. Flores, J.U.D., who elaborated on 鈥淭he Exercise of Postestas Vicaria of the Roman Pontiff: Perfect and Harmonious Interaction of Fides, Ratio, et Ius;鈥� and , who presented 鈥淐hristianity as the Locus of the Complementarity of Faith and Reason.鈥�

Faith and Reason and the Inspiration of Scripture
A researcher in the emerging field of analytic theology, Fr. Lombardo stated that, in Fides et Ratio, St. Pope John Paul II identified current tasks for theology: it was noted in the encyclical that problems have emerged in recent times, about interpreting scripture and other texts of the Church’s living tradition. The Pope posited that a current solution to these problems will not be found without philosophy’s contribution.

An initial problem, Fr. Lombardo discussed, is that of the relationship between meaning and truth. “The theologian needs to ask: What is the deep and authentic truth which the texts wish to communicate, even within the limits of language?” he quoted from the encyclical.

Fr. Lombardo also presented his hypothesis on how God’s intended meaning related to human authors’ intended meaning in Scripture, and noted that his presentation “offers an account of how God鈥檚 voice emerges from the many waters of scripture. Whether or not its proposal succeeds, the principles that St. Pope John Paul II gave us in Fides et Ratio continue to provide the Church a solid foundation for clarifying the meaning, the truth, and the inspiration of Sacred Scripture.”

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Prof. John F. Weckert, Ph.D., founding editor in chief of the Springer Journal Nano-ethics, focusing on ethics for technologies that converge at the nanoscale, discussed how trust involves goodwill and autonomy, and how technology can affect how we trust people.

鈥淭echnology itself isn’t widely trusted; we trust the people – those who develop, maintain, an聽operate the technology,鈥� said Weckert, using the example of how people trust pilots, engineers, and technicians rather than trust the plane itself.

He also detailed how trust can be enhanced by technology. It aids in communication and collaboration, which builds trust among people. Trust-inhibiting technologies, however, are also prevalent, such as surveillance technologies, sensing and listening devices, 鈥榖ig data鈥� or vast amounts of information collected from individuals鈥� personal habits that are stored through and in technology and may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns and trends.

Surveillance, said Weckert, limits the autonomy of the persons being monitored as it limits the development of trust and of virtues like honesty, and even threatens privacy.

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Assoc. Prof. Pablito Baybado, Jr. spoke about 鈥淩eligion and Conflict in Asia,鈥� while presented his paper entitled 鈥淩efiguring the Ecclesiology of PCP II for Filipino Catholics.鈥� In the same event, talked about 鈥淚nterrogating Decolonization.鈥�

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