Synod Consensus: Everyone Is Tired, by Jonathan Liedl

By Jonathan Liedl, EWTN, October 21, 2023

Jonathan Liedl Jonathan Liedl is senior editor for the Register. His background includes state Catholic conference work, three years of seminary formation, and tutoring at a university Christian study center. …

Long hours and a grueling pace may lead to changes in format for next year’s synodal assembly — but may also affect the process as it comes to a close this month.

VATICAN CITY — Outside the closed doors of Paul VI Hall, indications are that Synod on Synodality participants are divided on a host of issues, from what pastoral care for same-sex-attracted people should look like to whether the synod’s methodology for discerning God’s will is even sufficiently grounded in Catholic teaching.

But there seems to be something that all 365 voting members can find some common ground on: They’re all tired.

In fact, a general sense of fatigue is usually the first topic brought up during any exchange with a participant in the Synod on Synodality assembly, which is nearing completion of its third week in Rome. …

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