On the positive side, the synthesis report is certainly an improvement on theThe Working Document for the Continental Stage(DCS) of the 2023 Synod on Synodality, released in October 2022 (which Idescribedas the “most incoherent document ever sent out from Rome”) and the“Instrumentum Laboris...
Iosif, the Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe, who was present at the Synod as a fraternal delegate, spoke next. “As the Orthodox Church, we are very pleased to be part of this process,” he began, recalling that reflection on synodality and primacy has been ongoing ...