Leading Indian cardinal reflects on synodality, says Church must listen without fear
May 13, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Reflecting on synodality, the president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, called for a “spiritual culture” of listening.
Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, archbishop of Goa and Daman and Patriarch of the East Indies, said in an interview that listening “means allowing space for dissent. We must grow to accept dissenting voices without judgment.”
“We must learn to speak with charity, listen without fear and disagree without division,” he continued. “Then listening will not be just a meeting technique; it will become a spiritual culture.”
Catholic Connect, a website of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, published the transcript of the interview.
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