Listening to the critics of the synod

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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From the beginning of his papacy, Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to speak boldly and to air their criticisms openly. Since, the pope initiated the three-year Synod on Synodality, critics of the process have done just that. One such critic is George Weigel, a distinguished senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the author of numerous books including his latest, To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II. To better understand the concerns of those who are skeptical of the synod, Zac and Ashley spoke with George, who is in Rome contributing to First Thing’s “Letters from the Synod” series. They discuss: - The confusion around what synodality really means and whether the synod is a good use of the church’s “evangelical energy” - Whether George sees the synodal process as inherently problematic or if he’s more concerned about who is, and isn’t, in the synod hall - Whether the synod is in accordance with the vision of church articulated at the Second Vatican Council In Signs of the Times, Zac discusses where we are in the synod process and looks ahead to the drafting of the assembly’s final document. Links from the show: The Synod on Synodality at the halfway point Letters from the Synod Jesuitical’s synod coverage is sponsored in part by the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.9	forward slash jest dot-E-D-U-Ford slash JST-Ford slash becoming. Hello and welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast from America Media for Saints and
1:00.5	Sinners. You can join us each week for honest conversations
1:03.4	about the Catholic Church in our world today, sometimes over drinks. My name is
1:07.5	Zach Davis and I am coming to you from the Eternal City of Rome once again and
1:11.4	we've got a really interesting interview for you on
1:14.6	today's episode. We're chatting with George Weigle who is a distinguished senior
1:18.8	fellow at Washington's Ethics and Public Policy Center and also a contributor to the letters from the
1:24.0	Synod series over at first things and George is a really well-known figure here
1:28.8	at the Vatican especially because of his writings on Pope St. John Paul II and we're talking to George this time about the Synod on Synodality and he is to say the least pretty critical of the way it's being done but you know Pope Francis has often spoken about
1:44.4	the need for dialogue and the synodal process is designed to encourage these kinds of
1:49.7	open conversations and one of the things that synodeligates agree on is the value of sincerely listening,
1:56.6	especially where there's tension or serious disagreements, and we should say that George is certainly
2:02.0	not the only person to express significant criticism of the Senate on Synodality.
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