Manipulation of Synods has become a pattern, Pentin argues
October 05, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: In an analysis for the National Catholic Register, Edward Pentin argues that the Synod meetings of 2014 and 2015, which were devoted to the family, set the pattern for the current Synod on Synodality.
In those two earlier synod meetings, conducted under the guidance of Pope Francis, the organizers manipulated the proceedings, Pentin argues. He writes:
But the overall problem with Pope Francis’ earlier synodal assemblies, and especially the first one, was not just the efforts aimed at achieving a pre-planned result, unseemly though they were, but also that the impression given by the Pope and the synod managers — that everyone could speak frankly and boldly and that all sides would have a fair hearing — simply turned out not to be true.The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
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Posted by: feedback -
Oct. 06, 2023 2:35 AM ET USA
They are fooling no one at this point. But using obedience of the Faithful to the authority of the Church in such a dishonest way is demonic.
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Posted by: miketimmer499385 -
Oct. 05, 2023 1:16 PM ET USA
Kidos to Ed Pentin for not mincing words about what is being flagrantly shoved in our faces. Who would ever have imagined such duplicitousness to rival the political world from a pope in this age of 24 hour a day commentary? It makes me shudder.
