Synodal Sleight of Hand?

May 15
8 mins

Episode Description

The synod is supposed to be a listening body. So why is it doing so much talking—and so much advocacy?!
The Vatican working group's new report, Cases for Listening, includes testimony from a man in a same-sex civil union accusing Courage International of harming the people it serves. Courage was never contacted. The document was published anyway.

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Anyway, the real story is the broader pattern — using rhetoric for anti-Catholic advocacy.

The synod presents itself as a listening body. But listening has become a way of speaking, without owning what's being said.
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