How the synodality synod comes to a close

The synod on synodality, at the end of its long run

It all comes down to this.

It has been 54 months. There have been hundreds of listening sessions, tens of thousands of participants, and expenditures well into the millions.

There have been controversies, denunciations, and ecstatic praise for “new ways of being Church.” There have been terrible graphic designs, questionable drafting processes, unsecured …