From Wels to where? Europe’s search for a synodal ‘roadmap’

There were two competing visions of synodality in Prague.

Leading Church figures gathered in Austria this week to devise a “roadmap” for synodality in Europe.

A panorama of the Austrian city of Wels. Credit: Eweht/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0

More than 180 people representing 31 countries and 29 bishops’ conferences attended the Sept. 14-17 symposium “Shaping Synodality in Europe: From Vision to Roadmap” in Wels, a ci…