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DOI :10.26650/di.2024.35.2.1396080   IUP :10.26650/di.2024.35.2.1396080    Full Text (PDF)

The Vatican’s Test Through Women, Gender, and Sexual Abuse in the Context of the Synod on Synodality

Osman Şahin

The Roman Catholic Church faces a number of contemporary problems that are also partly global issues. The place of women in the Church, cases of sexual abuse, and the LGBTQ+ movement are some of these current issues for which the Vatican is trying to find a basis for agreement. The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops was initiated by Pope Francis in 2021 under the theme “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission.” This Synod is addressing within its scope a number of issues related to synodality, as well as solutions to the aforementioned pressing challenges. The Synod on Synodality is defined as a four-year process that ensures the participation of all the People of God. The Synod is placing particular emphasis on listening to women and those who feel excluded by the Church, and during the Synod a number of issues have stood. As anticipated, some of these issues involve women more actively participating in decision-making processes within the Church, establishing a deaconate for women, addressing the problem of sexual abuse, and welcoming LGBTQ+ individuals into the Church. This study aims to assess the issues raised in the Synod documents and to present the Vatican’s perspective and direction regarding these sensitive challenges.

DOI :10.26650/di.2024.35.2.1396080   IUP :10.26650/di.2024.35.2.1396080    Full Text (PDF)

Sinodalite Sinodu Bağlamında Vatikan’ın Kadın, Cinsiyet ve Cinsel İstismar ile İmtihanı

Osman Şahin

Roma Katolik Kilisesi çağdaş toplumun da gündeminde olan birtakım güncel problemler ile karşı karşıyadır. Kadınların Kilisedeki yeri, cinsel istismar vakaları ve LGBTQ+ hareketi Vatikan’ın bir anlaşma zemini bulmaya çalıştığı konulardan bazılarıdır. II. Vatikan Konsili sonrasında kurulan Piskoposlar Sinodu’nun 16. Olağan Genel Kurulu “Sinodal bir Kilise İçin: Komünyon, Katılım ve Misyon” teması ile 2021 yılında Papa Francis tarafından başlatılmıştır. Bu süreç çerçevesinde sinodalliğe yönelik konuların yanı sıra bu sorunlara da çözümler aranmaktadır. Sinodalite Sinodu dört yıllık bir süreç olarak tanımlanmış ve tüm inananların sürece katılması sağlanmaya çalışılmıştır. Kadınların ve kendini dışlanmış hissedenlerin dinlenmesine vurgu yapılan Sinod sürecinde kadınların Kilise içinde karar alma süreçlerine aktif bir şekilde katılması, kadınlara diyakozluk yolunun açılması, Kiliseyi zor durumda bırakan cinsel istismar sorununun ele alınması ve LGBTQ+ bireylerin Kilisede hoş karşılanmasına yönelik birtakım hususlar ön plana çıkmıştır. Bu çalışma, Sinodalite Sinodu çerçevesinde üretilen materyallerde bu konular ile ilgili hususları değerlendirerek Vatikan’ın bu hassas konular ile ilgili tutumunu ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır.  


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Şahin, O. (2024). The Vatican’s Test Through Women, Gender, and Sexual Abuse in the Context of the Synod on Synodality. darulfunun ilahiyat, 35(2), 437-464. https://doi.org/10.26650/di.2024.35.2.1396080


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Şahin O. The Vatican’s Test Through Women, Gender, and Sexual Abuse in the Context of the Synod on Synodality. darulfunun ilahiyat [Internet]. 10 Mar. 2025 [cited 10 Mar. 2025];35(2):437-464. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/di.2024.35.2.1396080 doi: 10.26650/di.2024.35.2.1396080


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Şahin, Osman. The Vatican’s Test Through Women, Gender, and Sexual Abuse in the Context of the Synod on Synodality”. darulfunun ilahiyat 35/2 (Mar. 2025): 437-464. https://doi.org/10.26650/di.2024.35.2.1396080



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Submitted25.11.2023
Accepted19.03.2024
Published Online29.12.2024

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