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Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ: What If “Synodality” Means Nothing? – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ: What If “Synodality” Means Nothing?

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By Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ, Crisis Magazine, July 1, 2025

Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ, is a member of the US Eastern Province of the Society of Jesus. A professor of philosophy and theology, he has taught worldwide and is known for his classes in both rhetoric and medical ethics.

 

The weaponized ambiguity employed to invoke countless post-Vatican Council II abuses could be even more ferociously deployed in the “Church of Synodality.”

McTeigueThere’s good news and there’s bad news. The problem is that the good news isn’t very good, and we don’t know (yet?) how bad the bad news can be. Yes, you guessed it: I’m talking about “synodality.”

The good news is that “synodality” might actually be meaningless. (That raises some questions about why, then, we are spending so much time, energy, and money on the topic; but let’s try to manage one conundrum at a time.) The bad news is that, precisely because “synodality” is a meaningless term (and “meaningless” will be defined below, shortly), it can be used to signify—or worse, justify—anything. …

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