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A Jacobin “Synodality”, by Emily Finley – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Emily Finley, Crisis Magazine, Oct. 24, 2024

Emily Finley holds a PhD in Politics from The Catholic University of America. …

Don’t be fooled. Just because hot-button issues are not on the Synod’s agenda, it doesn’t mean that the revolution is not in full swing.

Is it any coincidence that the leaders of the Catholic Church discovered in 1962 that the Catholic Church must be more “participatory” and less “clerical”—in other words, more democratic? After 2,000 years the Holy Spirit, we are to believe, came upon Holy Mother Church and decided that it was time for this ancient institution to reflect modern political trends?

We are being told the same thing today, that the Church must continue on the path that she embarked on with the Second Vatican Council and must be more “synodal.” The left wing of the Catholic Church is, to say the least, uncomfortable with the hierarchal structure of the Church. So last century! The “Synod on Synodality” is partly a lame boomer attempt to make Catholicism cool again by chipping away at that outmoded structure. As if we haven’t suffered enough from the guitar band and kumbaya-singing at Mass, we are forced to witness another grave assault on our patrimony. …

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