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This is a question that a group of theologians, bishops and other Church leaders wrestled with at a recent colloquium at Boston College called The Way Forward: Pope Francis, Vatican II and Synodality.
Over the next two days, we listened to a series of keynote reflections from various speakers. The lectures were edifying, to be sure, but perhaps not as rewarding as the informal interactions that took place between meetings and during meals. There is no substitute for meeting your fellow Catholics face to face.
But here are some equally important observations and takeaways from our gathering. “Our communion is unsure of itself.” We must “recover a sense of what holds us together.” We have to find a way to “walk and work together.” “In listening, I make myself accountable to real communities.” In short, the stakes are very high for our Church, and listening to one another is the first step on a much longer journey.
The only way to be a listening Church is to learn by doing — and by doing again and again. This, several participants argued, is part of Pope Francis’ “long game.” He is trying to teach us a new way of relating to one another, one that is embraced in much of Latin America but is foreign to the Church in most of the world.
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