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It’s always 1968 in the minds of those who think change in the Church has gone too far. Every time there are serious discussions about changing the Church’s stance on modern social issues or ecclesiastical discipline, the ghosts of the 1960s seem to reappear, first of all in the minds of those who read all things Catholic through the lens of American politics.
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, often has interesting thoughts on Catholicism, and in his latest online article, he comments on the recently released working document for the Synod assembly this October, suggesting it is an effort to “de-emphasise” the Church’s “unfashionable ideas about sexuality” in order to reconcile them with “our decadent culture”.
On the one side, there is a question of historical vision: The Synod is not Vatican III or “Vatican 2.1”. But it’s the aggiornamento of the aggiornamento of the last council. That council was shaped by what preceded and led to Vatican II, the previous 150 years, or “the long 19th century”, as Jesuit historian John O’Malley called it. The “synodal process” is developing the turn that was announced, but not implemented by Vatican II.
What this pontificate, and its cautious way of proceeding with the synodal process reveals is that Francis sees this moment as the possibility of a synthesis and rebalancing of the de-constructionist project on one side, and the doctrinal disciplining of John Paul II — Benedict XVI on the other side. The synodal process is an integral part of the Jesuit Pope’s pontificate, which is not a capitulation to the spirit of the age.
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