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Dies Illa's avatar

My mouth is agape. I cannot believe that there are going to be so many more rounds of “assemblies” and “reports” and “letters,” along with yet another final document.

This is literally just the synod on synodality II. Will the “process” never end? Have I died and ended up in purgatory??

Hieronymus's avatar

Come on you know we need these meetings for a meeting about the meetings concerning meetings.

Rebecca R.'s avatar

Do we really need to put this much more time and energy into synodality? Each diocese needs to create a "'narrative report,' describing 'what concrete form of a missionary synodal Church and what new paths of synodality' are emerging in the local community," really? What about living out the Gospel and the spiritual and corporal works of mercy? Why do we need to keep reinventing the wheel?

Dies Illa's avatar

Also, one small nit and one small thanks.

First, Pope Leo did not say that synodality “helps us be the Church,” he said it “helps us be Church.” I checked the Italian myself. And what a world of difference that article (or lack thereof) makes!

Second, thank you for the round table motif.

Teresa's avatar

Nooooooo! Burn the round tables!

Hieronymus's avatar

If we just...get...the microscope...closer to our navel...