For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission
XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
Second Session (2-27 October 2024)
Final Document 26 October 2024
commentary by Jon Rosebank for Spirit Unbounded
‘Practised with humility,’ write the bishops in their final document from the 2024 Assembly (47), ‘the synodal style enables the Church to be a prophetic voice in today’s world.’ We live, they write, ‘in an age marked by ever-increasing inequalities’ and by ‘disenchantment with the functioning of democracy.’ Students of Catholic history will be struck by the image of the Church proposing itself as a model of equality and democracy after centuries of fighting both.
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