What will happen at Europe’s synodal continental assembly?

When Europe's bishops meet for the synod on synodality, will the meeting be more than a showdown?

It’s tempting to think of Europe’s synodal continental assembly, which begins this Sunday in Prague, as a kind of ecclesiastical peace conference.

Assembled on one side of the room will be the German Church’s top brass, flanked by the Belgians, Swiss, and Austrians. On the other, the Polish bishops, backed up by the Hungarians, Bosnians, and Scandinavian…