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The 'synodal style' - A correspondence look at US synod reports

Can 'correspondence analysis' say anything about the synod on synodality?

The Pillar
Nov 23, 2022
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The 'synodal style' - A correspondence look at US synod reports

As the Church’s global synod on synodality begins its “continental phase,” it’s very likely the process has thus far produced reports containing something in the order of nine million words.

The average U.S. diocese produced a synodal summary document of 3,998 words — about 10 pages. If all 2,248 Catholic dioceses in the world produced similar reports, t…

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