His upcoming Synod on Synodality will be the most open discussion of the Catholic faith seen in decades
Michael W. Higgins is the Basilian Distinguished Fellow of Contemporary Catholic Thought at the University of Toronto’s St. Michael’s College.Francis project – 10 years in the making, a risky endeavour enveloped in hope: the Synod on Synodality in Rome .
The Church of Rome is not generally recognized as a church open to dialogue. It is perceived by many Catholics and non-Catholics alike as an institution more accustomed to declaiming than listening. Francis has been changing that perception from the very outset of his papacy and the October synod may well prove to be the culmination of his strategy of engagement and encounter.
Francis has radically altered the makeup of the synod’s composition. Although still a predominantly episcopal gathering, the large majority of delegates are bishops but now also include laymen and 54 women. In addition, he has extended the right to vote to all of them, an astonishing change for an exclusively clerical and male enclave.
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