- John L. Allen Jr.
- crux
If bishops’ summit was ‘rigged’ on synodality, one question: So what?
Pope
Francis poses for a group photo with bishops and partecipants during
the last day of the synod of bishops, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 27,
2018. (Credit: Fabio Frustaci/ANSA via AP.)
ROME
- During the St. Pope John Paul II years, the Polish pontiff would
dutifully sit in the front of the hall during every Synod of Bishops,
often whiling away the time reading his breviary, meaning the book that
contains the daily prayers of the Church.
A running joke had it that John Paul was actually reading the apostolic exhortation he would issue at the end, which had been drafted before the meeting even started. The joke captured a standing complaint that papal documents which appeared after synods often seemed to bear little relationship to what the bishops had actually discussed.
A running joke had it that John Paul was actually reading the apostolic exhortation he would issue at the end, which had been drafted before the meeting even started. The joke captured a standing complaint that papal documents which appeared after synods often seemed to bear little relationship to what the bishops had actually discussed.
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