The Synod on Synodality is an Inversion of the True Church, by Robert Morrison

By Robert Morrison, LifeSite News (Complicit Clergy), November 15, 2024

A recent article from the Society of St. Pius X noted that although the Synod on Synodality’s October session in Rome avoided the approval of female “ordination” to the diaconate, there were nonetheless serious problems with the session:

We are almost relieved that the final text of the synod avoided the worst. It is a small consolation that should not obscure the fact that this session did, after all, outline a shift, under the control of the bishops, toward a greater supervision of the laity. The session also contemplated a change in the relationship between the Holy See and the local Churches that could ‘eventually upset the current balance of the Catholic Church, which is highly centralized in the Holy See, where many things are decided,’ as noted by the head of Le Figaro’s religion section.

This observation brings to mind two of the main manipulative tactics of the Synod on Synodality: (a) using more egregious proposals to give cover for seemingly less egregious assumptions, and (b) persuading serious Catholics to debate the merits of the Synod’s topics rather than call into question the legitimacy of the Synod itself. Both tactics are worth considering in some detail. …

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