Synod Archive

A reason to tremble

As the Church awaits the post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation wherein one may reasonably expect Pope Francis to lay out a pathway for unrepentant public adulterers (and perhaps even active homosexuals) to receive Holy Communion, it occurs to me that collectively we may not be …

Putting the Synod in perspective

Ask the wrong question, and it’s all but guaranteed that you’ll receive the wrong answer. Case in point: Synod 2015. Most Catholic and secular media outlets approached the recently concluded Synod of Bishops with an apparent focus on obtaining an answer to the …