Pope Francis led a moment of reflection at the Vatican before the official inauguration of the first phase of the Synod of Bishops.<\/p>\n
The Pope said the Synod has three essential elements: communion, participation and mission.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS Precisely to give voice to all Catholics, the Synod for the first time will begin at the diocesan level. The needs of local churches will be presented to the Pope in the final assembly of the Synod in 2023.<\/p>\n Pope Francis also spoke of the risks a Synod faces: falling to formalism, intellectualism or complacency. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Change within the Church was a common theme at this gathering of clergy, religious and lay people. Theologian Cristina Inog\u00e9s Sanz explained that fidelity to the Church sometimes requires change.<\/p>\n CRISTINA INOG\u00c9S SANZ Card. Mario Grech encouraged all Catholics to participate in the synodal journey, especially those with doubts about the process.<\/p>\n CARD. MARIO GRECH The Pope explained that it is not necessary \u201cto create another Church, but to create a different Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n CT<\/p>\n VM<\/p>\n -?<\/p>\n -BN<\/p>\n Up:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Pope outlines three risks of synodality: formalism, intellectualism and complacency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XyBt0fppJ68","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsinodosabatoeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsinodosabatoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>The words \u201ccommunion\u201d and \u201cmission\u201d can risk remaining somewhat abstract, unless we cultivate an ecclesial praxis that expresses the concreteness of synodality at every step of our journey and activity, encouraging real involvement of each and every person.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>We have always done it that way; it is better not to change.\u201d Those who think this way, perhaps without even realizing it, make the mistake of not taking seriously the times in which we are living. The danger, in the end, is to apply old solutions to new problems.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Theologian
\n\u201cIt is good and healthy to correct one's errors, to ask for forgiveness for wrongs committed, and to learn to be humble. Surely, we will experience moments of pain, but pain is part of love, and we feel pain for the Church because we love it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Secretary General, Synod of Bishops
\n\u201cDo not be afraid to share your fears with us. We, the Secretariat for the Synod, are here also to listen to your doubts, your concerns. They can be healthy for this synodal process.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n