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Demons and a 'merciful heart'

Did the synod on synodality urge mercy on demons? A Pillar Explainer

Philip Campbell
Nov 03, 2023
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When the Vatican’s synod secretariat published in 2022 a “spiritual aid” for the synod on synodality — “Towards a Spirituality for Synodality” — the document, like much of the synod, became quickly a subject of debate.  

St. Isaac the Syrian. Public domain.

After the text was published, some critics went so far as to call the document, or the synod on synodality, “demonic” — a criticism tha…

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